Online auction site Bid4Assets will auction approximately 17,000 collectible baseball, basketball and football sports cards forfeited to the U.S. Marshals Service. The online auction will be held April 5-7, 2004. The minimum bid for the collection is $8,500.

The sports card collection includes original Star Cards from Kobe Bryant (23 cards), Keith Van Horn (18 cards), Tim Duncan (18 cards) and Michael Jordan (92 cards). Other basketball player cards include those for Tracy McGrady, Jason Kidd, Shaquille O'Neal, Julius Irving (Dr. J.), Allen Iverson and Dennis Rodman to name a few. Some are in 10 card sets. Cards also include football players Brett Favre and John Elway. The sports card collection is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

"We are pleased to continue to work with the U.S. Marshals Service to sell sports memorabilia more quickly and efficiently online," said Jenny Lynch, Bid4Assets Vice President of Marketing and Corporate-wide Communications. "This could be a good opportunity for a sports memorabilia seller to buy a large collection of sports cards and re-lot them for resell."

Bid4Assets has been conducting online sales for the U.S. Marshals Service since December 1999 to include residential and commercial real estate, luxury vehicles, aircraft, boats, jewelry, timeshares and financial instruments.

http://www.bid4assets.com/USMS

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