A uniform signed by a player who participated in the Major League All-Star Game was put up for charity auction, and the uniform of Shohei Ohtani of the Angels was sold for the highest price of about 3.3 million yen.
The major league organization put up a charity auction for various goods from the All-Star Game held on the 19th of this month.
Of these, the bidding for the uniforms signed by the selected players closed on July 31, and the signed uniform of Otani was sold for the highest price of $25,010, which is approximately 3.3 million yen. .
The uniform is not the one actually used in the All-Star Game, but it has the same design and Otani's autograph on the uniform number "17".
At last year's auction, the autographed uniform of Otani's first all-star game was sold for about 14 million yen at the rate at the time, and although the winning bid dropped significantly this year, it was the next highest price. The uniform was about 800,000 yen for the local Dodgers Kershaw pitcher, and Otani was extremely popular this year.
In addition, the helmet that Ohtani actually used in the All-Star Game with a signature is about 4 million yen, and the ball that Ohtani hit from pitcher Kershaw in his first at-bat was about 2.7 million yen, both of which were sold on the 27th. As a result, Otani's related goods were very popular this year.