XL Super Bowl The Opus MVP Edition Signed AUTO 171/400 " WEIGHS 82 POUNDS " HOF

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XL Super Bowl The Opus MVP Signed AUTO Limited Edition Book HC Leatherbound SOLD OUT...LE #171/400...Originally Sold For $40,000 !! You are bidding on one of the 400 copies of this strictly limited edition signed by all the living Super Bowl 'Most Valuable Player' award winners. With all these signatures on one page, the Opus is an unprecedented collectible that can never be reproduced! The Opus, the world's heaviest and most luxurious book, documents the 40 years of the Super Bowl from its inception in 1967 through the big game in Detroit on February 5, 2006, like never before! Celebrating America's most-revered sporting event, the Super Bowl XL Opus is an exhaustively researched and lavishly produced work of art that presents the reader with a truly cinematic experience. Presented in a silk-covered clamshell box, this leather-bound, gilt-edged work measures 20x20" with more than 850 glossy pages and weighs a record-breaking 88 lbs. Individually numbered from 1-400 with each copy personally signed by every living MVP from Super Bowl I to XL. This once-in-a-lifetime signing session took place at Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and the reunion of these footballing legends has spawned a priceless piece of memorabilia that every American Football aficionado would love to own. Includes AUTOs from: Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Len Dawson, Chuck Howley, Roger Staubach, Jake Scott, Larry Csonka, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, Fred Biletnikoff, Randy White, Terry Bradshaw, Jim Plunkett, Joe Montana, John Riggins, Marcus Allen, Richard Dent, Phil Simms, Doug Williams, Jerry Rice, Ottis Anderson, Mark Rypien, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Steve Young, Larry Brown, Desmond Howard, Terrell Davis, John Elway, Kurt Warner, Ray Lewis, Tom Brady, Dexter Jackson, Deion Branch and Hines Ward. The Super Bowl XL Opus features exclusive, never-before-seen images taken over the Super Bowl's 40-year history by America's top sports photographers. In addition, legendary Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss Jr. shot specially commissioned portraits of the all the MVPs at Super Bowl XL in Detroit. These one-of-a-kind shots, taken with the Polaroid 20x24" camera, can only be found in the Opus. The Opus is not just beautiful to look at, memoirs from the greats of the game, among them Bart Starr, Joe Namath, and Jerry Kramer, make the MVP pages even more dramatic. Since 1967, millions of sports fans have scrambled for tickets or huddled around televisions to experience the ultimate celebration of America's game – the Super Bowl. Now, Opus bring you the ultimate tribute to one of the world's greatest sporting events: XL Super Bowl The Opus. At half a metre square, 850 pages long and weighing in at 82lbs, XL Super Bowl The Opus is the biggest book on football ever published. Chronicling the first 40 Super Bowls, the 1,400 images within this Opus are truly breathtaking, the 150,000 words delivered by some of America's finest writers bring back spine-tingling memories, and the quality and sheer scale of the Opus is totally unique. Chapters are dedicated to each Super Bowl, I to XL. These include a story of the season, a location shot of the stadium, the story of the game with stunning photography, a spread dedicated to the game's MVP and a play-by-play game chart showing graphically every play of the game. In addition, there are special features focusing on different aspects of the Super Bowl experience from the fans to the coaches and the cheerleaders. INTRODUCTION: by David Halberstam ROAD TO THE FIRST SUPER BOWL: by Michael MacCambridge I: The Great Unknown II: Curtain Call III: The Guarantee IV: Hail to the Chiefs THE TICKETS: Tickets from everyone of the games V: Comedy of Errors VI: Lone Star Rising VII: Perfect Ending VIII: Day of the Dolphins THE FANS: Football’s biggest game would be nothing without the fans IX: Men of Steel X: Swann Song XI: Silver and Black Beauty XII: Orange Crushed The ENTERTAINMENT: Featuring some of the biggest names in show business XIII: Bradshaw’s Air Show XIV: The Champs Survive XV... read more

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