An original copy of what might be the most talked about contract in history sold on Saturday night for $180,000.
No, it’s not Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees.
It’s Bobby Bonilla’s deferred contract with the Mets that turned the $5.9 million he was owed from the New York Mets for the 2000 season into $29.8 million in 25 annual installments of $1,193,248.20.
“We are extremely pleased with the results of the Bobby Bonilla contract and experience,” said Ken Goldin of Goldin Co., which held the auction. “It is obvious that certain baseball fans had a true appreciation for the historic nature of the contract, and I’m glad to see that other pieces of baseball history besides trading cards and memorabilia can be appreciated in this collectors market.”