I know there are a bunch of great auctions at the end of April and in May, but I'm pretty excited about SCP Auctions' next offering on June 5 at Sotheby's in New York.

I know several things about it: The Casey Stengel Collection; Alan Schlesinger's jersey collection; a private collection of game-used bats; the ball from the final out of the 1924 World Series signed by Walter Johnson; a vintage card collection with a T206 Eddie Plank; Lou Gehrig's circa-1931 Yankees home jersey; and a Tour of Japan collection with signed photos and balls. I've been lucky enough to see some of the items and can verify this is going to be a killer auction.

The Stengel Collection is full of World Series rings, contracts, his HOF induction plaque, hats, etc. The Schlesinger Collection has more than 100 game-worn basketball uniforms/jerseys, including Wilt Chamberlain's rookie uniform (yes, with the shorts), Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Elgin Baylor, Willis Reed (from his legendary Game 7 performance vs. the Lakers), Jerry West, Pete Maravich, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan's rookie jersey, etc. It includes around 40 of NBA's top 50 players of all-time. I got to see a few of these at NBA Jam Session in Vegas and they are amazing.

Finally, the Tour of Japan collection is going to blow you away. The photos feature some of the best Babe Ruth signatures I've even seen... on photography that I've never seen. There's also plenty of Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx signatures, along with signed items from the 1931 All-Star tour, the Ty Cobb Goodwill tour of 1928 and more. There are more than 200 photos and some of the earliest known signatures from Japanese Hall of Famers. The entire auction will have around 350 lots.

In other news, did you see what that Bobby Orr jersey in Classic Collectibles's auction ended at last night? It sold for $140,038 and the page had close to 9,000 views. That's an insane price for a hockey jersey and would imagine it's a record or close to a record (actually a 1967-68 Orr Bruins home jersey holds the record price of $179,654 from Lelands in the Spring of 2006...hey, Doug Drotman reads my blog!!!), but for a jersey that can be pinpointed to when he was drinking out of the Stanley Cup in 1972, it's probably a bargain. This 694-lot auction had 15 items that sold for more than $10,000 and was really loaded with more great items than you could shake a stick at. Sorry.

I'm off to watch O.J. Mayo, Eric Gordon and Derrick Rose in the McDonald's All-American Game tonight. If you don't know Mayo yet, you soon will when he's at USC for one year and then off to the NBA.