The vast majority of sports fans will never get to sign a professional contract like Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron or Whitey Ford did. A few lucky fans will get to own those contracts, however.
RR Auction is posting a number of signed Major League Baseball contracts for bidding, including those for Mantle, Aaron and Ford.
Aaron's contract, the bidding for which is expected to exceed $10,000, is particularly noteworthy as he signed it the year he broke Babe Ruth's career home run record.
From RR Auction:
"Contract, signed 'Henry L. Aaron,' five pages on three adjoining sheets, 8.