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Here’s betting that hard-to-shop-for football fan on your Christmas list doesn’t have this. The Pro Football Hall of Fame recently unveiled the extravagant Bronze Bust Collector Card set, a 253-card collection limited to an edition of just 150 sets.
Oh, and here’s the kicker: More than 130 cards in each set are autographed – by the likes of Joe Montana, John Elway, Barry Sanders, John Madden, Steve Young, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert and Dan Marino.
“The bronze portrait busts, which we use to honor our Hall of Fame members, are often cited as something that separates the Pro Football Hall of Fame from other sports museums,” says Steve Strawbridge, the Hall of Fame’s Vice President Merchandising/Licensing. “With the Bronze Bust Collector Cards we feel that we have again created something thatseparates us from the norm.”
You won’t get much of an argument on that from football collectors,especially those passionate devotees who specialize in collecting Hall of Famers. The opportunity to secure so many HOF autographs in one place is a rare one to be sure. And that rarity comes with a price — $5,000 per set, to be exact.
Each card in the set is hand-numbered and incorporates stunning high-resolution photography that fittingly provides an aura of importance to the depicted player’s sculpted bronze bust.
“The bronze bust set is something really unique,” says former New England Patriots great Andre Tippett,a 2008 Hall of Fame inductee. “It’s one of a kind just like the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The card program is that same caliber, one of a kind.”
Each set comes with a Letter of Authenticity and is protected and displayed in a specially created binder featuring the Hall of Fame logo.
For more information on the set, or to order, call the Hall of Fame at 800-869-8207 or visit the Hall of Fame’s website.
The set’s legends-laced autograph checklist includes:
Herb Adderley
Tom Mack
Lance Alworth
John Madden
Doug Atkins
Gino Marchetti
Lem Barney
Dan Marino
Chuck Bednarik
Don Maynard
Raymond Berry
Mike McCormack
Elvin Bethea
Tommy McDonald
Fred Biletnikoff
Hugh McElhenny
George Blanda
Bobby Mitchell
Mel Blount
Ron Mix
Terry Bradshaw
Art Monk
Bob Brown
Joe Montana
Willie Brown
Warren Moon
Nick Buoniconti
Lenny Moore
**** Butkus
Mike Munchak
Harry Carson
Anthony Muñoz
Dave Casper
Ozzie Newsome
Larry Csonka
Chuck Noll
Willie Davis
Merlin Olsen
Len Dawson
Jim Otto
Joe DeLamielleure
Alan Page
Eric Dickerson
Ace Parker
Dan Dierdorf
Joe Perry
Art Donovan
Mel Renfro
Tony Dorsett
Andy Robustelli
Bill Dudley
Dan Rooney
Carl Eller
Barry Sanders
John Elway
Charlie Sanders
Dan Fouts
Gale Sayers
Frank Gifford
Joe Schmidt
Bud Grant
Lee Roy Selmon
Joe Greene
Billy Shaw
Forrest Gregg
Art Shell
Bob Griese
Don Shula
Jack Ham
Jackie Slater
Dan Hampton
Jackie Smith
John Hannah
Bob St. Clair
Franco Harris
Mike Singletary
Mike Haynes
John Stallworth
Ted Hendricks
Roger Staubach
Paul Hornung
Jan Stenerud
Ken Houston
Dwight Stephenson
Sam Huff
Lynn Swann
Jimmy Johnson
Fran Tarkenton
Charlie Joiner
Charley Taylor
Deacon Jones
Jim Taylor
Stan Jones
Lawrence Taylor
Sonny Jurgensen
Emmitt Thomas
Jim Kelly
Thurman Thomas
Leroy Kelly
Andre Tippett
Paul Krause
Y.A. Tittle
Jack Lambert
Charley Trippi
Jim Langer
Paul Warfield
Willie Lanier
Randy White
Steve Largent
Dave Wilcox
Marv Levy
Larry Wilson
Bob Lilly
Kellen Winslow
Larry Little
Rayfield Wright
James Lofton
Steve Young
Howie Long
Jack Youngblood
Ronnie Lott
Gary Zimmerman
Oh, and here’s the kicker: More than 130 cards in each set are autographed – by the likes of Joe Montana, John Elway, Barry Sanders, John Madden, Steve Young, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Jack Lambert and Dan Marino.
