Overview

• Christie's scheduled an online auction for Oct. 10–28 and set an estimate of $3–5 million for the draft card.
• Consigned by Ali's descendants, the piece is on public display at Rockefeller Center in New York through Oct. 21.
• Ali's daughter Rasheda Ali Walsh backed the sale, calling it a way to share her father's message of courage and conviction.
• The 1967 card shows a blank signature line where Ali refused to sign, bears the draft board chairman's signature, and lists his birth name with "(AKA) Muhammad Ali" despite a misspelled middle name.
• Ali's refusal led to a 1967 draft-evasion conviction, the loss of his title and a boxing ban before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the case 8–0 in 1971.