Bonds' 756th home run ball auctioned

Photo by Emmett Berg

September 15, 2007

Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run baseball was auctioned today for $752,467, significantly more than auctioneers had predicted.

Record-tying home run No. 755 sold for $186,750.

SCP Auctions officials estimated No. 756 would go for $500,000.

No. 755 was predicted in the $200,000 range.

Bonds smashed his 756th career home run in the fifth inning of an Aug. 7 game against the Washington Nationals at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

The long fly ball to right-center field eclipsed Henry Aaron's record of 755 set on April 4, 1974.

The record-tying 755th homer was hit in the second inning of an Aug. 4 game against the San Diego Padres at PETCO Park in San Diego.

The new owners of the baseballs have not been revealed.

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