Man sells giant autograph collection for daughter

October 24, 2012 | Modified: October 24, 2012 at 6:31 am
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In this Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 photo, memorabilia collector Ken Kallin shows off autographed photos of Ann B. Davis, left, and Betty Davis, at his Oakland Park, Fla. office. Three decades ago, Kallin began amassing 120,000 pieces in a memorabilia collection that includes photographs signed by Muhammad Ali and Neil Armstrong along with rare books and trading cards. By the end of Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 he's hoping to have gotten rid of nearly all of it _ at an auction to benefit his daughter, who suffers from a rare autoimmune disease that makes her bones dangerously brittle and causes her body's defenses to attack her own blood vessels. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man is selling a massive collection of autographed memorabilia to help his ailing daughter.

Ken Kallin started his collection three decades ago and has since amassed 120,000 pieces to include photographs, books and trading cards — all autographed. He's hoping to get rid of it all at an auction Saturday near Fort Lauderdale.

The money will help pay for his daughter's treatments for a rare autoimmune disease.

A memorabilia expert not associated with the auction calls it a "once-in-a-lifetime" collection and says it will attract big spenders.

The collection hasn't been independently appraised, but Kallin and the auction house J. Sugarman say it's worth $4.5 million.