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A ball Patrick Mahomes signed back in high school is hitting the auction block … and check out the signature — the NFL superstar had a John Hancock like a pro even as a teenager!!
TMZ Sports has learned the K.C. Chiefs QB put pen to ball back in 2013 … and now, it’s the earliest Mahomes auto EVER to go up for auction.
We’re told the story behind the ball is pretty special … the guys at Lelands say Mahomes and his entire Whitehouse H.S. Wildcats baseball team in Texas signed it for a boy who was battling Leukemia.
Leland’s reps say the boy threw out the first pitch at one of the team’s games (with Mahomes catching it) — and later, the kid got the whole team to sign it.
Check out the piece … in the sweet spot, “2013 Whitehouse Wildcats” is handwritten. Just above it is Mahomes’ auto, which features his signature with the “#5.”
21 of Mahomes’ other high school teammates also signed the ball.
Unclear what it’s ultimately expected to fetch — it is awfully hard to price such a unique item, after all — but bidding has started at $500.
And, if that price sounds crazy … consider this — a ball signed by a teenage Michael Jordan in 1976 just sold this year at auction for $36,000!!!
Happy bidding!
