Basketball from NBA Jam cover sold at auction
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Anyone who owned a copy of NBA Jam in the 1990s will remember the iconic cover depicting a basketball bursting through paper.
Twenty-five years after the game was released, video game historian Steve Lin was able to acquire the original basketball used for the cover art in an auction.
BOOMSHAKALAKA! It's here! The original prop basketball used in the production of NBA JAM box art and promotional material! pic.twitter.com/NjfmThxh8W
— Steve Lin (@stevenplin) November 20, 2018
Lin, who paid $5,736.68 for the prop, said he plans to donate it to a museum one day.
Print ad promoting Acclaim's ports of NBA Jam to Sega CD and the Game Boy, 1994 pic.twitter.com/owMFJ8PFZt
— NBA Jam (the book) (@nbajambook) November 20, 2018