I thought it was going up for sale around the 15th of this month? I hope it doesn't sell, and that the results from this auction make a strong stand point at how messed up baseball is right now.
756 BALL HIT BY BARRY BONDS FOR CAREER HOME RUN #756 BREAKING HANK AARON'S ALL TIME HOME RUN RECORD $100,000.00 $177,156.00 7 Session Three Initial 12 Days 1 hour 8 minutes 6 seconds
Opening bid was $100,000, current bid $177,156. 12 days remain in the auction. They also have his 755 ball for auction, current bid is around $77,000.
Collecting all cards - Gus Zernial
Post Cereal both raw and PSA Graded (1961-1963)
Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball fetched $752,467 at an auction that ended Saturday night, setting a high mark for Bonds-related memorabilia but falling far short of the record paid for a baseball.
The winner, whose name has not been released yet by SCP Auctions, placed a bid of $627,056 at 9:11 p.m. ET. After 30 minutes passed with no more bids, it was declared the winner, and a 20 percent commission of $125,411 was tacked on to the final price.
It was the 31st bid in the auction, which began Aug. 28 and lurched toward the half-million-dollar mark that the ball's owner, 21-year-old Matt Murphy of New York, had hoped to attract. As of early Saturday, the ball's price sat in the lower $300,000 range. Once the initial bidding stage closed, the most serious participants began driving up the price.
In the early evening, it passed the $500,000 mark that collector Todd McFarlane paid for Bonds' 73rd home run in the 2001 season. Never, however, was it in danger of coming close to what McFarlane paid for Mark McGwire's 70th home run from the 1998 season: $3 million.
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Opening bid was $100,000, current bid $177,156. 12 days remain in the auction. They also have his 755 ball for auction, current bid is around $77,000.
Collecting all cards - Gus Zernial
Post Cereal both raw and PSA Graded (1961-1963)
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Bonds 755 and 756 auctions
Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball fetched $752,467 at an auction that ended Saturday night, setting a high mark for Bonds-related memorabilia but falling far short of the record paid for a baseball.
The winner, whose name has not been released yet by SCP Auctions, placed a bid of $627,056 at 9:11 p.m. ET. After 30 minutes passed with no more bids, it was declared the winner, and a 20 percent commission of $125,411 was tacked on to the final price.
It was the 31st bid in the auction, which began Aug. 28 and lurched toward the half-million-dollar mark that the ball's owner, 21-year-old Matt Murphy of New York, had hoped to attract. As of early Saturday, the ball's price sat in the lower $300,000 range. Once the initial bidding stage closed, the most serious participants began driving up the price.
In the early evening, it passed the $500,000 mark that collector Todd McFarlane paid for Bonds' 73rd home run in the 2001 season. Never, however, was it in danger of coming close to what McFarlane paid for Mark McGwire's 70th home run from the 1998 season: $3 million.
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These auction houses make some serious money !!
I had no idea they make as much as they do .
Holy Shiznit !!
<< <i>WOW !!
These auction houses make some serious money !!
I had no idea they make as much as they do .
Holy Shiznit !! >>
The 1933 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle sold for $6, 600,000, commission was $990,000!