MLB artifact hunters will still have the chance to bid on Shohei Ohtani's historic 50th home run ball on Friday ... despite a new lawsuit that's reportedly trying to halt the proceedings.
cllct's Darren Rovell... who's convinced he's the rightful owner of the baseball. Matus alleges in his suit, according to Rovell, that he had full control of the ball beforeRovell stated Matus is suing Belanski and Goldin -- seeking, among other things, to stop their impending sale of the memento.
In the best video of the struggle for the Ohtani 50th home run ball, it looks like the roughly 30-year age difference won out.on Thursday there are no plans as of now to pause things ... and bidding will still go down on Friday at 9 AM PT. "Having reviewed the allegations and images included in the lawsuit," Goldin said,"and publicly available video from the game, Goldin plans to go live with the auction of the Ohtani 50/50 ball as planned."
"We note that while Goldin has also been named as a party in the case," he continued,"there are no allegations of wrongdoing by the company."Ohtani whacked the ball over the LoanDepot Park fence during the seventh inning of the Dodgers' tilt with the Marlins on Sept. 19 -- becoming the first-ever player in MLB history to record a season with
While bidding on the baseball will begin at half a mil ... Goldin has also set a buy-it-now price for $4.5 million.
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