Baseball legend Park Chan-ho wins his first major league victory ball → Last spike appraisal price recorded KRW 1.6 billion

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Jul 30, 2025

Baseball legend Park Chan-ho wins his first major league victory ball → Last spike appraisal price recorded KRW 1.6 billion



Korean baseball legend Park Chan-ho unveiled a collection worth billions of dollars.

'100 Emotional Show: The Signature', which premiered at 7:40 p.m. on the 29th, is a new concept emotional program that illuminates the lives of characters representing various fields such as art, physical education, broadcasting, and culture through a collection and 'Signature'. Beyond the 勘 of objects, it drew attention by recounting the narratives of the characters in the collection and the emotions of the times together.

The first signature was the glove, baseball, and spike used by Park Chan-ho, who became the first Korean to enter the Major League in 1994 and mark a milestone in Korean baseball history. As Park Chan-ho established himself as an icon of the times by giving great hope and emotion to Korea during the 1997 financial crisis, his 'signature' was expected to be more than just a sports souvenir.




Park Chan-ho said, `The year 1997 means a lot to me as well. set up a foundation. At that time, there were many boys and girls, and they couldn't go to school. A foundation was established to help children who are unemployed, giving them scholarships and opening up opportunities to go to school. I have walked on a path that instills goals, dreams, and challenging spirit in youth baseball," he said, drawing admiration. Three players from the foundation are active in the KBO League, and in particular, Kim Hye-sung, who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers, revealed that he was from the 1st period of the 「Park Chan-ho Baseball Camp」 and praised him as `a wonderful junior who conveys his dream.'

His 'signature' was a meaningful object with the winning ball of his first major league win game, the glove written 'mental concentration' in Korean, and the spike with dirt in the final game of the 1997 season. The average price of the three collections determined by the 100 people's appraisal team was about 1.6 billion won. In response, Park Chan-ho "The amount was much higher than I thought. I'm glad that you recognized my career even more." Meanwhile, the appraisal price of the professional appraisal team was 340 million won. Park Chan-ho added, `I hope that in 100 years, juniors and descendants will see Signature and have dreams, and become symbols that challenge themselves again from despair.'

Baseball legend Park Chan-ho wins his first major league victory ball → Last spike appraisal price recorded KRW 1.6 billion
Then, the second signature appeared was the `Papillon chair' of the Buddhist monk Beopjeong who died in 2010 as a spiritual teacher representing Korea. Monk Beopjeong's first student, Deokjo, and former announcer Lee Gye-jin, known as Monk Beopjeong's Yuval Sang-jwa (a student who did not attend), introduced the chair for Papillon, which was said to have been produced and used by Monk Beopjeong when he wrote and performed 'No Possession'. 'Papillon chair' was an object named 'Papillon chair', meaning that the monk Beopjeong saw that it was a sin to waste his life when he was trapped in the altitude of the movie 'Papillon' during his lifetime and thought about whether he was wasting his life as well.




In particular, 'Papillon Chair' was selected by the National Heritage Administration as an excellent example of the 'Finding Modern Reserve Cultural Heritage' contest, so its value was different. In 'Signature', which contains the teachings and warmth of the monk Beopjeong, the appraisal team of 100 people expressed the opinion that the appraisal value could not be measured. The professional appraisal team also declared abandonment of emotion, saying 'Unstoppable 價', a four-character idiom that means' priceless treasure'. Monk Deokjo said, "I hope that the 'Papillon chair' that I thought at a reasonable distance from the world will be remembered for a long time as the spiritual legacy of the entourage," he said, allowing him to think deeply about the meaning of cultural assets.

The second episode of the new emotional program "100 Emotions Show: The Signature" will feature singer Kim Yeon-ja and actor Jang Hyuk's 『Signature』, in which actor Kim Jong-un and announcer Park Chul-kyu share emotions with the public in real time. Episode 2 of "100 Emotional Show: The Signature" will air live on KBS 1 at 7:40 p.m. on the 30th.





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