суббота, 3 марта 2012 г.

Donation allows Hall to complete collection

Jeff Wolfson took his wife, children, parents and in-laws to theHall of Fame ceremonies earlier this month in Cooperstown, N.Y., andthey got the full VIP treatment. Which seems only fair becauseWolfson had just returned one of the most priceless baseballs in theHall's collection.

Wolfson, a trader on the Chicago Board Options Exchange who livesin Northbrook, is an avid collector of signed balls, and severalyears ago, when a friend offered to sell him a few he had purchasedat an auction, Wolfson bought them. Then last year, the FBI called.

Among the balls was the first signed by a president, WilliamHoward Taft in 1910, and it, along with balls signed by WoodrowWilson, …

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