Impossibly Rare Bill Russell Playing Days Autographed Basketball 4/27/63 JSA

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Impossibly Rare Bill Russell Playing Days Autographed Basketball 4/27/63 JSA
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During his playing years and post-career, Bill Russell was a very private man and remains that way to this day. He would rather shake someone's hand than sign an autograph. For years, Russell was notorious for not signing autographs at all. Until very recently, he started to sign his name for a fee, doing several in-person shows, but most of the signings are done in private. In addition, his signature is very legible.
Vintage material, signed during his playing days, is extremely rare and signed photographs and single signed basketballs from the 1960s are virtually non-existent. The few signatures that have surfaced from Russell's playing career, have been on programs with a handful of team-signed basketballs. Finding his modern-era signature is a different story and virtually any form of basketball memorabilia has been signed by Russell at one time or another. 1960s Bill Russell autographs attract quite apremium, and with good reason...
And, offered here, is the rarest of the rare. A 1963 Bill Russell single signed basketball. He also dated the ball April 27th, 1963. This date has some significance as only three days earlier, on April 24th, 1963, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics to their fifth consecutive NBA title with a 112-109 over their perennial Western Conference rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers. Impossibly scarce, and an absolute must have for both the sophisticated and general collector of autographs. RARE...
Furthermore, the condition of both the signature and the basketball are gem mint. It looks as if it were signed yesterday. Just an incredible piece and exemplar. Makes for a stunning display.