A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : CAST YOUR VOTE FOR WORLD'S DUMBEST SOUVENIR.Byline: - Tom Hoffarth No question, Michael Jordan had a great supporting cast when he was with the Chicago Bulls. So . . . wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? own it? For a minimum bid of $2,000 (unfortunately likely to go much higher), Mastro Fine Sports Auctions has the actual, grimy grim·y adj. grim·i·er, grim·i·est Covered or smudged with grime. See Synonyms at dirty. grim  i·ly adv. heel-to-knee
fiberglass cast fiberglass casta cast made of a water activated polyurethane resin incorporated into a bandage; used for fractured limbs. Has the virtues of very light weight, great strength and very quick setting. that Jordan used to help heal a broken foot in 1985, his second NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= season. You need proof it belonged to His Airness? Lot No. 172 also includes medical records to ``prove beyond a doubt'' that ``our consignor CONSIGNOR, contracts. One who makes a consignment to another. 2. When goods are consigned to be sold on commission, and the property remains in the consignor; or when goods have been consigned upon a credit, and the consignee has become a bankrupt or failed, was there that day'' in the doctor's office when Jordan had the cast removed. Jordan not only gave it away but also signed it, according to the description of the piece in the auction's catalogue. At the semi-regular sports memorabilia auction Thursday and Friday out of Oak Brook, Ill., there's the usual game-worn fare of expensive trinkets. Among the 1,500 items are personal treasures you hate to see up for auction, such as Mike Cuellar's 1969 American League Cy Young Award trophy or the bat Mark McGwire used to hit his first professional home run in 1984 with the Single-A Modesto A's. There's some neat Hall of Fame-type items like a Red Grange leather helmet (minimum bid $10,000), Gordie Howe's size 10-2/3 skates ($750) and a Babe Ruth Louisville Slugger with eight notches near the label that represent the homers he hit with that bat ($15,000). Then there's stuff like Jordan's cast, as well as: No. 173: Jordan's expired 1991 Illinois drivers license. With lots of staple holes where the state troopers attached violations. Minimum bid: $1,000. No. 237: Tonya Harding's purple sequined se·quin n. 1. A small shiny ornamental disk, often sewn on cloth; a spangle. 2. A gold coin of the Venetian Republic. Also called zecchino. tr.v. costume, worn when she won the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating U.S. Figure Skating (USFS), officially called the United States Figure Skating Association or USFSA, is the national sport governing body for figure skating in the United States. Championship - when Nancy Kerrigan was forced to pull out after an unfortunate knee injury. Minimum bid: $2,000. No. 654: A mint-condition (no bullet holes or alcohol stains) long maroon robe trimmed in black with a ``TRC'' monogram monogram [Gr.,=single letter], symbol of a name or names, consisting typically of a letter or several letters worked together. A famous monogram is that of Christ, consisting of X (chi) and P (rho), the first two letters of Christ in Greek. that Ty Cobb wore when Al Stump visited his house to write his biography. Minimum bid: $900. No. 714: A passport Mickey Mantle used to visit Bermuda, the Bahamas, Canada, the Dominican Republic and France from 1976 to '81. Minimum bid: $6,000. No. 732: The rosin bag Montreal pitchers used on Sept. 27, 1998, when McGwire hit homers No. 69 and 70. Minimum bid: $900. More information on the auction is available via the Internet (www.auctioninc.com or at www.mastrofsa.com) or by phone: (630) 472-9551. |
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