Strasburg million dollar card goes to legitimate auction today

While the world was watching the World Cup and Major League Baseball was mourning the death of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, collectors were preparing to see if the 1-of-1 Stephen Strasburg trading card really was worth a million dollars. Well not really. The World Cup ended shortly after the card's owner took it down off eBay as it approached a million bucks, and baseball folks were paying homage to The Boss at the All-Star Game in Anaheim as the card showed up on the Huggins and Scott auction page to debut July 14th. Getting the card was a huge coup for the auction company.

"Absolutely, the media attention that Strasburg and his cards have made is unprecedented and the publicity for the baseball card industry, and hopefully our company, can only be positive," Vice President Josh Wulken told Examiner. "I believe the honesty, reputation and trust that Huggins and Scott has throughout the industry played a major role in the consignor pulling it from eBay and deciding to sell it through a respected and reputable sports memorabilia auction house."