The ball Shohei Ohtani hit for his 50th home run of 2024 has sold at auction for $4.392 million, which the auctioneer says is a record for a ball.
As the auction proceeded into an extended bidding period Tuesday night, the final sale price of the baseball Shohei Ohtani hit for his 50th home run of the season grew larger.By the time the bidding ended, Goldin Auctions announced the final price as a record for any baseball ever sold at auction: $3.6 million, or $4,392,000 including the buyer's premium.The bidding was scheduled to end at 7 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday. Bidding had pushed the sale price to $2.
When the fan who emerged with the ball declined to sell it back to the Dodgers, a dispute over the historic ball's ownership kicked off, with millions of dollars at stake.On Oct. 7, auctioneer Ken Goldin announced the parties involved in the court cases disputing the ownership of Ohtani's history-making '50/50 ball' reached an agreement to continue the auction as planned, without any interference.
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