A 24-year-old guy from Boulder, Colo., named Jameson Sutton says he's got the 762nd, and perhaps last, home run ball hit by Barry Bonds.
You can have it. Mission Viejo-based SCP Auctions said Thursday it'll go up for bidding starting March 31.
Figures a guy named Sutton would be involved in a home-run news-making story.
What'll this latest find fetch? Some say $1 million. But what if Bonds reappears in a Tamp Bay
Devil Rays uni in a couple of months and jacks a few more?
Sutton, who retrieved the ball hit on Sept. 5 at Coors Field in left field off
Ulbaldo Jimenez, has what represents "arguably, the most prominent individual record in all of sports," said
Dan Imler, managing director of SCP Auctions.
SCP said it authenticated Sutton's ball by studying game films and interviewing fans, including
Robert Harmon, who was scrambling with Sutton for the ball.
SCP said Harmon signed an affidavit saying he doesn't have the ball, and that Sutton submitted to a polygraph test.
In the past, SCP has sold:
-A T206 Honus Wagner tobacco cards: $2,800,000
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Babe Ruth's signed bat used to slam the first home run in Yankee Stadium: $1,265,000
-The contract selling Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees: $996,000
-Bonds' 756th home run ball (to break
Hank Aaron's record): $752,467
-Bonds' 755th home run ball: $186,750
Our opening bid for this piece of history: $0.
Not interested in the least. Except to see what knucklehead actually finds value in it.
