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Original rules of basketball at NYC auction

https://online.wsj.com/article/APd46ace37e4b54b1e831ecf0a7bfb99f1.html

Sotheby's is offering the Naismith Rules on Friday afternoon as part of a sale of historic documents.

James Naismith wrote the 13 rules nearly 119 years ago. The physical education instructor invented basketball as a winter activity for a YMCA in Springfield, Mass.

The basketball document is typed, but also contains handwritten notes.

It's being sold to raise money for the Naismith International Basketball Foundation. It promotes sportsmanship and provides services to underprivileged youths around the world.
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Online:
Naismith Foundation: www.naismithmuseum.com
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and I wonder who'll be bidding!
 
I'm thinking MJ might be interested?


edit: OK, having done a tiny bit of research, since Naismith went on to coach at the University of Kansas (and is actually credited with creating their basketball program) I'm guessing there's going to be some heavy interest from Kansas alums or the university
 
Stickler said:
I believe I just read a day or two ago that they sold for 4m
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moevillini said:
...edit: OK, having done a tiny bit of research, since Naismith went on to coach at the University of Kansas (and is actually credited with creating their basketball program) I'm guessing there's going to be some heavy interest from Kansas alums or the university
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yep! They sold for $4.3 milliion to an Austin TX bond trader who grew up in Lawrence KS and is a KU alum. And it's the most ever paid for an article of sports memorabilia.

https://kansascity.sbnation.com/kansas-jayhawks/2010/12/11/1869658/james-naismith-rules-of-basketball-purchased-booth-family-kansas-auction

Dec 11, 2010 - David Booth, a Lawrence High and Kansas University graduate, purchased James Naismith's original 13 rules of basketball from a Sotheby's auction on Friday and indicated they would be brought back and displayed somehow in Lawrence, Kan. at the University...

...Booth’s motivation for bringing the rules back to where the game’s founder is buried was that "they’re incredibly important and they should be at the University of Kansas. Naismith was there 40 years. He invented basketball and Phog Allen was one of the key figures in making it so popular. Nobody else was going to do it (buy the rules to bring them to KU)."
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pretty cool for the University of Kansas!
 
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