Everything must go, including a whole mess of lanyards and credentials with his goateed face laminated on them.

Former ESPN broadcaster and Detroit radio personality, Mark Wilson, is leaving town (the state of Michigan, actually). But before he goes, he needs to sell off all the memorabilia his career in sports has afforded him over the years. The stash includes autographed bats, balls, crates of baseball cards, those radio guy jackets that will never go out of style, really old golf clubs and jerseys galore. It’s not all treasure – a replica MVP trophy from the Great Lakes Hockey championship – but there are items like the signed Joe Louis boxing gloves to be had. He’s even got a Charlie O. Finley baseball – the orange ball that Finley tried to replace white Major League baseballs with. Finley also wanted to institute designated runners and a mechanical rabbit that would pop up behind home plate and deliver new balls to the umpire (I digress, but I made up none of that).

Most notably, Wilson was the co-host of the popular Detroit sports-talk radio show Parker & The Man, he was ‘The Man.’ Wilson has also worked as a sports anchor and producer in Houston, Miami and Lansing. Judging by the array of Super bowl gear in his collection- a ceramic football from Super Bowl XL designed by Steve Mariucci? – he was something of a radio row lifer superstar.

Now, say you just wanted the Louis gloves, and maybe a lanyard or two. Well, liquidation stipulation – the whole lot needs to be moved at once and the asking price for the boat is $47 K. The kicker, assuming you live in the state of Michigan,  The Man Wilson will drive all his swag to your house!

And if you talk Motor City Chiefs hockey with him, I’m sure he’ll throw in some heavy lifting too.

(some info c/o of wikipedia)

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