DiMaggio's granddaughters are selling off their memorabilia

[NinjaPoodle]

John Shea, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Joe DiMaggio's last Yankees uniform is going for $200,000 to $300,000. His early '90s Mercedes 420SEL, driven 65,000 miles, is available for $15,000 to $20,000. A love letter from Marilyn Monroe? Between 20 and 30 grand.

Too pricey?

His driver's license, 50-year-old smoking robe and Oakland A's uniform (from an old-timers' game) are in the $2,000 range.

Read the rest....

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/17/SPGLFIT1GH1.DTL


http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/05/17/sp_dimaggio_091_mac.jpg Guests at a private viewing in Danville leafed through the catalog of DiMaggio memorabilia up for auction in New York. Chronicle photo by Michael Macor

[HBADPi]

I would have thought his Mercedes would have gone for more...but what do I know?

Collectors Items like this fascinate me, I wish you could see the entire collection up for sale.

[KSig RC]

Originally posted by HBADPi
I would have thought his Mercedes would have gone for more...but what do I know?



I would fucking KILL to get his beat ass car for $20k - and I'm a Sox fan . . .

For real - he's a legend on par w/ Mays and Williams, how cool would that be?

[KSigkid]

I thought most of that would have gone for more; you combine one of the best baseball players of all time with the fact that he was celebrity outside of baseball, and you'd think prices would be through the roof.

I'd take the uniform and the car.

[HBADPi]

Here is the entire lot up for auction (http://huntauctions.com/diMaggio.html). I started going through it but there was so much I got sidetracked.

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by HBADPi
Here is the entire lot up for auction (http://huntauctions.com/diMaggio.html). I started going through it but there was so much I got sidetracked.

Thanks for the link, there's some out-of-control stuff on that list. I didn't know he had Ken Keltner's glove from the end of his 56 game hitting streak.

[BobbyTheDon]

Ugh freakin Danville. I hate Danville.

If anyone here is from Danville, let me tell you that Danville SUCKS. Daly City sucks too. Screw you Nocal!


jk NoCal people. I love you guys. You guys make the world so gay :)