1912 ticket, program from first Red Sox game at Fenway Park sells at auction

Fittingly, the Boston Red Sox won their first-ever game at Fenway Park in extra innings against the New York Highlanders, who would soon become the Yankees.

The Red Sox won that April 20, 1912 game 7-6 on a game-winning single by AL MVP and future Hall of Famer Tris Speaker. It sparked what would be the greatest season in Red Sox history as Boston finished the regular season 105-47 (.691) and won the World Series in eight games over the New York Giants.

A rare ticket stub from the first-ever game at Fenway topped the Fall Catalog Auction at Huggins & Scott Auctions with a sale of $33,600. The ticket is one of only three known to exist. 

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It was accompanied by the only known example of a scored program from that same inaugural Fenway Park game, which sold for $13,800.

The auction attracted 32,000 bids and generated $2.1 million in total sales.

Among the other top sellers included a signed 1980 Charlotte O's Police Orange Border Cal Ripken Jr. minor league Rookie card (BGS 4, 10 Auto) that sold for $29,400 and a 1922 V61-1 Neilson's Chocolate (Type 1) #37 Babe Ruth (PSA 5), which sold for $23,400.

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Other notable results included:

• 1978 Pete Rose Cincinnati Reds game-used home jersey: $21,000

• 1973 Topps Low Number #1-528 Set Hoard (10): $17,400

1927 New York Yankees and Boston Braves multi-signed baseball with Babe Ruth sweet spot autograph: $13,800

• 1933 Goudey #53 Babe Ruth (PSA GOOD 2): $10,200.

1909-1913 M101-2 Sporting News Supplements Near Set (87/100) with 20+ Hall of Famers, including Joss, Plank, and Speaker: $10,200.

• 1909-1913 M101-2 Sporting News Supplements Ty Cobb/Honus Wagner (PSA POOR 1): $9,900.

1964 Topps high-grade complete set (587) with (115) graded EX-MT 6 to MINT 9, including Aaron, Koufax, Mantle, Mays and Rose: $9,300.

• 1967 Topps Venezuela Retirado #162 Sandy Koufax (SGC 3): $9,000

“This was a great way to close out the year as we were able to generate some fantastic results on such a diverse range of items that touched every corner of the hobby,” said Ron Oser, vice president & director of consignments at Huggins & Scott. “We’re looking forward to some of the consignments that we have lined up for early 2025, along with some exciting changes we’ll be rolling out throughout the year.”

REA’s Fall Catalog Auction will run through Dec. 8. Initial bids must be placed by 9 p.m. ET.