Whitey Ford, Thurman Munson Collections To be Auctioned at FanFest

Maury posted 6/20/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com [flag]

Got a spare $20k to $200K laying around? Hunt Auctions announced that memorabilia representing the careers of Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford and catcher Thurman Munson will be up for bid at the 2008 MLB Live Auction at the FanFest on July 14th and 15th at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The auction will take place as part of Major League Baseball’s 2008 All-Star Summer events in NYC [link]

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Published 6/23/2008 by Peter Morrison at The Biz of Basketball :: Part of the Business of Sports Network
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Anheuser-Busch to Sponsor New Meadowlands Stadium
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