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Luxury Sports Collectibles: Pete Rose's Record-setting Baseball Bat for Sale

Jul 15, 2010  |   Contributor: James Rothaar

Leisure: The baseball bat used by MLB's disgraced hit king Pete Rose, when he got his last official base hit, is for sale in an online auction at Lelands.com. The auction ends July 9. While sports collectible insiders speculate that the bat used when Rose picked up his record-setting 4,256 hit could fetch more than $1 million, no bid has been made yet on the bat. The reserve on the item is $75,000. A bat used in a game by Babe Ruth, which sold for $1.3 million, is the most expensive of its kind sold by auction to date. ... Read More