Super Bowl XL Opus Autographed MVP Book - Weighs 88 lbs SIGNED BY 34 OF 35 SUPER BOWL MVPs -40 YEARS OF HISTORY Start Price USD 37,500.00 Current Price USD 37,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 42,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Monday, November 24, 2008 Location Patchogue, NY See more about 'Super Bowl XL Opus Autographed MVP Book - Weighs 88 lbs' Description SUPER BOWL XL OPUS AUTOGRAPHED MVP BOOK 88 POUNDS OF NFL HISTORY HAND SIGNED - ALL LIVING MVPs ON ONE PAGE! READ ON TO FIND OUT MORE! THE DEFINITIVE VOLUME OF NFL SUPER BOWL HISTORY! A RARE ITEM FOR THE TRUE COLLECTOR! MINT CONDITION, BRAND NEW, NEVER OUT OF THE BOX! LINK IS TO WEBSITE SHOWING WHY THIS ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT IS SO GOOD! http://www.krakenopus.com/opus_col/investment.php FOR THE COLLECTOR WHO HAS EVERYTHING!!!!! THE MOST REMARKABLE PIECE OF SPORTING MEMORABILIA EVER CREATED A PAGE HAND SIGNED BY EVERY LIVING MVP FROM THE FIRST 40 SUPER BOWLS ON ONE PAGE THIS SUPER BOWL XL OPUS AUTOGRAPHED MVP BOOK WILL IMPRESS EVEN THE MOST DISCERNING OF FOOTBALL FANS.  CONTAINING OVER 150,000 WORDS WRITTEN BY AN EXCLUSIVE SELECTION OF SPORTS WRITERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS IMPRESSIVE PUBLICATION DETAILS THE AMAZING 40-YEAR HISTORY OF "THE GAME THAT STOPS AMERICA". THE FOLLOWING WAS IN THE ORIGINAL ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS ITEM NAMATH, RICE, MONTANA, RIGGINS, ELWAY, SMITH, AIKMAN, BRADY...TRUE GREATS OF THE GAME OF FOOTBALL, AND PART OF ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE AND SIGNIFICANT PEER GROUPS IN SPORTS HISTORY: MVPs OF THE SUPER BOWL.  THE MVP SIGNATURE PAGE IS HAND SIGNED BY ALL THE LIVING MVPs FROM SUPOER BOWL I TO XL.  THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME SIGNING SESSION TOOK PLACE AT SUPER BOWL XL IN DETROIT, AND THE REUNION OF THESE FOOTBALL LEGENDS SPAWNED A UNIQUE PIECE OF MEMORABILIA THAT EVERY NFL FAN WOULD SURELY LOVE TO OWN.  WITH ONLY 400 COPIES WORLDWIDE, IT REPRESENTS A SHREWD ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT.  A MICROCHIP EMBEDDED IN EACH VOLUME, ENCRYPTED WITH A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL CODE, GUARANTEES THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE OPUS AND PROTECTS THE VALUE OF THIS PRIZED POSESSION. For 40 years, millions of fans have watched the ultimate celebration of the game of football: the Super Bowl. Super Bowl XL Opus, a massive, stunning new publication, is the ultimate tribute to this legendary sporting event. Chronicling Super Bowls I to XL, cinematic in style, Super Bowl XL Opus brings readers closer to the action than any publication has ever done. The images are truly breathtaking, the text is written by some of America's finest writers, and the quality and sheer scale of the Opus are totally unique. At 20" x 20", 850 pages, and weighing in at over 80 lbs, this is the heaviest sports-related book ever published. The MVP edition is numbered 1 to 400; Every edition contains a microchip encrypted with codes unique to each Opus. This guarantees that the Opus is authentic and protects the value of your prized possession.Every copy of the Opus, Limited or MVP edition, is hand-sewn and bound, covered in the finest quality leather, and presented in a wood-construction clamshell-style case covered in screen-printed silk. The MVP Edition shares the same content and production quality as the Limited Edition, but with one incredible difference. Each of the individually numbered copies from 1 to 400 has a single extra page—the MVP signature page. The Most Valuable Player award has created a special peer group of iconic football superstars. Incredibly, we have secured the signatures of every living MVP from the history of the Super Bowl on one page. The MVP Edition is not only the ultimate record of the Super Bowl, but also an amazing collector’s piece; an item of sports memorabilia unrivalled in the history of sport. Included are over 150,000 words from America's finest sportswriters, among them Dave Anderson, Red Smith, Jim Murray, Dan Jenkins, Roy Blount, Jr., and David Halberstam. Excerpts from the biographies and memoirs of Bart Starr, Joe Namath, and Jerry Kramer, among others, are also included. The 1400 spectacular images, many previously unpublished, span the entire history of the Super Bowl. The photographs were taken by such legendary lensmen as Walter Iooss, Jr., Neil Leifer, Michael Zagaris, and Heinz Kluetmeier. Unpublished photographs by Barton Silverman, the 1969 Jets team photographer, include images of the incredible homecoming of MVP Joe Namath. Plus, an 80” x 20” gatefold of MVP portraits by Walter Iooss, Jr., shot on a 20” x 24” Polaroid camera, captures the heart and soul of the players who posed for them at Super Bowl XL. There is yet another feature of the Super Bowl XL Opus that is truly unique: the ultimate Super Bowl Game Chart. The most comprehensive and detailed game chart ever created, it not only details every play of every Super Bowl, but by cross-referencing player rosters and recording the role of each player on the field, the reader is able to track the ball and experience the flow of the game in a way that has never been achieved before. Quality is everything. The Super Bowl XL Opus is like nothing else. Limited-edition: only 400 copies available Features 1400 photographs and illustrations Autographed by 34 of the 35 Super Bowl MVPs Exclusively commissioned portrait photography MVP polaroids were taken by Walter Iooss Jr., one of the world's foremost sports photographers Pages are edged in silver leaf Printed with a seven-color process using light-resistant, soy-based inks Images are highlighted with a water-based spot varnish to deliver maximum visual impact Includes white cotton gloves to ensure each page remains in pristine condition Delivered in a silk-covered, clam-shell box MEASURES 20" SQUARE, 855 PAGES, 88 POUNDS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED AT CHARITY AUCTION FOR $49,500.00 MUST SELL DUE TO ECONOMIC HARD TIMES, SPOUSE WAS LAID OFF, MONEY IS NOW TIGHT.  HATE TO PART WITH IT BUT CAN NO LONGER KEEP IT! MAJOR BILLS TO BE PAID! WILL TAKE REASONABLE OFFERS! 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