Bonds Items Ramping on eBay as Record Nears

With Barry Bonds on the verge of breaking Hank Aaron's all-time home run record -- currently at 751 as of the All-Star Break -- Bonds-related items on eBay have tended to increase by an average of 10 percent week over week since June 1. An average of 3,100 Barry Bonds-related items such as trading cards, jerseys and autographs are selling per week on eBay. Last year about this time, the Barry Bonds 715th home run ball -- the shot that broke Babe Ruth's record -- was sold for $220,100 on eBay.

Other key milestones over the first half of the 2007 baseball season -- and opportunities for collectors to stock up -- include Sammy Sosa hitting his 600th home run (left), Frank Thomas smacking No. 500, Craig Biggio getting hit 3,000 and reliever Trevor Hoffman recording save No. 500. Of course, all will pale considered to Bond's breaking of Aaron's long-standing mark. But don't look for MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to be present when Bonds cranks out Nos. 755 (ties record) and 756 (breaks record). The whole steroid controversy makes him a bit uneasy and as of July 10, he had not made a decision if he'll follow Barry from game to game, waiting for history to be made.