On 5/19 I got an email from Pot of Gold Estate Liquidators promoting their auctions. I had never dealt with them before but thought I would check it out. To my dismay, I saw that they had at least one Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig autographed baseball. I collect baseball memorabillia and thought that although this was going to be a very expensive purchase, I would take a stab at it and threw in a $5,000 bid. Usually items of this caliber sell in the $55,000 range. I left it at that and occasionally was sent a note saying I was the current top bidder. That seemed very odd.
To my surprise, I was notified that I had won the item and my total was $5,594.45. I was astonished and suddenly very curious. I have bought various items over the years, mostly from David Hunt Auctions. He started his sports memorabillia auctions about the same time I started my antique bottle business, American Bottle Auctions, and we've kind of watched each other grow to the pinnacle of the hobby so to speak.
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