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Stan Musial Online Auction Nets $1.2 Million

UPI/Bill Greenblatt
Stan Musial.

Hundreds of bidders, most presumably St. Louis Cardinals fans, now own a piece of Stan Musial memorabilia after an online auction of his possessions.

Officials with Heritage Auctions of Dallas said Monday that winning bids for the month-long auction totaled $1.2 million, far more than expected. The auction ended Saturday.

Items ranged from game-worn jerseys to World Series rings to Musial's legendary harmonicas.

Musial died in January at age 92. His family kept most of his belongings but grandson Brian Schwarze said Musial'sfour-bedroom Laduehomewas stuffed with so many things he'd collected over the years that relatives decided on an auction.

A 2011 Cardinals World Series ring given to Musial sold for $191,200. A four-page letter to Musial from Ty Cobb in 1952 went for $71,700.