A circa 1918-1920 Babe Ruth professional model baseball bat sold for $117,500 in the annual auction during MLB's All-Star FanFest on Tuesday afternoon. The "George Babe Ruth" facsimile signature impressed in the barrel is the earliest version employed on Ruth game bats and was in use from mid 1918 through 1922. The bat was graded 8.5 by PSA/DNA. It … [Read more...]
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Hold Babe Ruth’s Bat at Slugger Museum
He received $100 and a set of golf clubs made by the company. In return for Babe Ruth’s signature 100 years ago Monday, Hillerich & Bradsby received the endorsement of baseball’s most exciting new player. One of the bats made for him during his long association with the company goes on display at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Monday—but you can do more … [Read more...]
Historic Memorabilia; High End Cards Coming to Goldin’s Live, Catalog Events
Eli Manning's 2008 Super Bowl helmet; a Wayne Gretzky rookie season jersey; Jim Palmer's 1976 Cy Young Award, bats from Cap Anson and Babe Ruth; the Mike Singletary Collection and more than two dozen high-grade rookie cards will be on the auction block next month through Goldin Auctions. The company will hold an 89-lot live event at the Cleveland Airport … [Read more...]
Ruth 60th Home Run Bat Sells for $660,000
The Baseball Hall of Fame claims to own the bat Babe Ruth used to hit his record-setting 60th home run in 1927 but prominent collectors believed The Babe's weapon of choice that day is the one found in Heritage Auctions' Spring catalog. Inscribed to Ruth friend Joe E. Brown, a nationally known actor-comedian who was among the first celebrity sports collectors, the bat … [Read more...]
Notes: Ruth, Cobb Bats Coming to Auction; Red Berenson Selling; MLS Cards on Post Cereals
Two of the best known Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb game model bats will hit the auction block in a couple of weeks. Both rank among the top bats of the two baseball icons that have been offered at auction in recent years. Mile High Card Company says it will be offering a bat dating to use by Babe Ruth in the 1929-30 era and another swung by Ty Cobb more than a century … [Read more...]
HOF Stands Pat but Heritage Selling Bat Attributed to Ruth’s 60th Home Run
The Baseball Hall of Fame claims to have it, but PSA/DNA bat expert John Taube and Heritage Auctions say the facts are on their side when it comes to Babe Ruth’s 60th home run bat from 1927. Heritage is offering its own big piece of lumber in the company’s newly launched Spring Sports Memorabilia Catalog Auction with a pre-sale estimate of $1 million or … [Read more...]
Historic Game-Used Items; Rare T206 Cobb Top $9.3 Million Heritage Auction
High-end game-used memorabilia and some iconic sports cards helped push Heritage Auctions’ latest catalog tally to $9.3 million. The auction, which closed with two sections on Saturday and Sunday nights, set several records across game-used jerseys, bats, and rare sports cards. Kept in a closet for decades by the Wisconsin man who’d received it as a young boy … [Read more...]
1932 Ruth Gamer at Auction; Is It His “Called Shot” Bat?
Lelands is offering a 1932 Babe Ruth game bat in its newly launched Classic Auction, one it says could have been used to launch his “Called Shot” home run in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series against the Cubs. The bat was originally believed to have been a 1935 bat, perhaps the last of his career, gifted to former teammate Wally Berger. However, research disproved … [Read more...]
Game-Used Bats, High-Grade Rookie Cards Fuel Heritage Auction
Bats bearing the names of some of baseball's all-time greats are on the block in the newly launched Heritage Auctions catalog. Lumber from Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Josh Gibson, Mel Ott and Joe DiMaggio are among the headline items in the catalog, which closes in an extended bidding format Feb. 24-25. “This is really the best of the best,” said Chris Ivy, Director of … [Read more...]
1920 Babe Ruth Signed Bat Up for Auction
Collecting game-used bats isn't a modern outgrowth of fans gravitating from baseball cards to memorabilia. One man made it his hobby more than a century ago and one of the top prizes in his collection is on the auction block, where it's expected to sell for big bucks. Eddie Maier was the president of the Pacific Coast League's Vernon Tigers and during his career in … [Read more...]
