Going, going, gone...

The sale of memorabilia from the baseball New York Mets' now-vacant Shea Stadium includes 10 signs saying either "Low Clearance-No Forklifts" or simply "No Forklifts."

As of 30 September, buyers had snapped up eight of the forklift signs at the asking price of USD50 each.

The artifacts are available because the Mets will occupy a new facility nearby beginning in the 2009 season, and Shea Stadium will be dismantled.

The forklift signs are inexpensive in comparison with the asking price of USD100,000 for the Mets' dugout or USD50,000 for the visitors' dugout or each of the 1969 or 1986 world championship flags.

MeiGray Group of Branchburg, New Jersey is running the sale involving more than 2,000 items. The Mets intend to donate their portion of the net proceeds to the Mets Foundation which funds and promotes charitable causes for young people in the community.

Also, the New York Yankees baseball team will play in a new stadium next year, but, so far, the team has not announced plans for Yankee Stadium memorabilia.