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 Thursday, May 17, 2007
What would you do with it?
Posted by Chris

dollars.jpgNow that Heritage Auctions has pulled its wallet out there with $1 million to the lucky person who catches Barry Bonds’ 756th home run ball, it poses an interesting question. What would you do if you caught the ball?

Many experts didn’t think the ball would sell for anywhere near the million, but his 700th homer ball did sell for $804,000 a couple years ago.

Surprisingly his 600th home run ball only sold for $40,000, a bargain even if it is from a guy surrounded by scandal.

So, now you know pretty much everything there is to know about Bonds’ milestone baseballs. What would you do?

I think the safe thing to do is sell the ball to Heritage. No hassle and one million smackers. Sounds good to me.

bondsball.jpgCould this ball possibly sell for two, three million?? I kinda doubt it, but then again, Mark McGwire’s 70th home run ball went for $3 million.

I really would like everybody’s input. If we get some good responses, I would like to include them in our magazine at some point.




5/17/2007 3:28:22 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [3]
5/18/2007 9:16:51 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
I'd go for the $1 million so fast your head would spin..

I just don't think there are that many high-rollers who are going to be fighting for that ball.

The Piledriver
5/18/2007 10:46:20 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)
If one of the largest auction houses in America wants this ball for a cool $1M, they either already have a buyer or want the publicity of owning the piece of history. If it's for the pub, that's a hefty price to pay. If they have people interested in obtaining it, I'd hang onto it. $1M isn't much more than the $800K+ paid for the 700 ball, and if McFarlane or somebody with deep pockets wants the most "tainted" piece of baseball history, the sky's the limit for this one. I'd keep it and let the sharks come swimming for the bait.

Pacman
Pacman
5/19/2007 10:24:23 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

I would be tempted to sell it too. With Alex Rodriguez's pace, it is quite possible that the Bonds ball could be the "All Time Home Run Leader #2 Ball" eventually. If AROD continues at his clip, there is a good chance there will be efforts to flip this ball within 5 years of the purchase. The ball comes with a lot of free publicity for someone or some company looking to make a splash in the hobby.
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