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More Than 200 Ruth Items Will Hammer July 18 – Bid Now

The live portion of the Babe Ruth 100th Anniversary Auction wrapped up July 12, grossing more than $3.6 million. the rest of the lineup, which contains more than 200 Ruth items in the 1,200-lot lineup, concludes Friday, July 18.
By Tom Bartsch
JUL 17, 2014

Collectors will continue to celebrate the life and career of Babe Ruth as session two of the Goldin Auctions Babe Ruth 100th Anniversary Auction, continues online through Friday, July 18 at www.GoldinAuctions.com. More than 1,200 lots of memorabilia, featuring more than 200 Ruth items such as bats, balls, photos, autographs, uniforms and more, are still available for sale.

Session one of the auction, which was conducted Live in Baltimore on July 12 generated more than $3.6 million in sales.

The online auction includes a wide assortment of memorabilia from Ruth and other sports legends at a variety of prices. Some of the more unique lots and the current bid include (some of these were in the live portion of the event and did not yet meet reserve):

Lot #13 - 1928-32 Babe Ruth game-used NY Yankees road pants (MEARS) - $90,000
Lot #15 - 1916 Weil Baking Co. (D329) #151 Babe Ruth rookie card SGC 60 - $125,000
Lot #25 - 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth Rookie Card (PSA 1) - $390,000
Lot #29 - Jim Leyritz 2000 Yankees World Series Ring - $36,000
Lot #41 - 1957 Mickey Mantle player's contract - $25,000
Lot #58 - 1919 Promissory Note from the Yankees to the Red Sox in payment for the sale of Babe Ruth - $125,000
Lot #72 - 1918-20 Babe Ruth game-used & signed Louisville Slugger Bat "The Curse of the Bambino" with a connection to Buck Weaver of the Black Sox Scandal (PSA/DNA GU 10 and MEARS 10) - $420,000
Lot #87 - 1936 Olympic gold medal game used basketball (USA vs Canada) from the first basketball Olympic gold medal game - $50,000
Lot #128 - T206 Sweet Caporal Eddie Plank (PSA 4 VG-EX) - $47,000
Lot #130 - 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (SGC 55 VG-EX+ 4.5) - $14,000
Lot #144 - 2012 Derek Jeter game-used and signed bat used to tie Paul Waner on hit list at 3,152 - $7500
Lot #180 - 1932-33 Babe Ruth signed bat - $21,000
Lot #257 - Babe Ruth monogrammed gold pinky ring - $6,500
Lot #337 - 2001 N.E. Patriots Super Bowl ring - $17,500
Lot #547 - Mike Trout game-used and signed bat (PSA GU 10) - $6,000