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Heritage Auctions has Babe Ruth rookie card, Willie McCovey Collection on auction block
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Heritage Auctions has Babe Ruth rookie card, Willie McCovey Collection on auction block

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniAugust 2, 2021

$20 million worth of sports history will be up for grabs when Dallas-based Heritage Auctions conducts its star-studded Summer Platinum Auction which is underway and …

Gehrig Bat, ’23 Yankees Hope Plate, Murderers’ Row Photo Highlight SCP Auction
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Gehrig Bat, ’23 Yankees Hope Plate, Murderers’ Row Photo Highlight SCP Auction

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniMarch 26, 20211

After being packed away for decades, one of Lou Gehrig’s final game used bats from the 1938 season and possibly during that year’s Fall classic …

N.Y. Well Represented In Hall Of Fame Book
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N.Y. Well Represented In Hall Of Fame Book

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniDecember 5, 20201

When the Mets opened their Hall of Fame in Citi Field, I sometimes joked that the Yankees have a Hall of Fame, too… in Cooperstown. …

Ruth 500th Home Run Bat Exceeds $1 Million In Auction
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Ruth 500th Home Run Bat Exceeds $1 Million In Auction

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniDecember 15, 2019

Babe Ruth’s 500th Home Run Bat brought more than $1 million in the SCP Auctions closing sports auction of the year today it was announced …

Ruth Author Thinks ’28-’30 Yankees Jersey Can Set Auction Record
New York Yankees

Ruth Author Thinks ’28-’30 Yankees Jersey Can Set Auction Record

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniMay 28, 2019

Auctions with Babe Ruth items may be nothing new—there are thousands of balls, photos and other memorabilia with his signature affixed, and a fairly extensive …

Ruth Collection To Be Offered At Yankee Stadium Auction June 15
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Ruth Collection To Be Offered At Yankee Stadium Auction June 15

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniDecember 12, 2018December 12, 2018

Hunt Auctions is honored to announce a highly significant offering of historic baseball artifacts and personal materials from the collection of New York Yankees’ legend …

Ruth 1924 Home Run Bat To Auction
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Ruth 1924 Home Run Bat To Auction

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniNovember 8, 2018November 8, 2018

In 1924 Babe Ruth hit his first home run of the season off a pitch thrown by Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. That Home …

New Ruth Book Explores Lasting Legacy
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New Ruth Book Explores Lasting Legacy

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniMarch 20, 2018

Babe Ruth’s grandson Tom Stevens calls it “the first real effort to explain his enduring popularity,” and Stevens should know. He wrote the Foreword. BABE …

New York Yankees

Lou Gehrig Signed Yankees Contract Bidding At $110,000

Jerry Milaniby Jerry MilaniNovember 15, 2017

The Lou Gehrig Signed New York Yankees Uniform Players Contract from 1925 is the current high bid of $110,000 on the Steiner Auctions “Fall Classic” …

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