The St. Louis Cardinals are one of Major League Baseball's storied franchises. This summer, more than 135 years after their inception, original score sheets from the team's first road game will go on display. The team's first games were against the Louisville Eclipse at home in St. Louis. Following that three-game series, the two teams played three more … [Read more...]
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Mize’s 1949 World Series Ring, Cepeda’s MVP Award Top Slugger Bidding
The 1949 World Series ring presented to Hall of Famer Johnny Mize after the New York Yankees' victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers sold for $74,750 in the 13th Annual Louisville Slugger sale conducted by Hunt Auctions Saturday. The 10K gold ring features "New York Yankees World Champions' lettering on the top, encircling a central inset diamond of approx. 1/4 carat weight. … [Read more...]
Louisville Slugger Museum Auction Set for November
The annual live auction at the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory returns next month with over 400 lots of historic baseball memorabilia in this year’s catalog. Hunt Auctions will once again conduct the sale, with an appraisal fair scheduled for the days leading up to the auction. “We are honored and excited to continue our long standing partnership with the Louisville … [Read more...]
Topps Exhibit Helps Slugger Museum to Record Attendance
A special Topps exhibit helped push attendance at the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory to a record number of visitors in 2015. Museum officials say 314,149 visitors toured the facility, more than any single year in its history. Contributing to the record attendance was the popular exhibit, Topps Pop Culture: Home Runs to Hollywood. The original exhibition … [Read more...]
Robinson, Gehrig Bats Bring Nearly $300,000 at Louisville Slugger Auction
The final lot of the day generated the largest bid as Hunt Auctions wrapped up the annual Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory Auction Saturday. A circa-1952 Jackie Robinson professional model bat originating from the original recipient who received it from a Brooklyn Dodgers clubhouse employee, sold for $161,o00--crushing the pre-sale estimate of $50,000-$100,000. It … [Read more...]
1927 Yankees Photo and Unique Decal Bat Highlight Hunt’s Louisville Auction
With most catalog auctions ending in the wee small hours of the morning when the final, weary-eyed bidder collapses upon their keyboard, there is a certain charm that exists only in the live auction setting. Few sports memorabilia auction houses continue to mount live auctions, but for more than a decade Pennsylvania-based Hunt Auctions has developed a proven model that has led … [Read more...]
Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Benefits from Partnership with Hunt Auctions
When the National League's Louisville Colonels folded following the 1899 season, Major League Baseball ceased to be played in the charming Kentucky city on the banks of the Ohio River. However, there is a lasting bond between the city and MLB largely due to the work of a single family. As the legend goes, one day in 1884 a 17-year-old John Andrew Hillerich - known as … [Read more...]
Hunt Auctions to Offer Mazeroski’s 1960 World Series Uniform, More as Part of Slugger Auction
Hunt Auctions will present a selection of materials from the personal collection of Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski at the upcoming Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Auction, including the jersey he was wearing when he hit the World Series-winning home run in 1960. Regarded as one of the finest defensive players of his era Bill Mazeroski … [Read more...]
Joe DiMaggio World Series Ring, Babe Ruth Bat Headline Louisville Slugger Auction
Hunt Auctions will offer a high quality Babe Ruth Autographed Professional Model Bat and Joe DiMaggio's 1951 World Series Ring as part of the 9th Annual Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory Live Auction and Appraisal Fair on Saturday, November 10th in Louisville, KY. The three-day auction event will begin on Thursday, November 8th with the auction preview and complimentary … [Read more...]
