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The undisclosed buyer paid $518,628 for what
was thought to be the seven-time Super Bowl champion's final
touchdown pass. Bidding had opened at $100,000 last month.
"If there is any item in the field of sports collectibles that
needs no embellishment, it is this historic piece: the final
touchdown ball of Tom Brady's career," Lelands said in its
description of the ball.
The anonymous consigner caught the ball after Tampa Bay wide
receiver Mike Evans tossed it into the stands in the fourth
quarter of the Buccaneer's 30-27 overtime loss to the Los
Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round.
Seven-time Super Bowl champion Brady, 44, announced his
retirement six weeks ago but has since had a change of heart and
will be back under center next season.
"Do you take returns?" NFL Network's Andrew Siciliano tweeted.
The consigner is presumably thrilled with the timing of the
sale.
"We stayed for the whole game and I just kind of held it like a
baby and we watched them come back and lose," the anonymous
seller told ESPN.
"We stood around for a while as the players walked off the
field, then I tucked it in my jacket and we just walked out like
normal. Nobody came up to us or anything."
Lelands auctioned Brady's first touchdown football, which
fetched $428,841, less than a year ago. New England Patriots
wide receiver Terry Glenn tossed that valuable piece of
memorabilia into the stands in Brady's second season in 2001.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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