{"id":37886,"date":"2019-06-17T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=37886"},"modified":"2019-06-17T17:07:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T21:07:14","slug":"babe-ruth-hits-it-out-of-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2019\/06\/babe-ruth-hits-it-out-of-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Babe Ruth Hits It Out Of The Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_37888\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/47v8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37888\" class=\"wp-image-37888 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/47v8-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Babe Ruth\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/47v8-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/47v8-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/47v8.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Babe Ruth &#8211; Courtesy Hunt Auctions<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This past weekend an auction (hosted by Hunt Auctions) took place at Yankee Stadium featuring over 400 sports memorabilia items, including many items from the collection of Babe Ruth\u2019s family. There were some very strong prices and in the end, the sale had a 90% sell-through rate \u2013 guess everyone was out to find the perfect last-minute Father\u2019s Day present! The most highly anticipated item was Babe Ruth\u2019s 1928-30 jersey whose estimate was \u2018on request\u2019, but word has it they were quoting &#8220;in excess of $4M.&#8221;\u00a0 As we all know, Ruth set many records during his career&#8230; impressively, he continues to set records as the price of the jersey really hit it out of the park &#8211; it is now the most expensive sports memorabilia ever sold at auction. The unknown buyer paid a solid $4.7M ($5.64M with commission) beating the previous sports memorabilia record &#8211; also a Babe Ruth jersey (1920 season) which sold for $4.4M in 2012.\u00a0 In addition, a unique photograph of Lou Gehrig with the inscription \u201cBabe \u2013 May I always be deserving of your friendship, cordially, Lou Gehrig\u201d sold for $400K ($480K w\/c) on a $100-200K estimate!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend an auction (hosted by Hunt Auctions) took place at Yankee Stadium featuring over 400 sports memorabilia items, including many items from the collection of Babe Ruth\u2019s family. 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