Kirk Gibson to Auction Off Famous Home Run Bat

[FastLane80]

Re: Kirk Gibson to Auction Off Famous Home Run Bat

My thoughts exactly. Where's Barry Halper when you need him? I'd love to see a well-heeled collector buy these items, then turn around and give them to the HOF, where they belong. There's memorabilia, and then there's history, and these items are history.

My thoughts exactly. I hope that Topps or any other company doesn't purchase these pieces to hack them up

[godwulf]

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i'm kind of partial to the DJ homerun off Kim in Game 4 WS 2001

Can it really be "the greatest" if it's only a temporary respite before the team it's hit for is eventually defeated?

[cjclong]

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What auction is the Gibson home run bat being sold in?

[mbrieve]

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What auction is the Gibson home run bat being sold in?

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50f9138#/f50f9138/276

[karamaxjoe]

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These prices have to be records for a bat, jersey and helmet from a player during the past 40 years:

Helmet: $153,389.00
Jersey: $303,277.00
Bat: $575,912.00.....OMG

[mbrieve]

Re: Kirk Gibson to Auction Off Famous Home Run Bat

These prices have to be records for a bat, jersey and helmet from a player during the past 40 years:

Helmet: $153,389.00
Jersey: $303,277.00
Bat: $575,912.00.....OMG

According to this article, almost all of the items went to a father and son in Southern California:

http://www.freep.com/article/20101114/SPORTS02/101114012/1050/SPORTS02/Gibbys-88-World-Series-bat-goes-for-575K

[bagbig]

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I find it strange that is says "a portion" of the proceeds will go to Michigan State University. I thought all proceeds, I hope he is giving a decent portion(not 10%).

[legaleagle92481]

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These prices have to be records for a bat, jersey and helmet from a player during the past 40 years:

Helmet: $153,389.00
Jersey: $303,277.00
Bat: $575,912.00.....OMG

For a bat it is second alltime to the Ruth first homer at the Original Yankee Stadium bat I believe si.com said.

[mbrieve]

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I find it strange that is says "a portion" of the proceeds will go to Michigan State University. I thought all proceeds, I hope he is giving a decent portion(not 10%).

Most of the articles discussing this auction have been very confusing and poorly written. If you look in the auction catalog, it is clear that the sale of the awards (WS trophy and WS MVP award) would have the proceeds donated.

In my opinion, thery're his items and he certainly can do with them whatever he wants. While he is keeping the majority of the profits, he didn't have to donate anything.

[kudu]

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Interesting article from Yahoo:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Kirk-Gibson-s-88-World-Series-bat-sells-for-57;_ylt=Ao0Uc_pv67J3OVMGPjVQFLwRvLYF?urn=mlb-285477

Who has the ball? Is it really worth a million or more?

[bagbig]

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Most of the articles discussing this auction have been very confusing and poorly written. If you look in the auction catalog, it is clear that the sale of the awards (WS trophy and WS MVP award) would have the proceeds donated.

In my opinion, thery're his items and he certainly can do with them whatever he wants. While he is keeping the majority of the profits, he didn't have to donate anything.

I agree, he can do whatever he wants with his items. However, auctions get higher prices if they are advertised as an auction for a charity/foundation/etc, so I would hate to see it advertised as such and then give a very small portion to the university.

[mbrieve]

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I agree, he can do whatever he wants with his items. However, auctions get higher prices if they are advertised as an auction for a charity/foundation/etc, so I would hate to see it advertised as such and then give a very small portion to the university.

Again, did you read the actually auction description? It specifically identifies the pieces that the proceeds will go to the foundation:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f50f9138#/f50f9138/280

I can just about guarantee that the bat, jersey, and helmet prices realized were due to their historical value and not due to the fact that the buyers thought the proceeds were going to his foundation.

[legaleagle92481]

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Interesting article from Yahoo:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Kirk-Gibson-s-88-World-Series-bat-sells-for-57;_ylt=Ao0Uc_pv67J3OVMGPjVQFLwRvLYF?urn=mlb-285477

Who has the ball? Is it really worth a million or more?

The ball faces the prove it problem. It won't go for a million because noone could ever prove IT was THE BALL.

[kudu]

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The ball faces the prove it problem. It won't go for a million because noone could ever prove IT was THE BALL.

Why do you say that? I think it could be proven. Was the person that got the ball approached by someone with the Dodgers organization after the game to get the ball for Gibson? Maybe the person that caught the ball had a camera and took pictures holding the ball right after the game.

So who has the ball? And if proven, is it worth a million?