MEMEMTOS FROM THE career highs of Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan and Caitlyn Jenner will go up for auction in Chicago next week.
If you can stump up the dough, here’s what you could walk away with from the Heritage Auctions’ Summer Platinum Night.
Boxing boots worn by Muhammad Ali during the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ against Joe Frazier are valued at more than $50,000 (€46,040)
The basket, backboard, and stanchion immortalized by Michael Jordan’s buzzer-beating shot against Cleveland should fetch more than $100,000 (€92,086)
The Olympic Torch carried by Jenner during the 1984 Torch Relay will sell for more than $20,000 (€18,415)
Jenner and the torch crossed from the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe into California as part of an 82-day relay that covered over 9,300 miles and 33 states.
At the time, the 34-year-old athlete and winner of the 1976 Olympic decathlon had recently fallen off a motorcycle and sustained a broken leg, but she managed to have the cast off in time to participate in the relay.
A baseball card of the 1859 Brooklyn Atlantics (the only team card from before the Civil War known to exist), will likely to go for more than $50,000 (€46,040)
Chicago Bears’ coach Mike Ditka’s personal playbook from the 1985 Super Bowl is worth a minimum of $10,000 (€9,200)
Americans are still NUTS about baseball cards, this near-mint 1952 Mickey Mantle rookie card has an estimated value of more than $200,000 (€181,146)
-Originally published 11.32
He’s like a piece of Iron, In BOD we trust.
Good man Brian!
Brian O Driscoll is a legend. Irish Rugby wont be the same when he retires.
The best and most professional player ever to play in a green shirt. He is right too.
What an absolute legend this man is! Good on ya Drico, that you weren’t born in Limerick or Cork is all I ever disliked about ya!
Its a shame his success at international is been hindered by a poor coaching ticket.
A great player no doubt and a great ambassador for the game. is he past his prime, in my opinion yes. He is. Ronan, do you think that’s valid? would you rather not have an opinion and merely comment on the opinions of others. A whole…….
I agree he had a good game against Edinburgh. He may not have the pace of when he was younger – but his try against Treviso showed he reads a game like no one else. It has been a privilege to be able to watch him over the years.
Hope you help to deliver a third Heineken cup in a row in Landowne Road in May BOD!
He’s the Javier Zanetti of rugby!
Terrible against edinburgh. He knows well enough it’s over for him this season.thanks for the memories. Dignity is important.
The punishment that man’s body has taken is incredible. He’ll finish up in a wheelchair if he doesn’t give it up shortly.
U either didnt watch the game or ur clueless (or trolling).
Of course hes past his prime – but still has a lot to give. U said he was terrible against edinburgh. Which he clearly was not.
Yawn
Your obviously clueless or a Munster fan
He was about the only decent performer against Edinburgh. De Luca did nothing all game
The headline does not in any way reflect what O’Driscoll actually said, have just listened to the interview on Newstalk!
First few lines say that BOD has “given his strongest indications yet that he would love to stick around for another crack at World Cup success.”, but further down the man himself says: “We’ll deal with the November Series first and, hopefully if I’m still in the mix, the Six Nations next year. After that is still too far away to be considering.”
Any chance you could reconcile that a bit Patrick, because it’s fairly misleading I think?
he should do what the likes of d. o’callaghan and others do. retire. but keep playing for ireland
“Brian O’Driscoll rules out retirement and targets World Cup success.” What does success mean, daddy? Well, son, it means: 1. Qualifying. 2. Not losing to Georgia. 3. Beating England. 4. Going out at 1/4 final stage but taking heart from the fact that we have “learned a lot from this experience” and being on a “steep learning curve.” But does success not mean winning, daddy? Ah no, son. Only if you’re from New Zealand.