I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to meet Wil Chamberlain, a number of years ago when he was signing autographs at the national convention. At that time, autographs on vintage cards was still somewhat frowned upon. At my young age, I did not have the money to buy an early Wilt card to get autographed anyways. Still, I was very happy to get this cool 8 x 10 autograph of his. He was kind, and gracious in person as well. Thinking back, I would’ve loved to get 1961 Topps rookie card or a 1969 Topps, tall boy signed by him. Love that I had the foresight to get him to sign “Wilt the Stilt” though!

This is one of the more significant in person autographs that I have as part of my collection. It is a PSA DNA authenticated Wilt Chamberlain autograph on an Upper Deck his card celebrating his 100 point game. Wilt has a few pack-pulled certified autographs and almost none of his autographed cards are on cards that represent one of the most famous statistical games of all time. The dark autograph and the dark card does not make it as a visually appealing as I would like, but I’m still super stoked to have this one as part of my collection.

After posting the Bill Russell autograph, I thought it was fear just show the cardthat I traded for. Clearly, this is not a one for one trade. Rather, I put a package about 40 cards together get this. Wilt Chamberlain died early, and it only has about 270 pack-pulled autographed cards. When buying a wilt autograph, some of these have faded significantly. Collectors pay a premium for big, bright, and bold autographs of Wilt. This one has such an autograph and comes from an iconic Upper Deck set. Happy to lock this away in the PC for a long time.

Guys… This is a really big one for me. Wilt Chamberlain’s first game with the Harlem Globetrotters took place in Italy..but this ticket, his debut in the United States, is still often considered his actual debut ticket. I’ll continue to hunt for one from Italy, but I’m not sure if any exist. For now, this will be one of the highlights of my Globetrotters, and early Wilt Chamberlain, collection. I’ve attached a small newspaper article disgusting this game.