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Ruth Contract Tops Half Million Dollar Mark

May 2, 2016 By Rich Mueller

The first contract Babe Ruth signed as a member of the New York Yankees sold for a whopping $549,000 over the weekend.

Signed Babe Ruth contractThe twice-signed pact was inked by Ruth in 1922, after his original Red Sox contract had expired.  It was the most ever paid for one of his Yankee contracts.

A total of 76 lots were offered by Goldin Auctions in the live event conducted at the New York Yankees Steak House in New York City.   Each had a value of $10,000 or more.

In all, the auction generated nearly $3 million and that total will increase with a corresponding online auction with over 1,100 items that runs through Saturday at GoldinAuctions.com.

“We are proud Game-worn Ted Williams uniformto have once again secured record prices for our consignors and especially proud that 73 of the 76 lots were sold,” said founder Ken Goldin.

A 1955 Ted Williams Game Used Red Sox Road Jersey with Matching Pants sold for $183, 000 – a record price for any Eddie Plank T206 card PSA 4Williams jersey; a T206 White Border Eddie Plank graded PSA 4 sold for $100,040 – a record for a Plank card at that grade; a 1953 Bowman Color #59 Mickey Mantle graded PSA MINT 9 hit $58,560 – – the most ever paid for a ’53 Bowman Mantle); and a Larry Bird photo and vide-matched game-worn jersey from the Celtics’ May 22, 1988 Playoff Game 7 vs Atlanta hit $64,050 – a record for any Bird jersey.

A sixth record was set last month, when the company sold the 2001 Mike Piazza post-9/11 game jersey for $365,000, the top amount for any modern era jersey.  The jersey was pulled froMickey Mantle 1952 Topps PSA 7-STm the live auction and sold privately to ensure it would remain on display in New York.

Other items sold Saturday night included a circa-1912 glove said to have been used by Babe Ruth during his days at St. Mary’s Industrial School ($341,600); a 1921 agreement establishing MLB’s “Office of the Commissioner”, signed by team owners and both league presidents ($103,700); a 1997-98 Michael Jordan photo-matched game-used Bulls road jersey ($91,500); a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle graded PSA 7-ST ($87,840); a Lou Gehrig single-signed baseball ($67,100); a 1996-97 Jordan game-used jersey ($46,360) and Gary Carter’s personally owned 1986 Mets World Series trophy ($40,260).

Goldin will conduct its next live auction on Thursday, August 4, during the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City, NJ.

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