The highest price in history! What is the actual value of Ohtani's 50 home run ball that the Dodgers suggested '400 million'? Last-minute war of wits → 26 years old record broken
Oct 23, 2024
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U.S. media, including the New York Times, reported on the 23rd (Korean time) that Ohtani's 50th home run ball was sold for $4.392 million (about 6.1 billion won) after auction.
The moment a man's life changed was last September 20. At that time, Ohtani poured out six hits, three home runs and 10 RBIs in his first career game, including 50-50 against the Miami Marlins at Rondipo Park in Miami. It is the first record in Dodgers history with only 50 homers and 10 RBIs except for 50 steals.
Among them, the moment Ohtani made two stolen bases and filled 50 steals first, and fired a two-run shot to the left with two outs and third base in the top of the seventh inning remained a historical scene of reaching the first 50-50 gold tower in major league history.
At that time, the man who picked up Ohtani's home run ball immediately left the ballpark surrounded by bodyguards. Since then, the Dodgers have offered $300,000 (about 400 million won), Ohtani's autographed hat and uniform as conditions for exchange, but were rejected. Instead of returning it to the Dodgers and Ohtani, he decided to put it up for auction.
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Was it a burden to have an 18-year-old boy's lawsuit for ownership of the ball. The auction didn't go easy. Until the previous day, the auction price seemed to be sold at around $2.1 million (about 2.9 billion won), and eventually around $2.56 million (about 3.5 billion won).
However, as the auction's closing time was extended by 30 minutes, prices began to soar. Goldin's side revealed the final successful bid price and home run ball worth 6.1 billion won, including the receipt, on its SNS after a total delay of 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The highest-ever home run ball before Ohtani was Mark Maguire's 70th home run ball in 1998. At that time, the price was 3.05 million dollars (about 4 billion won). Ohtani became the main character of a new record set in 26 years.
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On the other hand, if the target is expanded to sports goods rather than baseballs, the uniform worn by Babrus in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series is the number one ever. The famous uniform at the time of 'Preview Home Run' recorded a whopping $24.12 million (about 33.3 billion won).
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