SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, November 16, 1994
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Sports auction to sell oddities
Autographed ticket star's home for sale
By Hal Bock The Associated Press
NEWYORK—It didn't take long for O.J. Simpson's notoriety to find its way into the sports collectors' marketplace.
On Friday and Saturday, Leeland's Auction House will conduct its fall sale with an eclectic assortment of memorabilia. For those with a sense of adventure and a checkbook to support it, the auction is loaded.
Simpson's stuff always has been popular with collectors. This time, though, Leland's has dipped into the dark side of the O.J. leezen.
"We got a call a couple of months ago," said Joshua Evans, president of the auction house.
"This man said he had attended his daughter's dance recital in Los Angeles on June 12. Simpson was there with his daughter and his wife, and
the man had his son get O.J. to autograph a recital ticket.
June 12 was the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed. The autograph, then, was obtained just hours before the murders.
Leland's policy is to protect the identities of both buyers and sellers. When word got around that the Simpson dance-recital autograph would be included in the current lot, Evans was asked if the seller would talk.
"We called him and he said, 'No way!'"
The calls kept coming, though, including one from a supermarket tabloid, which offered $1,000 for the seller's story. Leland's people refused to give the man's phone number but agreed to relay the paner's request.
"We called him and he repeated that in no way did he want to talk about the dance ticket," Evans said. "Then we told him the paper was offering $1,000 for the story, and he said, 'Give me their number.'"
The story will appear in the paper next week.
The recital ticket is expected to bring between $1,200 and $1,500, well short of the $4,000 to $5,000 at which Simpson's game-used jersey, also available in the auction, is listed.
And then there is what may be the most unusual item Leland's has ever offered.
The address of the house is 319 South Quincy St. just off Route 66.
For the right price, a bidder can have Mickey Mantle's boyhood home, a four-room structure in Commerce, Okla.
The tin barn in back still has baseball-sized dents, ostensibly put there by Mantle when he lived in the house with his family from 1935-44.
"It's not a palatial estate," Evans said. "But there's a lot of interest. Some people want to buy it, move it and turn it into a Mickey Mantle museum."
Asking price at the auction: $30,000 to $40.000.
Mantle's price: "He says it's worth about $500." Evans said.
All-American team selection final
"I told him, Thanks, Mick. We really appreciate that."
The Associated Press
Corliss Williamson, one of the five starters returning to defending national champion Arkansas, led the AP preseason All-America team yesterday, missing out on being a unanimous selection by one vote.
The 6-foot-7 junior was selected as the Southeastern Conference player of the year last season and capped his great sophomore campaign by being selected the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.
Williamson was named on 65 ballots from a 66-member national media panel and was joined on the preseason team by Joe Smith of Maryland, the second-leading vote-getter with 41, Michael Finley of Wisconsin, 39, Damon Stoudamire of Arizona, 37, and Shawn Respert of Michigan State, 32.
Randolph Childress of Wake Forest was the next-highest vote-getter with 22 votes.
Williamson led the top-ranked Razorbacks in scoring and rebounding last season with averages of 20.4 and 7.7. He shot 63 percent from the field and was selected a second-team All-American after last season.
Smith burst onto the national scene last season as the center for a young team and led the Terrapins to the NCAA West Regional semifinals. He averaged 19.4 points and 10.7 rebounds and was just the third freshman to ever be selected a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference pick.
Stoudamire, one of the quickest players in the country, was part of what was considered last season's best backcourt as the Wildcats reached the Final Four. Khalid Reeves has graduated and that leaves Stoudamire a chance to improve on
Finley is considered one of the more versatile players in the country. The 6-6 swingman averaged 20.4 points and 6.7 rebounds last season as he led the Badgers to their first NCAA tournament berth in 47 years. He shot 36.3 percent from 3-point range, opening things up inside for himself and center Rashard Griffith.
his averages of 18.3 points, 5.9 assists,
4.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.
Michigan State fans spent the off-season hoping Resperd would decide to return for his senior year, the last as well for coach Jud Heathcote who has announced his retirement.
The only returning first-team All-Big Ten selection. Respert averaged 24.3 points per game, shooting 48 percent from the field and 45 percent from 3-point range. Respert has a chance to finish as the Big Ten's career scoring leader.
Last year's preseason All-America also had a leading vote-getter miss being a unanimous selection by one vote: Eric Montross of North Carolina, while Grant Hill of Duke and Glenn Robinson of Purdue were left off four ballots.
None of the All-Americans from last season returned to school this year. Hill graduated and underclassmen Robinson, Jason Kidd of California, Donyell Marshall of Connecticut and Clifford Rozier of Louisville all opted to enter the NBA draft.
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