Two important pieces of memorabilia separated by 77 years each sold for more than $300,000 Saturday night.
A baseball with 11 autographs from members of the original 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame class including Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb—all obtained by a former player—topped bidding at $360,000 in SCP Auctions’ Summer Premier.
The ball, which also included signatures from Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Nap Lajoie and other greats, was originally obtained by Ed Rommel, a former pitcher for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia A’s who was in attendance that day in Cooperstown.
SCP called it “one of the most important signed baseballs ever to come to market.”
The Lakers warmup jacket worn by Kobe Bryant in his final NBA game eight years ago netted $336,000.
It’s the only game-worn item to ever be offered from Bryant’s legendary final “Mamba Out” performance against the Utah Jazz when he scored 60 points and was making its auction debut.
Last December, SCP sold the full uniform Bryant wore in his last road game for over $366,967.
A late addition to the auction, a fully graded 1969 Topps Baseball set brought $114,000. Retired from the PSA Set Registry, the set would rank in the top 10 across all basic sets. Every card is graded 8 or higher.
Other card sales included a 1984-85 Star Company Michael Jordan graded PSA 7 that ended at $66,000–a record for the grade– and a one-of-a-kind uncut sheet of 1909-1911 S74 tobacco silks including multiple examples of Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson that sold for $54,000.
Additional game-worn memorabilia sold included the shirt from Rafael Nadal’s 2010 US Open final win that gave him the career grand slam, which set a record for any match-worn tennis shirt at $72,000. A 1991 Ken Griffey Jr. game bat graded PSA GU 10 is headed to a new home for $39,000 while a 1992 Olympic Dream Team uniform worn by Christian Laettner brought $26,400 and a 1962 Pele game jersey was purchased for $25,200.
Among the other memorabilia sales were Elvin Hayes’ personal copy of the NBA 50 Greatest Players signed lithograph that went for $36,000 and an 1896 Athens Olympics participation medal ended at $19,200, a new high mark for any participation medal from what is considered the first modern Olympic Games.
Complete results can be found here.
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