It was an historic NFL artifact–until Tom Brady decided he wasn’t quite done throwing touchdown passes.
Caught by a fan after receiver Mike Evans tossed it into the stands, the ball that first appeared to be Tom Brady’s final NFL touchdown pass was consigned it to Lelands shortly after Brady said he was retiring. It sold for $518,628 a month ago, but less than 24 hours after the auction closed, Brady said he’d changed his mind and would return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and play in 2022.
The buyer, according to Action Network’s Darren Rovell, retained attorney Jeff Lichtman in hopes of getting the sale voided. A month after the auction concluded, that’s what’s happened.
In a statement sent to SC Daily Thursday night, Lelands confirmed the ball would be going back on the market.
“Following Tom Brady’s unretirement, and after discussions with both the buyer and consignor, we have mutually agreed to void the sale of the football,” Lelands stated. “The ball has not been returned to the consignor, and the plan now is for Lelands to sell it privately as per the seller’s wishes. There are multiple parties interested in purchasing the football.”
“At the time, it was an honest description,” Lichtman told Action Network. “Had they described it as his last one, as of now, there would have been little recourse. But the way they described it, it was definitive.”
It still has some value as a Brady thrown touchdown pass in a playoff game, but assuming Brady throws at least one touchdown pass next season, it’s just “one of the last.”
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