Baseball Memorabilia

Looks like a baseball news item day.
Interesting auction going on on eBay (12 hours left as of this writing and the reserve has not been met), with the top bid sitting at US $470,100.00:

1919 Original Babe Ruth Sale Contract

eBay item 5135174066 (Ends Nov-09-04 09:08:35 PST)

“You are bidding on the most famous sports contract in history. This Babe Ruth contract was purchased at auction by R.I.philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein for $99,000 in 1993.

He gave away copies of it for charitable donations hoping to ‘reverse the curse’..Last copies given out this October benefited the House Of Hope, a shelter for the homeless, being named by Feinstein for a beloved Sister of Mercy who was an avid Red Sox fan. Right after that, the Red Sox won eight straight games including the World Series .

This contract comes with a 4 page feature story about the ‘Curse’, and a letter from TY Cobb showing why Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all times.

100% of the proceeds from this sale will go to charity to help the needy. For further information on the Feinstein Foundation,Inc., visit the site at www.feinsteinfoundation.org.”