1980 Topps Larry Bird (with Magic Johnson and Julius Erving ... has a slew of rookie cards to choose from. Autograph collector? Lots of options. Relics? Same. Like Pierce and Brown before him ...

I n a world where sneaker deals, highlight reels, and MVP trophies define legacies, four historic cards rise above the rest ...

"Please, Larry, my wife will kill me if I don’t get your autograph." Bird ... forming a legendary rivalry with Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers that elevated the NBA's popularity ...

Among the items was a photo of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson supposedly signed by the basketball greats “depicted smiling at each other” and a photo of boxer Muhammad Ali and the four Beatles ...

An autograph, a picture, a handshake, a story. But Larry wasn't built for that kind ... especially the big names like Bird, Johnson and later Michael Jordan. By the late 1980s and into the early ...

Caleb Williams also took out a considerable amount of time to graciously sign an autograph for all who ... with the team’s senior writer, Larry Mayer, Johnson emphasized the importance of ...