Auction ends for Bonds' 700th homer ball - $804,129

[Kadie]

Auction ends for Bonds' 700th homer ball
DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, October 27, 2004


(10-27) 11:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --

Giants slugger Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball drew a top bid of $804,129 Wednesday after a 10-day online auction.

The baseball had received 240 offers by the time Overstock.com closed the bidding. The identity of the new owner, a bidder nicknamed "bomasterj," was not immediately made public.

Holly MacDonald, vice president of auctions at Overstock.com, said the site's policy is to verify that the highest bidder has the means and intention to make the purchase before declaring a winner.

The seller, baseball fan Steve Williams, got the ball after a scramble in the bleachers at SBC Park on Sept. 17 -- a mad dash that may have enriched him but also landed him in court. Timothy Murphy has sued Williams, saying he should get the ball because he had it locked behind his knees before Williams swiped it.


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1. That would buy a lot of steroids