That goofy "Bartman" ball is at $38,000, last chance!

interchanges

In Mastro's auction tonite.

That foul ball from this fall's playoff game.
You can still bid on it before 10:00 and get the privelage of bidding on it afterwords.

Only Mastro could pull this off.....

I guess if you've got more money than sense(?)

Pool in your guesses now!
I say another $3,000 before it's over around 3:00am.

koby

I honestly thought that no one would bid on the bartman ball. Who in the world would purchase such an item? A cubs fan....to remind them of the dreadful inning in the championships?

For that kind of money, there are a thousand other baseball pieces that I would rather own.

koby

By the way....you have over 24 hours to bid on the ball.

Only Americana items end tonight.

1420sports

If only I had 27K to drop on a friggin foul ball ....

qualitycards

The irony is that poor ol Steve Bartman never caught the foul ball, a lawyer sitting a row or 2 behind him snatched it.
So not only will Bartman go down in infamy as the most hated man in Cubs history, he wont get a nickel on the auctions proceeds...jay

dude

Speaking of Bartman, here's some news from the Official home of The Chicago Cubs Goat Curse.

minibeers

The Bartman Ball went for $92,719.00. I can't wait to find out who the high bidder is.

Scott

dude

From USA Today:

Ball from Cubs' playoff loss auctioned for $106,600

OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — The baseball from a critical play in one of the Chicago Cubs' most agonizing losses sold for $106,000 at auction Friday.

Cubs fan Steve Bartman deflected a foul ball that appeared headed for Moises Alou's glove in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series. The ball ricocheted off Bartman's hand and the Florida Marlins rallied, beating Chicago 8-3.

The Cubs then lost Game 7 and missed a chance to reach their first World Series since 1945.

The winning bid came from an individual in the Chicago area, said Mark Theotikos, vice president of auction operations at MastroNet Inc., an Internet auction house in suburban Oak Brook.

Thirty-seven bids had been made by the time the auction closed at about 4 a.m. Initial bidding began at $5,000 on Dec. 1. About half the bids were made in the final hours of the auction.

"The bidding was really fueled by three or four individuals, at the end," Theotikos said.

MastroNet auctioned the ball on behalf of a 33-year-old Chicago attorney identified only as Jim. According to the company, he was sitting near Bartman when the ball was deflected. The man put the ball in his pocket after it bounced his way.

The ball was authenticated using affidavits, ticket stubs and other information, MastroNet vice president of acquisitions Brian Marren has said.

Theotikos said the size of the winning bid reflects the place the ball holds in Cubs folklore.

"Everyone knows who Bartman is," Theotikos said.

packCollector

per cbs sportsline :

The winning bid came from Grant DePorter, managing partner of Harry Caray's restaurant. He told radio station WLS-AM he plans to solicit ideas from Cubs fans on how to destroy the ball.

DePorter said he plans to do the deed Feb. 26, when the restaurant organizes a worldwide toast to Caray. Caray died Feb. 18, 1998, four days after a heart attack.

qualitycards

Isn't that great, lets spend $100 grand on a ball to find the best way to destroy it.
Yes, perhaps the publicity for the bar may be worth every dime, but they could have donated that $100K to charities in the Chicago area during this holiday season and copped a ton of publicity too! ...jay

dstudeba

Harry Carey's is a great restaurant. The food and service were exemplary when I went years ago. Harry Carey is an icon there. I don't think they needed to do this for good publicity.

What a strange world where a foul ball from a NLCS goes for $100,000 and the puck that Eruzione scored the game winning goal against the Russians in the 1980 Olympics does even garner the opening bid of $10,000 or $15,000. (Mastro or Leland's auction last year if I remember correctly)

theBobs

Harry Carey's restaurant story