Dick Bavetta Autographs
Richard W. Bavetta (born December 10, 1939) is an American retired professional basketball referee for the National Basketball Association (NBA). He debuted in the league in 1975 and never missed an assigned game until 2014, and he holds the league record for most officiated games with 2,635.
His game on April 12, 2013, in Washington was his 2,600th consecutive game as an NBA official.
Bavetta was born in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York on December 10, 1939. His father was an officer for the New York Police Department, and his mother was a homemaker. Bavetta attended Power Memorial Academy in New York City (the same school future NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar attended) and is a 1962 graduate of St. Francis College in New York and played on the schools' basketball teams. He began officiating after his brother, Joe, who officiated for the American Basketball Association, convinced him that it would be an interesting career. A Wall Street broker for Salomon Brothers with an MBA in finance from the New York Institute of Finance, Bavetta began officiating games between fellow brokers in the Wall Street League, played at New York's Downtown Athletic Club, and later worked high school games. For ten years, he officiated Public and Catholic High School leagues in New York and later nine years in the Eastern Professional Basketball League, which later became the Continental Basketball Association.
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Traded items with a signature of Dick Bavetta
The most expensive item with a signature of Dick Bavetta (1990-91 Fleer #197 Checklist signed auto PSA/DNA Dick Bavetta w HOF & Finals ins) was sold in December 2025 for $154.25 while the cheapest item (DICK BAVETTA signed 3 by 5 ref) found a new owner for $1.99 in May 2011. The month with the most items sold (7) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Dick Bavetta. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2026 with $129.25 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was May 2011. In average, an autographed item from Dick Bavetta is worth $19.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dick Bavetta were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | (B) DICK BAVETTA autograph NBA Referee Hall of Fame 2015 HOF hoops card signed | $9.99 |  |
| (C) DICK BAVETTA autograph NBA Referee Hall of Fame 2015 HOF hoops card signed | $9.99 | |
| (D) DICK BAVETTA autograph NBA Referee Hall of Fame 2015 HOF hoops card signed | $9.99 | |
| 1979-80 Topps Checklist 10 Dick Bavetta signed auto autograph NBA Referee BXCP5 | $39.25 | |
| 1990-91 Fleer #100 Checklist signed auto PSA/DNA Dick Bavetta w HOF & Finals ins | $129.25 | |
| 1990-91 Fleer #197 Checklist signed auto PSA/DNA Dick Bavetta w HOF & Finals ins | $154.25 | |
| 1991-92 Skybox Checklist 346 Dick Bavetta signed auto autograph NBA Referee BXC | $39.25 | |
| 1991-92 Upper Deck Checklist 400 Dick Bavetta signed auto autograph NBA Referee | $39.25 | |
| DICK BAVETTA autograph NBA Referee Hall of Fame 2015 HOF hoops card signed | $9.99 | |
| DICK BAVETTA autograph NBA Referee Hall of Fame HOF hoops custom card signed - 1 | $29.98 | |
| DICK BAVETTA autograph NBA Referee Hall of Fame HOF hoops custom card signed - 2 | $29.98 | |
| DICK BAVETTA autograph NBA Referee Hall of Fame HOF hoops custom card signed - 3 | $29.98 | |
| Dick Bavetta signed autographed 4x6 inscribed photo - HOF NBA referee auto | $19.95 | |
| DICK BAVETTA SIGNED NBA HALL OF FAME 2015 PANINI CARD #DB REFEREE | $4.99 | |
| HOF NBA Referee Dick Bavetta SIGNED 1961 Naismith Founder Of Basketball FDC | $6.49 | |
