Autographed 2008-2009 Charlotte Bobcats basketball owned by Robert L. Johnson

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An autographed leather basketball owned by Robert L. Johnson. The ball has eight orange panels with black ribs. Three of the eight panels have text printed on them. One panel has black printed text that reads [COMPETATIVE INDOOR/OUTDOOR / [NBA logo] NBA / Zi/0 EXCEL]. The logo is a gold outlined, black rectangle with rounded edges featuring a stylized, gold graphic of a man dribbling a basketball next to gold text on the left that reads [NBA] inside the rectangle. On the far right is a barcode. Another panel has black text that reads [SPALDING®]. The third panel with text features a black outlined rectangle with rounded edges. At the center of the rectangle is the inflation valve with black text printed around it in text of varying sizes and fonts that reads [SPALDING] at the top with [Inflate / 7 to 9 lbs.

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