Table of Content
- Bonds Ties, Surpasses Aaron
- Growing a Business
- Bonds Chased History in 2001
- Barry Bonds 756th Home Run Ball
- Longtime autograph collector Tim Gallagher turning passion into a profession at Robert Edward Auctions
- How much would a 500 home run ball worth?
- Barry Bonds historic baseball: From Ecko to Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
This historic ball was purchased by Marc Ecko, a well-known fashion designer from New York, who has been recognized as the buyer. Barry Bonds, full name Barry Lamar Bonds, is an American professional baseball player who broke the major league home run marks for both a career and a single season . Aug. 7, 2007 – This is baseball’s most cherished record, and yet this baby sells for less than $100.
He sent out an online poll asking fans whether he should give the ball to the Baseball Hall of Fame, brand it with an asterisk, or send it into space. The results prompted Ecko to mark the record-beating ball with an asterisk, signifying Bonds’ tarnished home run record due to his use of PEDs. Murphy wasn’t a Giants season-ticket holder or even a fan of the team at all.
Bonds Ties, Surpasses Aaron
Both versions were scanned, so only full stubs should hit the market. Sept. 6, 1995 – This is from probably one of the most respected records of the modern era, and this ticket won’t break a collector’s bank. I have heard of season ticket holder versions from this event, but I have never seen one offered on the secondary market. The only ones I have seen are the box-office versions, such as the one pictured, which sell for $100-$150. A 38-year-old player with years left under his belt, Bonds isn't likely to stop setting records soon.
On June 4, 1986, Bonds hit his first major league home run off of Craig McMurty of the Atlanta Braves, the first of his 762 career home runs. He placed sixth in NL Rookie of the Year voting, but Bonds took off in 1990. That season, he hit his 100th career home run while hitting .301 with 33 home runs and 114 RBIs. He won his first career NL MVP award while collecting his first 14 career All-Star appearances.
Growing a Business
Then, in Tuesday's game, with a capacity crowd of more than 45,000 people standing every time he approached the batter's box, Bonds hit a double in the second inning and a single in the third. Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run Tuesday night, surpassing Hank Aaron and landing himself in the Major League baseball record books. Willie Mays, the other player to appear in 24 All-Star Games, was the greatest player of all time. Here are our selections for the top ten baseball players of all time.
I would just advise collectors to be aware that scanned full tickets are always available in large quantities, as compared to full tickets from an event where they were torn. The abundance of these examples usually keeps values down considerably. Starting in 2019, we initially covered Olympic Sports, but in 2021 we added every other sport which you might be looking for, like NFL, Golf, MLB, WWE Cricket, Football, Tennis, Esports, NBA, MMA and more.
Bonds Chased History in 2001
With the aid of a sports memorabilia agent, Mike Barnes, Popov and Hayashi chose an auction house, Leland's, and launched a media blitz aimed at jacking up the ball's price. San Francisco Giants' slugger Bonds crushed the home run into the right field bleachers of Pac Bell Park in San Francisco on October 7, 2001. Alex Popov, the owner of a Berkeley, Calif., health food restaurant, was the first to get a glove on the ball. But Popov claimed in an October 24, 2001, lawsuit that the historic horsehide was torn from his mitt by Patrick Hayashi, who emerged from a scrum of fans with the ball in hand. Hayashi, a software engineer from Sacramento, said he found No. 73 rolling free in the minute-long melee.
In 2002, his 600th career home run also touched off a brief legal battle between four fans who later agreed to split the ball. And just this week, Bonds stole his 500th base to become the only player to hit 500 home runs and steal 500 bases in a lifetime. According to the New York Times, the sale set an auction record for a single baseball at the time. The previous record belonged to the ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series. It was sold for $93,500 to none other than actor Charlie Sheen. When Barry Bonds hit career home run No. 756, the one that broke Hank Aaron's all-time record, it landed in the hands of 21-year-old Matt Murphy.
Many people believed his rapid race up the home run chart was fueled by steroids-despite Bonds denying using them. With his age and injuries, it was thought Bonds would stick around long enough to break Aaron’s record with 755 homers. However, Bonds’ road to breaking the home run record was not an easy path to follow. There’s no denying he produced some of the most memorable seasons in baseball during his 22-year career with the Pirates and Giants. On paper, it proves that Bonds has the credentials to earn a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Ultimately, his path to Cooperstown has been stalled due to his ties to performance-enhancing drugs.
Sept. 27, 1992 – Ever since this milestone game, Brett Favre has started every game for the Packers. This quarterback record could arguably be more impressive than Ripken’s consecutive game streak. These usually go for about $200, but they can be picked up around $100-$150 on occasion. As a player, Bonds also doesn't carry the cachet McGwire did. Central to the case was the Keppel Tape, footage of the home run and ensuing scuffle shot by local news cameraman Joshua Keppel from only feet away from where the ball landed. McFarlane's purchase, televised live on ESPN from the network's ESPNZone bar and restaurant in Times Square, was a symbolic denouement to an extended legal battle that had ended months earlier.
A ball autographed by Babe Ruth that sold for $388,375 in 2014 held the previous record. August 4, 2007, Bonds swung then immediately threw his hands in the air, realizing he had become the all-time home run leader in major league history. No. 756 pushed him past Aaron as he is alone atop the career home run list. He took a fastball from Washington Nationals left-hander Mike Bacsisk to right-center field, breaking Aaron’s record. Aug. 4, 2007 – Third-party and season ticket holder examples of this ticket exist. You’ll want the one with the Yankee helmet near the top of the stub.
However, when he hit his 733rd, and 734th homer runs, it was at Miller Park and not Milwaukee County Stadium. Bonds’ two home runs in two days him 21 homers behind Aaron’s career record. When Barry hit his first home run, he was a rookie, and the baseball would have not been documented as such unless the ball was returned to Barry Bonds as a keepsake. Then if he decided to give the ball away as a gift or sell it, the chain of custody of the baseball would have needed to be documented.
OK, moving on to some home run balls that weren't significant for single-season purposes. Cory Youmans caught the ball and with Judge out of the lineup on Wednesday night, now the bidding war will begin. It was on May 6, 1964, when Chicago White Sox outfielder Dave Nicholson hit a home ball that was officially measured at 573 feet and either bounced above or completely cleared the left-field roof of Comiskey Park. It goes without saying that McGwire’s single-season home run record has since been surpassed. TMZ said that auctioneer David Bohler of SCP Auctions was a little more enthusiastic, saying that he expects the ball would fetch $400,000 when it goes up for sale. If the message of the commissioner's absence was to suggest that Bonds' record is tainted by allegations of steroid use, it was flatly rejected by the new record-holder.
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