oh brother..... there were probably 10's of thousand's of cups like that at the game he probably just bought his home and says it is the real one. as for the auction before it yea i also saw the massive set of models, looks like there is some cool ones in there but i do not think it is worth it, i would just look arond and grab the ones I really want , it would be much cheaper.
"This was one of the cups that was thrown during the historic brawl from last Friday". That's an exact quote from the auction, except I capitalized the word Friday. Please notice the purposely vauge description. This means absolutely nothing. He probably threw it to the ground when the fight broke out and now he's claiming it's a "piece of history". How can anyone prove it was actually thrown at any of the Pacers? Does it have authentic Ron Artest sweat on it? If so, Ron Artest probably would've bought it himself only to re-sell it along with one of his CDs. He needs the money now. Well, not really.
You'll also notice the seller ended it early before eBay could pull it. At least he's smarter than the bidders. They should all be publicly flogged.
Who's to say that it was actually thrown in the same stadium or while the brawl was originally going on. The cup could have been thrown during a replay of the fight in his own house.