Bat From Pete Rose’s Last Hit Auctions For $158,776

And they said it went for less than they expected.

Lelands is a high-end auction house.  They recently sold the black Mizuno bat that Pete Rose used to hit his 4,256th (and last) hit for $158,776.  That’s about the cost of an average-sized home in many parts of the country.

I love sports memoribilia auctions and frequent many of them like Memory Lane, Heritage and Hunt.  I am always amazed at the prices some people pay for things. 

Like $21,000 on a 1952 Bowman Jim Lansford football card.

Or $218,000 for a George Mikan rookie card.

Owning a piece of sports history is a very cool feeling.  Especially when the items are from a time period way before you were born.  Those things have a different kind of mystique.  I can’t wait to get my hands on something Lou Gehrig used one day.

But the only people who have this kind of cash are the super-rich. 

I mean, how many people can really afford to pay $86,000 for a Jackie Robinson bat?  Or $191,000 for a game-worn Bobby Orr jersey?

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