⚾️ Why Shohei Ohtani's 50th HR ball could top $5 million

With Shohei Ohtani reaching his first World Series, the timing is ideal to drive the price higher. “I'm calling it now: Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball will sell for more than $5 million Tuesday night,” writes cllct’s Darren Rovell.

🏈 Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's team-issued Miami jersey uncovered

It's fairly common for the larger auction houses to miss important details on smaller pieces. These houses are listing a ton of items, and, many times, even the consignor doesn't fully know what they have.

Heritage recently sold the only team-issued Johnson jersey for just $660.

🎥 Where is the LeBron, Durant, Curry Topps Olympic triple auto card?

🤑 Billionaire businessmen fuel rare autograph market

Items signed by Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger sold for a combined $74,289 last week at RR Auctions, led by a Jobs-signed page from a seminar guide that sold for $23,750.

🖋️ Mickey Mantle signed this piece of cardboard 99 times; It sold for $247k at auction

A Mickey Mantle autograph on a sticker can be had for $700.

But one collector paid $247,144, including buyer's premium, for 99 Mantle autographs on a piece of cardboard Saturday night at Lelands — an average of $2,496 per signature.

📈 Mark Vientos collector scores big in Mets' playoff run

Perhaps the only one happier than the Mets about Mark Vientos’ emergence this season is an aerospace sales manager from Lakewood, California.

Jakob Bell, 36, is a Vientos super collector, who began stockpiling Vientos cards in 2018 and now owns 60 graded examples.

⚾️ Nolan Ryan once pitched in a jersey given to him by a fan; It sold for $30,168

A daring fan got into the clubhouse and offered his Angels jersey to Ryan ... and the pitcher accepted.

 🏎️ Michael Schumacher's Ferrari 248 heads to auction, carries $15 million estimate

Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari 248, driven during his final season with Scuderia Ferrari in 2006, will be sold via a sealed auction at RM Sotheby’s next month.

Schumacher drove the Formula 1 car to five Grand Prix victories in what would be his final season racing for the team, capping off what is widely considered one of the greatest runs in the history of the sport. The car carries a pre-auction estimate of $15 million.

 🐰 Mel Blanc's 'Bugs Bunny Oscar' sells for $21,000

The one-of-a-kind Oscar-inspired statue was gifted to famed voice actor Mel Blanc following his 1961 car accident. It sold at Heritage over the weekend for $21,000.

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