A Google search for the highest prices ever paid for a baseball showed:
Mark McGwire 70th Home Run Ball (1998) - $3,005,000
Babe Ruth All-Star Game Home Run Ball (1933) - $805,000
Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball (2007) - $752,467
Henry Aaron's 755th Home Run Ball (1976) - $650,000
Bonds' 73rd - $517,500
Murray's 500th - $500,000
Mantle's 500th - $250,000
McGwire's 500th - $250,000
Barry Bonds' Home run No. 755, the ball that tied the record (2007) - $186,750
Sosa's 66th - $175,000
Sammy Sosa's 66th homer (1999) - $172,500
Ruth's first at Stadium - $130,000
Fisk's Series shot - $120,000
Steve Bartman's foul ball that Chicago fans believe cost the Cubs a trip to the 2003 World Series was bought by someone who plans to destroy it (2003) - $106,600
I'm a huge fan of the Yankees and Jeter, but sorry, there's no way I would've given the baseball back.
