Making its first appearance in the market, a pair of historic New York Yankees items sold for over $1.1 million combined as SCP Auctions closed out its Winter Premier Auction early Sunday morning. The top-selling item was a game model bat from late in Lou Gehrig's career that had been consigned by descendants of his former teammate Earl Combs. Rated 10 by … [Read more...]
Babe’s 1933 Contract, Gehrig Bat, Tapper Collection Headline SCP Auctions Catalog
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...]
Gehrig Grail: Bat from Late in Lou’s Career Discovered, Heads to SCP Auctions
Packed away for decades and owned by the descendants of a former Yankees teammate, one of the last bats used by Lou Gehrig will be coming to market for the first time in March. Originating in the personal collection of fellow Hall of Famer Earle Combs and now authenticated and graded, the historic artifact has been consigned to SCP Auctions by the Combs family. It’s … [Read more...]
Model for All Others? Early Gehrig Bat Sold for Over $1 Million
A bat beloved by a promising young ballplayer named Lou Gehrig has sold for more than $1 million. Heritage Auctions says it completed the private sale this week. The Hillerich & Bradsby bat is one of the earliest known examples of a Gehrig-used stick ever to hit the market. It was originally available as part of Heritage’s Winter Platinum Night Sports … [Read more...]
Rare Lou Gehrig Pre-Endorsement Bat Up For Auction
Before Lou Gehrig became a baseball icon, he was a promising prospect with the Hartford Senators. A fan favorite, he was dubbed "The Eastern Babe,” indicating that he was the Babe Ruth of the Eastern League, in which the Senators competed. Gehrig would make the permanent jump from the Senators to the Yankees in 1924 (he also had a stint with the Yankees in 1923), but a … [Read more...]
Holzman’s 1970 NBA Championship Ring, Vin Scully’s 1st Contract Among Top SCP Sellers
A collection of 35 items consigned by the family of legendary New York Knicks coach Red Holzman sold for more than $300,000 late Saturday night as SCP Auctions closed its Summer Premier Auction. The ring given to Holzman for bringing the team its first NBA championship in 1970 brought the top price in the for $107,482. The game-used net cut down after the … [Read more...]
Collection of Historic Yankees Memorabilia at Auction
It’s a New York Yankees collection so impressive that it’s getting its own auction. A multi-million dollar accumulation of pinstripe paraphernalia collected by one avid fan has opened for bidding through Heritage Auctions, led by the earliest known Babe Ruth game model bat, dating to his 1915 rookie season, five years before his groundbreaking sale from the Red Sox. … [Read more...]
Bat Signed by Ruth and Gehrig Brings $458,250 at FanFest Auction
A 1930s Babe Ruth game model bat signed by both the Bambino and teammate Lou Gehrig was the big star on Day 1 of the 2017 MLB All-Star FanFest Auction conducted by Hunt Auctions in Miami on Monday. The 35" Louisville Slugger is the only bat known to exist that carries the autographs of both icons. The bat originated in the collection of George D. Donnelly, a … [Read more...]
Signed 1920 Ruth Cuba Tour Contract Soars to $118,750
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...]
Joe Jackson Bat Fetches $583K at Christie’s Auction
A “Shoeless” Joe Jackson professional model bat sold for $583,500 at Christie’s Golden Age of Baseball, Selections from the National Pastime Museum auction Wednesday in New York. The hammer price for the bat, a Hillerich & Bradsby model manufactured by Louisville Slugger dating from the 1917-1920 period, was $480,000. The buyer’s premium inflated the price to the final … [Read more...]