Schott baseball memorabilia auction set for March

[pietraynor]

I'll be making the 3hr trip Friday, should be a lot of fun! Will try to get some photos to share.

[suave1477]

Funny they mentioned Sal Butera, I met sal last season. His son ( Drew Butera ) plays for the Brooklyn Cyclones ( Mets Minor league team ) Him and his son were both very nice!!

Signed whatever you wanted!!!

[Eric]

Results for the Schott Auction can be found here

http://www.cowanauctions.com/past_sa....asp?SaleId=80

[trsent]

Some prices were silly high, many seems low, but I wonder if they had spelled Barry Larkin's name right if they would have done better?

See lots: 96, 101, 163 & 174

[Eric]

Schott auction raises more than $165,000

Days before the Cincinnati Reds 2006 home opening game, more than 700 baseball fans and curiosity seekers packed the Starlite Ballroom today vying for the chance to own a piece of Red's history as the baseball memorabilia collection of former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott was auctioned to raise money for her charitable foundation.
Cowan's Auctions founder Wes Cowan was thrilled with the auctions $167,911 total.OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1');
"As promised, we sold every single one of the 442 lots -- nothing was held back. This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. Both the size of the crowd and the passion of the bidders were a testament to Cincinnati's love affair with Marge and with the Reds," Cowan said. "Cincinnati is definitely a baseball town".
Auction highlights (sale price including 15 percent buyer's premium):

1990 World Series Marge Schott personal trophy -- $18,400.

1990 World Series Marge Schott personal trophy -- $14,950.

Pete Rose bronze sculpture by John Petek -- $3,795.

Nine 1940s Reds watercolor portraits by Clem Boddington -- $3,450

Official 1988 Reds All-Star game uniform jersey from Pete Rose, white -- $2,875.

Marge Schott's 1988 All-Star game Lenox china dinner plates -- $2,415.

Johnny Bench bronze sculpture by Bob Seriver, titled 'The Catcher" --$2,185.

Game-used base commemorating 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut -- $2,070.

Johnny Bench bronze sculpture by Bob Seriver, titled "the catcher" -- $1,897.

1990 World Series folding chair -- $977.
While many of the auction buyers were local, Army Sgt. Robert Roellig came all the way from Iraq where he's been stationed for the past five months. Roellig arranged his leave to be in town for Reds opening day and attended the auction with hopes of purchasing Marge's 1999 World Series trophy and a Pete Rose autographed ball. While those items proved to be out of his price range, he was thrilled to win a silver 1995 Central Division Champion Proof Set for $287 and three old-timer autographed baseballs for $345.
Thousands of baseball items from Marge's personal collection were sold including Schott's personal 1990 World Series trophies; Cincinnati Reds uniforms including Pete Rose, Eric Davis and others; game used bats; more than 130 team signed baseballs (including some from the 1990 World Series); thousands of unopened packs of baseball cards; hundreds of presentation awards to Marge and the Reds; the original artwork for new Reds uniforms and 1988 All Star Game logo; other fine original baseball artwork, and a set of 1940s watercolor portraits of Reds players.
This is the second in a series of three public auctions managed by Cowan's Auctions Inc. to raise funds for The Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation. Schott's household items were sold in December garnering nearly $200,000 for the Foundation.
The final Schott fine art auction, valued at $.5 million, is June 17.