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Babe’s 1933 Contract, Gehrig Bat, Tapper Collection Headline SCP Auctions Catalog

March 17, 2021 By Rich Mueller

From 19th century baseball cards to Babe Ruth’s 1933 Yankees contract to Mickey Mantle memorabilia and stacks of high-grade modern basketball cards, SCP Auctions’ Winter Premier catalog offers a bit of a tour through sports history.  The newly launched auction opened Wednesday morning and will run through April 3. The auction includes 375 lots in all.  It leads off … [Read more...] about Babe’s 1933 Contract, Gehrig Bat, Tapper Collection Headline SCP Auctions Catalog

Jimmie Foxx Collection Headlines Huge Heritage Event

November 23, 2020 By Rich Mueller

More than a dozen items from the personal collection of baseball great Jimmie Foxx, including the Hall of Famer’s game-used bat and his 500th home-run ball, are now on the auction block as Heritage Auctions kicks off its final catalog auction of 2020. The items from Foxx’s personal collection are being offered for the first time. They include everything from a 1934 … [Read more...] about Jimmie Foxx Collection Headlines Huge Heritage Event

Ruth’s 1932 Contract Reaches Nearly $300,000 at Auction

February 24, 2019 By Rich Mueller

He was still the greatest attraction in sports and paid like it, but even Babe Ruth fell victim to the Great Depression.  The Bambino took what for him was unprecedented—a pay cut.   That $75,000 pact he signed with the New York Yankees in 1932 just sold for a lot more. Boston-based RR Auctions has sold the “George Herman Ruth” signed contract, dated March 16, … [Read more...] about Ruth’s 1932 Contract Reaches Nearly $300,000 at Auction

Ruth’s Richest Contract Set to Hit Auction Block

June 10, 2018 By Rich Mueller

It wasn’t an easy time for a baseball player to ask for a salary increase.  Not with the nation plowing through some of its most challenging economic times.  Babe Ruth, though, was no ordinary player and not afraid to ask his boss to pay him like the extraordinary gate attraction he was.  Now, the contract that inspired one of his most famous quips is on headed … [Read more...] about Ruth’s Richest Contract Set to Hit Auction Block

Trout, Judge, LeBron Join Ruth and Mays Among Top Sellers in Goldin Sale

April 30, 2018 By Rich Mueller

It was truly a mixture of something old and something new at the Goldin Auctions 2018 Spring Premium Live Auction on Saturday night at the NYY Steakhouse in New York City when final prices realized for historic items from Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, LeBron James, Wayne Gretzky and Mike Trout turned heads and signaled that collectors are still enamored with rare … [Read more...] about Trout, Judge, LeBron Join Ruth and Mays Among Top Sellers in Goldin Sale

Past Meets Present in Goldin Auctions’ Two-Part Catalog

April 9, 2018 By Rich Mueller

Items from long ago icons join memorabilia from sports’ biggest current stars in Goldin Auctions’ new catalog. A total of 629 lots of sports, entertainment and historical artifacts opened for bidding Monday. The 53 premium lots will be sold at a live auction on April 28 at the NYY Steakhouse in New York City with the remaining items to be sold … [Read more...] about Past Meets Present in Goldin Auctions’ Two-Part Catalog

Talking Ruth Ring, Contract on CNBC

May 29, 2017 By Rich Mueller

The Red Sox copy of the agreement that spelled out details of Babe Ruth's sale to the Yankees in 1919 sold for$996,000 in 2005.  A dozen years later, the Yankees version, signed by owner Jacob Ruppert, is expected to fetch even more.  Bidding opened last week on the six-page document that had an enormous impact on both franchises--and baseball in general.  It … [Read more...] about Talking Ruth Ring, Contract on CNBC

1919 Pact Selling Ruth to Yankees, 1927 Series Ring Highlight Leland’s Sale

May 23, 2017 By Rich Mueller

Babe Ruth’s 1927 World Series Championship ring and one of two copies of the 1919 agreement documenting the sale of of Ruth from the Red Sox to Yankees contract headline the Lelands.com 1st Annual Invitational Auction.  Both items are owned by actor Charlie Sheen. The ring has never before been offered publicly.   Shen bought it in a private … [Read more...] about 1919 Pact Selling Ruth to Yankees, 1927 Series Ring Highlight Leland’s Sale

Signed 1920 Ruth Cuba Tour Contract Soars to $118,750

February 19, 2017 By Rich Mueller

1920 barnstorming contract Babe Ruth signed

The contract Babe Ruth signed in 1920 to take part in his first foreign barnstorming tour sold for $118,750 Saturday night in an auction of Ruth memorabilia conducted by Goldin Auctions.   After a breakthrough season in which he smashed 54 homers, Ruth was paid $1,000 per game for the 10-game tour with John McGraw’s Giants against Cuban squads. Although the … [Read more...] about Signed 1920 Ruth Cuba Tour Contract Soars to $118,750

Early Photos, 1920 Barnstorming Contract Part of Babe Ruth Auction

February 5, 2017 By Rich Mueller

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...] about Early Photos, 1920 Barnstorming Contract Part of Babe Ruth Auction

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