Heritage Auction Galleries has offered to purchase the baseball that Barry Bonds hits to assume the career home run record of 756 for $1 million, announced Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions for the Dallas-based auction house.  
 
According to its press release, the lucky owner who delivers the historic sphere, as verified by MLB, is invited to redeem the baseball for the million-dollar bounty at a Dallas press conference within fifteen days of the record-breaking homer.

“The career home run record is arguably the most significant in American sport,” explained Ivy.  “The baseball that sets the mark could truly be considered ‘priceless,’ but we expect that one million dollars will be very tempting to the fan who catches the ball."

If the fan that secures the baseball believes it to be worth well in excess of one million dollars, Heritage will offer an alternative option.  “We will waive our standard seller’s fee should the owner decide to let the market determine the price tag at auction,” explained Ivy.  

I guess we'll find out how tainted the home run record and ball really is. Getting $1 million for a ball without having any of the normal selling concerns would be worth it to me.

This is a brilliant move for Heritage. The offer made national news so they've already gotten a ton of mileage out of this even if nothing happens. If the lucky fan decides to go accept the offer and sell it, they make another huge splash, then a third to promote the ball up for auction and a fourth after the auction reporting what it sold for. You can't buy that kind of publicity.

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Upper Deck Authenticated, working with Harlan J. Werner signed an exclusive partnership with MLB Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax. UDA’s agreement with Koufax and Werner provides the company with exclusive autographed memorabilia. Additionally, Koufax will be included in Upper Deck’s super premium baseball card brands such as UD Premier Baseball.
 
UDA will produce limited autographed baseballs, authentic MLB pitching rubbers, signed replicas of the 1963 Sports Illustrated cover of Koufax, framed photos including a dual signed photo with Nolan and several unique high-end shadow box display pieces.  

“Our partnership with Sandy Koufax allows us to bring baseball fans and collectors closer to the Hall of Fame player and to own memorabilia with historical significance,” said Tim Muret, Vice President of Upper Deck Authenticated. “Sandy’s career was truly amazing and it is our mission to create the same level of excitement and feeling with his Upper Deck Authenticated pieces as he did during his playing days.”

Adds Muret: "We take great pride in protecting the long-term value and collectibility of the athlete’s we work with and provide unique limited edition items to enhance people’s collections.”