Ninety years after the first All-Star Game, items representing some of the biggest names in baseball are on the block in what’s become another annual tradition: the MLB All-Star auction. Now in its 19th year, the event once again takes place on the day of the game, July 11 in Seattle, with Hunt Auctions again conducting the sale, with bidding online and in … [Read more...] about Historic Memorabilia, Fresh to Market Vintage Cards Part of 2023 All-Star Auction
1923 Yankees
Photo of 1st Yankee Stadium World Series in 1923 at Auction
There would be many more championships. Many more Babe Ruth World Series home runs. The only World Series perfect game. Decades worth of memories and great moments awaited, but on October 10, 1923, Yankee Stadium hosted its first postseason game. Now, a sweeping news photograph showing what was for the time a massive crowd in the "House That Ruth Built" is … [Read more...] about Photo of 1st Yankee Stadium World Series in 1923 at Auction
Photo of the Day: Babe’s Homer as Yanks Win 1st Title
He had christened New York's new baseball palace with a homer back in April. He bookended the historic season with another one that helped the Yankees win the World Series. An image of Babe Ruth crossing home plate after a Game 6 blast at the Polo Grounds on October 15, 1923 is the RMY Auctions Photo of the Day. It's one of over 500 historic photos in the … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Babe’s Homer as Yanks Win 1st Title
Wally Pipp’s 1923 World Series Champs Pocket Watch Up for Auction
You may know that Wally Pipp’s 1925 headache opened the door for Lou Gehrig to begin his streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. What many don’t know is that Pipp, the long-established Yankees first baseman, scouted Gehrig when the latter was starring at Columbia University and suggested the team offer him a contract. He also helped Gehrig with some of the finer … [Read more...] about Wally Pipp’s 1923 World Series Champs Pocket Watch Up for Auction
Rare Photo of Ruth’s 1st Yankee Stadium Home Run Coming to Auction
It was just one of the 714 he hit during his career (15 more if you include his World Series efforts) but to Babe Ruth, the first home run belted at the newly constructed Yankee Stadium in 1923 always ranked among his favorites. In fact, leading up to the huge park’s debut Ruth told reporters he’d “give a year of my life if I could hit a home run on opening day of this … [Read more...] about Rare Photo of Ruth’s 1st Yankee Stadium Home Run Coming to Auction
Notes: Oscar, Doc to NSCC; Palmer’s Putter; Leaving Las Vegas; Henrik the Hero
The National Sports Collectors Convention has added two NBA legends to its autograph roster for this summer’s show. Julius Erving and Oscar Robertson will sign in Chicago, as will wrestling legend Goldberg, coach Bob Knight and former Bears’ Super Bowl quarterback Jim McMahon. They join the original opening list of signers released late last month. Arnold Palmer … [Read more...] about Notes: Oscar, Doc to NSCC; Palmer’s Putter; Leaving Las Vegas; Henrik the Hero
Photo of the Day: Yankee Stadium Opens in 1923
"Everything smelled of ... fresh paint, fresh plaster and fresh grass". The New York Evening Telegram’s description of Yankee Stadium, the cavernous new ballpark, surely drew fans in the days following April 18,1923. There was much pomp and circumstance as the Yankees and Red Sox opened the season in the $2.4 million facility (about $32 million in today’s dollars). … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Yankee Stadium Opens in 1923
Babe Ruth’s 1923 World Series Watch Coming to Auction
The 1923 World Series championship watch presented to Babe Ruth is making its way out of a private collection and into the market. The watch will be sold as part of Heritage Auctions’ Sports Platinum Night Auction in New York next month and carries a pre-sale estimate of $750,000+. The watch was awarded to the Babe, and all of his New York Yankees teammates, when they beat … [Read more...] about Babe Ruth’s 1923 World Series Watch Coming to Auction