Babe Ruth '2 Strikes' Yankees jersey fetches record $24M

[Mike Honcho 5,288]

Babe Ruth '2 Strikes' Yankees jersey fetches record $24M

In perhaps the most anticipated sports memorabilia auction ever, the jersey worn by baseball legend Babe Ruth when he "called his shot" in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series has sold for $24.12 million with Heritage Auctions, setting an auction record for most expensive sports collectible.

The sale of the New York Yankees road Ruth jersey, which includes the standard 20% buyer's premium, was available to the public for the first time in 19 years.

The previous record price for any sports collectible sold at auction was for a rare mint condition Topps 1952 Mickey Mantle card, which sold for $12.6 million in 2022. The Ruth jersey also far eclipsed the $10.1 million that a Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls jersey from Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals fetched at auction that same year.

 

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That's nuts. $24M for a piece of sports memorabilia. That guy has Geek Club money. 

[MLCKAA 576]

I don’t mean to rabbit hole your thread, but recently I was perusing online WWII memorabilia sites.  Over the last decade I’ve developed a keen interest in WWII and Vietnam history.

These WWII memorabilia sites seem like thinly disguised Nazi fanatic sites.  Seemingly 90% of what they sell is Nazi collectibles and I think they’re actually just serving the Nazi freaks on the down-low.

[seafoam1 3,069]

2 hours ago, MLCKAA said:

I don’t mean to rabbit hole your thread, but recently I was perusing online WWII memorabilia sites.  Over the last decade I’ve developed a keen interest in WWII and Vietnam history.

These WWII memorabilia sites seem like thinly disguised Nazi fanatic sites.  Seemingly 90% of what they sell is Nazi collectibles and I think they’re actually just serving the Nazi freaks on the down-low.

Well, WW2 did involve Nazis. To a major degree. So...that would constitute WW2 memorabilia.  

And this is more interesting than the topic of this thread. 

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53 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Well, WW2 did involve Nazis. To a major degree. So...that would constitute WW2 memorabilia.  

And this is more interesting than the topic of this thread. 

Yeah yeah, I was just surprised to see so much of it being sold.

[seafoam1 3,069]

14 minutes ago, MLCKAA said:

Yeah yeah, I was just surprised to see so much of it being sold.

It's the evil demon spirits in the material. People are afraid of it. But the money they get is fine.