Looking for an autographed Babe Ruth baseball? Utah is the place to go:
For sale at the Utah Attorney General’s Office: A baseball autographed by Babe Ruth.
There are also bats, balls and jerseys autographed by Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Cal Ripken Jr., Michael Jordan and John Stockton, among others.
No, the Attorney General’s Office hasn’t started its own home shopping channel. The memorabilia belonged to a former minor-league baseball team owner convicted of an investment scam who must now repay $4.6 million. Money from the memorabilia sale will go toward that restitution.
Charlene Barlow, an assistant attorney general, said her office is hoping to raise $500,000 from Thursday’s silent auction and the separate sale of a house in St. George that also belonged to the convicted scammer.
Sounds like the chance to get a piece of history at a good price.