MLB.com Auction of Game-Used and Autographed Items From 2004 ALCS and World Series Ends

MLB.com Auction of Game-Used and Autographed Items From 2004 ALCS and World Series Ends

Boston Red Sox Game-Used Lineup Card Brings A Record $165,000

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- A Boston Red Sox game-used lineup card from Game 4 of the 2004 World Series brought a site-record $165,000 bid in an exclusive auction of game-used and autographed items from the Boston Red Sox championship season on MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball.

The auction, launched by Major League Baseball Properties and MLB Advanced Media L.P., the interactive media and Internet company of Major League Baseball, on December 7th, ended at 11:30 pm EST last night and represented the largest collection of World Series champion-related memorabilia ever put up for auction by MLBP.

Each one-of-a-kind item in the auction was authenticated through the MLB Authentication Program, the first league-wide memorabilia authentication initiative in professional sports. Every item that was either autographed or removed from the field of play was witnessed and marked by personnel from the MLB Authentication Program's third-party authenticator, Deloitte & Touche. Each authenticated item is affixed with a hologram containing a unique serial number. The authenticity of each item can be verified on MLB.com using the item's unique serial number.

In addition to the high-bid game-used lineup card, some of the other Red Sox memorabilia from the 2004 season auctioned on MLB.com included:

* Game-issued World Series base signed by series MVP Manny Ramirez
* Game-used ALCS base signed by series MVP David Ortiz
* Game-used bases from all four World Series games
* Game-used baseballs from all four World Series games
* Game-used on-deck circle from World Series games three and four
* Framed World Series locker name plates for Derek Lowe, Trot Nixon and
Keith Foulke
* Commemorative home plate from games two and three of the World
Series - used for first pitch ceremonies
* Commemorative pitching rubber from game three of the World
Series - used for first pitch ceremonies
* Commemorative home plate from July 4th celebration signed by entire
Red Sox team - used for first pitch ceremonies
* 1 lb. Red Sox commemorative coin made of pure gold.



The MLB Authentication Program was designed to distinguish officially authenticated Major League Baseball memorabilia from other items on the market. Since its inception in January 2001, more than 650,000 autographed and game-used items have been authenticated through the program, including historic achievements from the 2004 season such as Randy Johnson's perfect game and Ichiro Suzuki breaking George Sisler's single-season hits record. In addition, game-used items from every All-Star Game and postseason since 2001 have been authenticated through the MLB Authentication Program.


Source: MLB Advanced Media, L.P.

CONTACT: Jim Gallagher of MLB Advanced Media, L.P., +1-212-485-3182, or
jim.gallagher@mlb.com

Web site: http://www.mlb.com/


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