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Lou Gehrig rookie card, handwritten notebook top Lelands Spring Auction
New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig was the star of the show in Lelands Spring Classic Auction, with a Gehrig rookie card and one of his handwritten high school notebooks both topping six figures.
A hobby-fresh copy of Gehrig’s 1925 Exhibits rookie card sold for $387,257. The card, graded PSA 4.5, is one of just 43 graded by PSA, with just nine graded higher.
Gehrig’s high school notebook, which sold for $193,644, features 30 pages of handwritten notes and 22 “Gehrig” signatures. The signatures are believed to be the earliest-known Gehrig signatures in the hobby, dating approximately three years prior to his 1923 MLB debut with the Yankees.
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The auction was also highlighted by a Walter Johnson single-signed baseball that sold for $315,426. The rare ball, circa 1929, was graded PSA 8 and was featured on “Antiques Roadshow.”
The auction also featured the only known ticket stub to Roberto Clemente’s 1955 MLB debut, which sold for $121,334, and the Dec. 26, 1919 promissory note from the Yankees to the Red Sox as part of the Babe Ruth sale, which went for $90,061.
Other auction highlights included: Ray Bourque’s 1991 Penguins Stanley Cup championship ring ($67,562); a Pete Rose original limited-edition silkscreen by Andy Warhol ($48,712); a 1951 Hank Aaron handwritten and signed questionnaire ($34,619); a 1972 Jim Palmer-signed Orioles game-worn jersey ($24,025); and a 1952 Mickey Mantle-signed PSA Type 1 photo ($22,882).
