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Luxury vehicles owned by former New York Yankees tend to pop up on eBay every now and then. Check out our archives. We’ve featured rides once owned by CC Sabathia, Roger Maris, Reggie Jackson, Joe DiMaggio, and Alex Rodriguez over the years. And we are adding on to the list today with a 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL sedan purchased by Don Mattingly.
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The auction is still very young with over five days remaining — two bids have been placed thus far. It’s worth mentioning there is a reserve price so it may not sell if it doesn’t reach a specific figure. As for more details on the car, we’ll allow the seller to share his story (from eBay):
This example was built in 07/1985 and was purchased new in New Jersey by New York Yankee 1st baseman Don Mattingly on 09/25/1985. This was the same year that Don won the AL MVP award. It is in excellent condition inside and out and the CarFax shows no accidents. It was owned by Don until 08/11/2009 when ownership was transferred to his son Jordan, at 85,190 miles. The car was driven by his son from then until about 3 years ago when he started driving a Suburban and the Mercedes was parked and used only on special occasions. In the Summer of 2017 we retrieved the car from their car barn and sent it to local marque specialist Foreign Performance where the fuel was drained from the tank and the car was completely inspected and serviced incl the water pump, belts, hoses etc. We installed a new set of BF Goodrich Advantage T/A tires and completely detailed this W126 inside and out! The family debated keeping the car and finally decided to put it on the market and let it go to a new home.
If the car isn’t enough, the seller is also willing to throw in some Donnie Baseball swag (autographed memorabilia, a photo of Donnie with the car) for the winner. Sounds like a great deal if you’re a Yankees homer.
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