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Bonds Ball Fetches $376K

Colorado fan who caught No. 762 will pocket the amount

By Mitch Pritchard,  Newser User

Posted Apr 12, 2008 10:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – The last baseball Barry Bonds hit out of the park sold for $376,612 today, the winning bid coming from an anonymous buyer. There were a total of 13 bids on the baseball, caught by Jameson Sutton Sept. 5 at Coors Field in Colorado. Home run ball No. 762 is a bargain considering that SCP Auctions handled the sale of Bonds' record-breaking No. 756, which fetched $752,467.

"If Barry Bonds never plays again, whoever bought this ball has a valuable piece that's worth seven figures," said David Kohler, president of the auction house. Kohler said the uncertainty of whether Bonds will return to the field played a factor in the lower price. The San Francisco Giants did not bring back Bonds this season, and he's found no takers on the free agent market.

San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run in Washington last season. His 762nd and last home run ball sold at auction today.
San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run in Washington last season. His 762nd and last home run ball sold at auction today.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez,file)
Jameson Sutton of Boulder, Colo., shows the ball hit by Barry Bonds for his record-setting 762nd home run on Sept. 5, 2007.
Jameson Sutton of Boulder, Colo., shows the ball hit by Barry Bonds for his record-setting 762nd home run on Sept. 5, 2007.   (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Jameson Sutton of Boulder, Colo., shows the ball that was hit by Barry Bonds for his record-setting 762nd home run on Sept. 5, 2007, at Coors Field.
Jameson Sutton of Boulder, Colo., shows the ball that was hit by Barry Bonds for his record-setting 762nd home run on Sept. 5, 2007, at Coors Field.   (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds' last home run ball sold at auction today.
San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds' last home run ball sold at auction today.   (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
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