“The bronze portrait busts, which we use to honor our Hall of Fame members, are often cited as something that separates the Pro Football Hall of Fame from other sports museums,” says Steve Strawbridge, the Hall of Fame’s Vice President Merchandising/Licensing. “With the Bronze Bust Collector Cards we feel that we have again created something thatseparates us from the norm.”
You won’t get much of an argument on that from football collectors,especially those passionate devotees who specialize in collecting Hall of Famers. The opportunity to secure so many HOF autographs in one place is a rare one to be sure. And that rarity comes with a price — $5,000 per set, to be exact.
Each card in the set is hand-numbered and incorporates stunning high-resolution photography that fittingly provides an aura of importance to the depicted player’s sculpted bronze bust.
“The bronze bust set is something really unique,” says former New England Patriots great Andre Tippett,a 2008 Hall of Fame inductee. “It’s one of a kind just like the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The card program is that same caliber, one of a kind.”
Each set comes with a Letter of Authenticity and is protected and displayed in a specially created binder featuring the Hall of Fame logo.
For more information on the set, or to order, call the Hall of Fame at 800-869-8207 or visit the Hall of Fame’s website.
The set’s legends-laced autograph checklist includes:
Herb Adderley
Tom Mack
Lance Alworth
John Madden
Doug Atkins
Gino Marchetti
Lem Barney
Dan Marino
Chuck Bednarik
Don Maynard
Raymond Berry
Mike McCormack
Elvin Bethea
Tommy McDonald
Fred Biletnikoff
Hugh McElhenny
George Blanda
Bobby Mitchell
Mel Blount
Ron Mix
Terry Bradshaw
Art Monk
Bob Brown
Joe Montana
Willie Brown
Warren Moon
Nick Buoniconti
Lenny Moore
**** Butkus
Mike Munchak
Harry Carson
Anthony Muñoz
Dave Casper
Ozzie Newsome
Larry Csonka
Chuck Noll
Willie Davis
Merlin Olsen
Len Dawson
Jim Otto
Joe DeLamielleure
Alan Page
Eric Dickerson
Ace Parker
Dan Dierdorf
Joe Perry
Art Donovan
Mel Renfro
Tony Dorsett
Andy Robustelli
Bill Dudley
Dan Rooney
Carl Eller
Barry Sanders
John Elway
Charlie Sanders
Dan Fouts
Gale Sayers
Frank Gifford
Joe Schmidt
Bud Grant
Lee Roy Selmon
Joe Greene
Billy Shaw
Forrest Gregg
Art Shell
Bob Griese
Don Shula
Jack Ham
Jackie Slater
Dan Hampton
Jackie Smith
John Hannah
Bob St. Clair
Franco Harris
Mike Singletary
Mike Haynes
John Stallworth
Ted Hendricks
Roger Staubach
Paul Hornung
Jan Stenerud
Ken Houston
Dwight Stephenson
Sam Huff
Lynn Swann
Jimmy Johnson
Fran Tarkenton
Charlie Joiner
Charley Taylor
Deacon Jones
Jim Taylor
Stan Jones
Lawrence Taylor
Sonny Jurgensen
Emmitt Thomas
Jim Kelly
Thurman Thomas
Leroy Kelly
Andre Tippett
Paul Krause
Y.A. Tittle
Jack Lambert
Charley Trippi
Jim Langer
Paul Warfield
Willie Lanier
Randy White
Steve Largent
Dave Wilcox
Marv Levy
Larry Wilson
Bob Lilly
Kellen Winslow
Larry Little
Rayfield Wright
James Lofton
Steve Young
Howie Long
Jack Youngblood
Ronnie Lott
Gary Zimmerman
