Muhammad Ali's Trunks, Lou Gehrig's Last Bat and Dr. J's Championship Rings Up for Auction in OC

Thanks to a Laguna Niguel company, you can swing the bat last used by Lou Gehrig as a Yankee, slide on “Dr. J” Julius Erving's NBA championship ring or slip into the trunks Muhammad Ali wore in one of his memorable fights against Smokin' Joe Frazier.

Of course, to do so, you have to be the highest bidder in SCP Auctions memorabilia auction for these and several other items going on the block today.

Photos, trophies and game-used items from the likes of Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Cochrane and 19th
century baseball icon Mike “King” Kelly are also part of the 763-item lot.
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Specifically, you'll find:

• An autographed banquet program featuring a photo of “King” Kelly that SCP calls “possibly the
  greatest 19th Century baseball autograph find in hobby history . . . It has been estimated that the number of authentic 'King' Kelly autographs known to exist can be counted on two hands . . .” It's been sitting in the Elks Lodge memorabilia collection for years;

• Hall of Fame catcher Cochrane's 1934 American League Most Valuable Player trophy; his
  personal team-signed 1929 Philadelphia Athletics panoramic photograph; and a
  four-page handwritten letter and related telegram from Ty Cobb to Cochrane
  referencing Coca-Cola franchising;

• Ali's
  iconic blood-red velvet trunks worn during his first bout with Frazier
  dubbed the “Fight of the Century.” The trunks originally belonged to
  the estate of Drew Bundini Brown, a long-time assistant for The Greatest;

• Gehrig's 1938-39
  game-used bat, one of the last professional models made for him by the
  craftsmen at Hillerich & Bradsby. He hit his last two home runs in a
  New York Yankees uniform with the bat that wound up in the estate of
  actor Bing Russell, the father of Kurt Russell. Experts at SCP describe
  the bat as the single finest piece of Gehrig memorabilia
  they've handled in the company's 32-year history. There's also DiMaggio's game-used
  bat autographed by the 1941 Yankees team and a Babe Dahlgren 1938-39 game-used
  bat from the estate of Bing Russell, who acquired them directly from the players and kept them in his family for years;

• Dr.
  J's 1974 and 1976 New York Nets ABA World Championship ring; 1983
  Philadelphia 76ers World Championship ring; 1996 NBA's 50 Greatest
  Players ring; MVP trophies from 1975-76 (ABA) and 1980-81 (NBA); 1977 and 1983
  NBA All-Star game MVP trophies; 1979, 1981 and 1985 Eastern Conference All-Star
  game-worn uniforms, 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers game-worn road uniform; and his
  final game-worn jersey from Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference
  playoffs.

“On behalf of Julius
Erving and his family, we are proud to offer what is certainly the most
important and comprehensive basketball player collection ever brought to
market,” SCP president and CEO David Kohler says in a company statement. “The collection is being offered in two parts with part
one highlighting our November 19 sale. Part two of the collection will be
featured in our December Monthly Auction. We share in the Erving family's
wish that fans and collectors will cherish and preserve these items as they
have for many years.”

“I am very excited to work with SCP auctions to
offer my personal collection of memorabilia to collectors and fans,” Erving says in the same statement. “It is my hope that the buyers of these items will derive
much pleasure from their ownership. I also hope these treasures initiate much
discussion inside and outside of basketball circles that help to preserve my
legacy. It pleases me to support my lifelong charity, the Salvation Army,
with a portion of the proceeds. My family and I thank all of the fans for their
continued support throughout the years.”

Bidding concludes Saturday, Nov. 19. For
more information on how to participate, visit SCP Auctions.