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Prices paid for some milestone home run balls
Monday, 06 August 2007
What's the value of Barry Bonds' 756th home run ball? While the fan who snared it ponders his options, we offer a sampling of prices paid for some other milestone blasts that wound up in the sports memorabilia market.
It's not likely the Bonds ball will break the record set by Mark McGwire's 70th home run, which was purchased by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane long before suspicions were cast on the Cardinals' slugger.
What turned out to be Hank Aaron's final home run ball, belted in 1976, was picked up by a member of the Milwaukee Brewers' grounds crew who lost his job over his decision to keep the $5 ball.
Eddie Murray's 500th home run ball was sold when reaching that milestone was still considered a rare accomplishment. It now sits in the Babe Ruth Museum.
Bonds' 70th home run ball from his record-breaking 73 homer season sold for a disappointing $14,400 last Friday at a sports memorabilia auction in Cleveland. It originally sold for $60,000.
Mark McGwire 70th of season
$3 million
1999
Babe Ruth 1933 All Star Game
$805,000
2006
Hank Aaron 755th (final)
$650,000
1999
Barry Bonds 73rd of season
$517,500
2001
Eddie Murray 500th
$280,000
1996
Mickey Mantle 500th
$144,000
2007
Barry Bonds 700th
$102,000
2005
Barry Bonds 70th of season
$14,400
2007
Ken Griffey Jr. 500th
$0 (given back to player by fan)
2004
Frank Thomas 500th
$0 (given back to player by fan)
2007
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