Most expensive baseball autographed sold at auction
- Who
- DiMaggio, Monroe
- What
- 191200 US dollar(s)
- Where
- United States (Dallas,)
- When
- 05 May 2006
The highest amount of money paid for an autographed baseball is $191,200 (£103,766), when Heritage Auction Galleries sold a baseball signed in 1961 by legendary baseball player, Joe DiMaggio, and film star, Marilyn Monroe, (both USA) at an auction in Dallas, Texas, USA on 5 May 2006.
The ball was acquired by an American photographer, Harry Harris in the 1960s. DiMaggio and Monroe had been married and divorced n 1954, but were seeking a reconciliation in 1961.
The price is inclusive of the buyers' premium.