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Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers Contracts Appraised at $36M Ahead of Auction

The original contract Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 along with his first minor league contract are up for auctionwhere they are expected to generate a lot of interest.

Per TMZ Sports, Ken Goldin of Goldin Auctions had the documents appraised at $36 million by a rare documents expert leading up to the auction that began on Monday.

Robinson's first MLB contract and his minor league deal with Dodgers' minor league team the Montreal Royals were previously put up for auction in November 2017, but they didn't sell after failing to meet the $15 million reserve price established by Goldin Auctions.