It’s bad enough to commit a crucial error in front of a World Series TV audience. It’s worse to have the gaffe enshrined in the very baseball that Bill Buckner let slip through his first baseman’s mitt, allowing a run that contributed to the 1986 Mets improbable victory over the mighty Red Sox. It’s called the “Buckner Ball,” and Heritage Auctions is selling it next month in Dallas. Some predict it could go for more than $100,000.To rub in history, there’s a note written on the ball by Mookie Wilson when he gave it to a Mets official. (Mookie is the guy who hit the extra inning ball through Buckner’s legs). He wrote, “This ball won it for us.” At one time the actor, Charlie Sheen, owned the ball cursed by all Red Sox fans for the past 25-years.
Buckner’s Nightmare Baseball For Sale
April 10, 2012
Over $3m For Rare Nickel
April 26, 2013Few American coins are as rare as the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel that Heritage offered this week in Illinois. Even fewer have as colorful a history. Recovered from a fatal car crash and initially dismissed as a fake, the coin—one of only five known examples– languished in a box for four decades. Only after what Heritage called “a secret midnight meeting in Baltimore in 2003,” did its owners discover its true value. Yesterday they received more substantial confirmation when it sold for $3,172,500.
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Babe Ruth’s Last Yankee Jersey At Heritage
April 23, 2013Anything connected to Yankee great Babe Ruth is likely to excite considerable collector attention, but the jersey that highlights Heritage’s Sports Memorabilia sale early next month is certain to be a particular attraction. It’s the last one the Yankees ever issued to the slugger, a heavy grey flannel number from 1935, after his playing career with the team was effectively over. Included is the lot is Ruth’s last Yankee Player’s contract, an insult to the legend calling for a payment of $1. Not surprisingly, Ruth never signed. Heritage expects it will take over $300,000 to take the items home.
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Teenaged Rembrandt Peale Painted Washington
April 23, 2013Charles Wilson Peale, the famed painter of George Washington, took his 17-year old boy (named Rembrandt) along for a sitting with the Founding Father. The teenager painted to acclaim and went on to recreate portraits of Washington for decades. One of those, known as a “porthole” copy, will be offered by Heritage next month, with a high estimate of $175,000.
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Rising Value of Unrestored Cars
By Malcolm Welford, Vintage Car Specialist
