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All-Star Memento Today, Nest Egg Tomorrow

Memorabilia auctions offer old-timers chance to cash in

By Paul Stinson,  Newser User

Posted Jul 15, 2008 12:26 PM CDT

(Newser) – When it comes to souvenirs, some athletes are as memorabilia-hungry as fans. Albert Pujols has great success stockpiling mementos—for his son, or so he says—but even megastars experience slumps: Tiger Woods won’t sign for Roger Federer. “It is more important for me to talk to them and remember the moment,” says Woods. Bloomberg looks at celebrity autograph hounds.

Expect frenzied activity at tonight’s All-Star Game, which will draw dozens of Hall of Famers to Yankee Stadium. One is Whitey Ford, whose collection is projected to fetch $300,000 at auction. He rounded up his keepsakes in the offseason in the days when fraternization was a big no-no: Bill Russell says he "wouldn't have allowed someone from the other team into my locker room."

Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford shows off his 1958 All-Star game bat at a New York news conference Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.
Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford shows off his 1958 All-Star game bat at a New York news conference Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Tiger Woods signs autographs--not for Roger Federer--after the second round of the AT&T National golf tour at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., July 6, 2007.
Tiger Woods signs autographs--not for Roger Federer--after the second round of the AT&T National golf tour at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., July 6, 2007.   (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Roger Federer signs autographs at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tennis tournament in Mason, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2007.
Roger Federer signs autographs at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tennis tournament in Mason, Ohio, Aug. 17, 2007.   (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants signs autographs and greets fans before the 2007 All-Star Home Run Baseball Derby in San Francisco.
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants signs autographs and greets fans before the 2007 All-Star Home Run Baseball Derby in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/ Jeff Chiu)
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