Seventy years after cancer claimed his life at the young age of 53, dozens of items from the life and times of baseball's greatest icon are on the auction block. Goldin Auctions has launched its second Babe Ruth Auction, with bidding underway through February 18. Five percent of each winning bid will be donated to support the Babe Ruth Birthplace & … [Read more...]
Bummed Babe’s 1933 Contract Generating Interest
One would think a ballplayer who hits 41 homers and adds one of the most famous post-season blasts ever would be in line for a pay increase but that wasn’t the case decades ago. With free agency still more than 40 years away, even Babe Ruth had to accept a pay cut in 1933. The pact he signed with the Yankees in the spring of that year is at auction with a current high bid of … [Read more...]
Notes: Sports Legends Museum Closing, Doyle at $220K
The Sports Legends Museum in Baltimore closed its doors Monday after the Babe Ruth Birthplace Foundation declined to renew its lease with the Maryland Stadium Authority. Located next to the Ruth Birthplace and Museum, Sports Legends has been a primary tenant in Camden Station since 2005, when the State of Maryland, the Ruth Birthplace Foundation, and private contributors … [Read more...]
1920 Babe Ruth Jersey Could Fetch $1 Million Plus
The earliest known game worn Babe Ruth jersey is going on the auction block. SCP Auctions announced Monday that it would offer the 1920 Ruth shirt in its spring auction slated to begin Monday, April 30. Ruth joined the Yankees after being sold by the Boston Red Sox in January of that year. The unrestored road jersey carries Ruth's stitched name inside the collar and had … [Read more...]