The Great Big American Auction

Ty Pennington has found the most extreme home of them all: The high-end auction house.

The host of TV's long-running feel-good reality series "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", Pennington has now signed on to host The Great Big American Auction — which just landed a pilot order from ABC.

Think of "Great Big American Auction" as a more contemporary Antiques Roadshow. In this case, Great Big American Auction will feature personal treasures with a historic, artist or pop culture bent, all being auctioned off to the higher bidder (and all with a personal story to boot). Among the examples: A near-mint copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1; a ring once owned by Elvis Presley; and an autographed Les Paul guitar being auctioned off to benefit Cystic Fibrosis research.

The show is also touting a fully intact checkbook ledger featuring 132 checks signed by Ty Cobb in 1931 and 1932, rescued from the baseball legend's Georgia home after a fire. (Source: ABC)