An extremely rare baseball signed by the Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky Just sold at auction… A portion of the proceeds will go to the country’s relief fund.
The winning bid for the autographed baseball was $50,103…according to Boston-based RR Auction, which will donate more than $15,000 of its share to relief efforts in Zelensky’s war-torn country.
Sold higher than expected… remember, the ball is Estimated price of $15,000and now that’s the donation number.
Zelensky signed his last name on baseball in two different languages…Ukrainian cursive and printed in English…his signature is below the MLB logo.
Ball with a signed letter Voladimir YerchenkoIn September 2019, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zelensky, left his John Hancock during a visit to New York.
Randy L. Kaplanthe government affairs expert at the Big Apple, got the ball as a gift from Yerchenko… He has been collecting MLB baseballs signed by world leaders and heads of state dating back to 1996 Bill Clinton.
We were told that 35 bids were entered and the buyer wanted to remain anonymous.