When it comes to sports memorabilia, only the finest items are found at auction. The obscure one-of-a-kind treasures, the items collectors may never see in their lifetimes, make an appearance to ...

Andrew J. "Flip" Filipowski, a serial acquirer of companies, is still a collector at heart. He's made his first Chicago-area investment in the two years since the flameout of his Internet conglomerate ...

A paddock blanket worn by Seabiscuit, the Depression-era racehorse who inspired a best-selling book by Laura Hillenbrand and a successful motion picture, is being auctioned by MastroNet, a Chicago ...

Shoes worn by 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat and the legendary Seabiscuit will be auctioned by Illinois-based auction house Mastronet Inc. starting April 5. Two Seabiscuit shoes will be ...

Cracked baseball bats may be useless, but they are not always worthless. One such bat, actually cracked twice on the handle, is worth more than thousands of brand-new bats added together. A current ...

When Patricia Henrich discovered a Louisville Slugger with Joe DiMaggio’s autograph burned on the barrel in her grandmother’s home earlier this year, she figured it might be valuable, so she contacted ...

NEVER mind that an auction of Elvis’ first guitar received no bids. Now there’s an even more personal item up for sale – his hair. The locks that make up the baseball-size clump of hair was collected ...

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