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...real home run derby begins on Tuesday: eBay, the online auction house, is selling off home run balls from Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. What will we hear for Nos. 61, 63, 67 and 70 from McGwire, along with Sosa's 61st, 64th, and 66th? EBay has been accepting bids online for the past week; offline partner Guernsey's Auction House is using those as the floor for its live auction in Madison Square Garden starting at noon Eastern time...
Also on the auction block is the ball that Hank Aaron (remember him?) pounded out of Fulton County Stadium more than 20 years ago to set the all-time home run record. Got your checkbook ready? Put it back in your pocket, big shot: Unless you've already mailed in your financial statements proving you have at least $100,000 to drop on a slightly used Spalding, Guernsey's doesn't want to hear from you. Still, you can watch the action online, which at these prices is probably the safest thing...
...Stop for Auction Buffs...
...waste time trolling all the online auction houses for a chance to acquire your next Beanie Baby, when a website will notify you via e-mail that the next pink bear is about to go on the block? In addition to this service, www.biddersedge.com will simultaneously search listings at several auction sites to find sales of items you want and then link you right to them. Every major auction site, including OnSale and eBay, is covered. Now all you have to worry about is overbidding...
TEDDY BEAR Brooklyn candy-store owner and his wife introduced a plush brown bear in 1902. President "Teddy" Rooseveit lent his nickname. Early bears are now so valuable that a 1904 Steiff Teddy went for $166,000 at a 1994 Christie's auction...