Spawn Creator Todd McFarlane Purchases Barry Bonds’ 73rd Home Run Ball
As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Spawn creator/Image Comics
Co-Founder Todd McFarlane has purchased the baseball used in Major League
Baseball (MLB) star Barry Bonds' record-breaking 73rd home run.
McFarlane paid a reported $517,500 for the historic ball and the commissions
attached to it at an auction conducted by Lelands.com on June
25.
McFarlane, an avid baseball fan who hosts The Todd McFarlane Show on MLB Radio, previously made national sports headlines in 1999, when he paid $3.2M for Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball.
To read the AP article courtesy of the Baltimore (MD) Sun, click here. For a listing of in-stock Todd McFarlane merchandise -- including his company's action figures, Spawn comics and collections, and more -- click here; for a listing of MLB products available from Diamond, click here.
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McFarlane, an avid baseball fan who hosts The Todd McFarlane Show on MLB Radio, previously made national sports headlines in 1999, when he paid $3.2M for Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball.
To read the AP article courtesy of the Baltimore (MD) Sun, click here. For a listing of in-stock Todd McFarlane merchandise -- including his company's action figures, Spawn comics and collections, and more -- click here; for a listing of MLB products available from Diamond, click here.
