1978 Pete Maravich-worn Movie Uniform
APPRAISER: Pistol Pete Maravich, one of the greatest scorers of all time. We know him from Louisiana State University. We know him from the Atlanta Hawks
and the New Orleans Jazz, but Army? Tell us about this uniform and how you got it.
GUEST: Pete got in our movie, the movie Dribble. George Nissen, our owner, decided that was a good way to promote our new women's basketball, uh, professional team here in Iowa, the Iowa Cornets. I was the assistant coach for the Iowa Cornets in sev...
APPRAISER: You were!
GUEST: Yeah-- they got Pistol Pete to come in, and he was here for three or four days with the shooting of, of the game. We filmed that part of it in Cedar Rapids. So got to meet Pete and it was, it was a great experience.
APPRAISER: What's the story of Dribble?(chuckles) I have to tell you, I have not seen it.
GUEST: Uh, it was out for about a week, so it...
(both laugh)
GUEST: It was about a women's basketball team, and they ended up playing the Army, and the Army thought it was a men's team they were playing.
APPRAISER: What happens to Pete at the end?
GUEST: They lose the game, they steal the ball from him. They changed the name of the film from Dribble to Scoring because they thought it might entice more of an adult crowd.
APPRAISER: Why'd you keep this?
GUEST: Because it was Pete Maravich's. I loved to watch him play basketball. He was a great, great, great basketball player.
APPRAISER: The amazing thing about Maravich, you know, he played for Louisiana State University, the Tigers, from 1967 to '70. He still has the NCAA basketball men's scoring record for Division I-- 3,667 points. Here, to me, is what is so remarkable about his scoring record. There was no three-point line.
GUEST: No.
APPRAISER: He also only was able to play three years. In those days, you could not play varsity until your sophomore year. And the other thing that is tremendous about this is that there's no shot clock. Teams could literally hold the ball as a defense. Pete Maravich could be considered the Caitlin Clark of his day. (chuckles)
GUEST: Yeah, and she broke his record, she broke his scoring record. For an average player, you know, what, what you look for is, obviously, a game-worn jersey in his college career or in his pro career, right?
GUEST: Right, right.
APPRAISER: But we have this from this movie. Even though it may not have, you know, made the, the...
(both chuckling)
GUEST: It wasn't Gone with the Wind.
APPRAISER: It wasn't box office gold.
GUEST: No.
APPRAISER: We have the photo match with him, which I know you took this from the television, right?
GUEST: Yeah, yeah.
APPRAISER: I would place an auction estimate on this of $10,000 to $15,000.
GUEST: You're kidding me. I thought... You know, 'cause I look at, see, you know, what, what his ones with the late, you know, when he played with the Jazz and that, I thought, those are worth a lot. But this is Dribble, you know? It, it...
(chuckles) So I, I didn't know but, ten... (whispers): God. (aloud): Oh, it's amazing, thank you.
$10,000 - $15,000 Auction
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