Mark McGwire 70th Home Run Ball (1998)
- Maker
- Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals)
- Year
- 1998
- Rank
- 33 of 100
Mark McGwire 70th Home Run Ball (1998)
Mark McGwire 70th Home Run Ball (1998) by Mark McGwire (St. Louis Cardinals) (1998) is ranked 33 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $3,005,000 on 12 January 1999. The single-season home-run record ball of the era that re-energized baseball.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The single-season home-run record ball of the era that re-energized baseball.
The ball McGwire hit for his record 70th home run, Sep 27 1998; bought by Todd McFarlane
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $3,005,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 12 January 1999
Guernsey's. $2.7M hammer; $3.005M with premium.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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