April 3, 2025: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/3/2025
Before there were fancy shoes from Michael, Magic and the rest of the gang, Keds provided a lot of popular footwear for high-flying pros and amateurs alike, and cleverly included campy and collectible “cards” on the boxtops. The KedKards, in three different sizes, touched on several sports and featured crude line drawings in black ink (matching the box tops), with spot color yellow, red and flesh tones. The offered lot includes five boxtops hand cut to sizes ranging from 4-by-10 inches to 5 ¼-by-13 inches. The cutting of boxtops can sometimes be a bit wavy, but none of it approaches the surface area of the cards. As noted, the actual card sizes can range from about 2 1/8-by-2 3/8 inches to 2 ¾-by-3 inches. Here’s the breakdown: 1) Willis Reed, Stan Smith, Bubba Smith and Johnny Bench; 2) Willis Reed, Stan Smith, Bubba Smith and Johnny Bench; 3) Willis Reed, Stan Smith, Bubba Smith and Johnny Bench; 4) Dave Bing, Clark Graebner, Bubba Smith and Jim Maloney; and 5) Dave Bing, Clark Graebner, Bubba Smith and Jim Maloney.
1971 Keds AllSport Shoebox Cards Box Tops (5)
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