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THE AUCTION BLOCK: PROFILES IN INTERNET SALES COURAGE

By Eric Angevine

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

When it comes to sports-themed memorabilia, the internet can be a bazaar of the bizarre. For every signed rookie card and game-worn jersey there is a post-surgery bone spur or wad of used chewing gum that attracts the less discerning collector. Let's take a look at the unusual and interesting items up for sale at this very moment. "Pine Tar Wars" Novelty 45 Country singer C.W. McCall drawled this musical ode to George Brett and Billy Martin, which was committed to wax in 1983 following Bret ...

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