Marc Ecko, the fashion designer and graffiti glitterati who last week purchased Barry Bonds' HR #756 ball for $753,000, says he will abide by public sentiment and either:
- Donate the ball to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
- Brand the ball (shown right) with an asterisk and ask the Hall if it will accept it into the museum.
- Put it on the space shuttle, satellite launcher or some other kind of rocket and put it into orbit around the earth.
Ecko, who once produced a hoax film depicting him tagging Air Force One with graffiti, said yesterday during an interview on The Today Show that he wants to "democratize" the ball that eclipsed Hank Aaron's all-time home run record. Thus, he has set up a website where collectors can vote on the fate of the ball
The vote ends Sept. 25, but vote early and vote often. I hit my vote several times and the website never kicked me back for multiple votes from the same IP address, nor does the site require any log in or email recognition. For a guy who thrives on marketing and publicity, it seems Ecko missed a chance to grab some names . . . and maybe even a future buyer for the ball.
-- courtesy Beckett.com
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