The most expensive baseball relics
Several million dollars for a baseball shirt or sport equipment of famous baseball player – and this is not a joke!
- Baseball of Babe Ruth
The cost of this ball, with which Babe Ruth won the “All-star” match is 805 thousand dollars.
- Contract of Babe Ruth
This contract, according to which baseball legend played in «Boston Red Sox» team before his transfer to «Yankees», was signed in 1918 and sold in 2014 for 1.02 million dollars.
- Baseball bat of Babe Ruth
The record price was offered for Ruth’s baseball bat, buyer paid out 1.26 million dollars to own it.
- Journal-book of Joe DiMaggio
The estimated cost of this journal-book by Joe DiMaggio is 1.5 million dollars. It contains information about daily life and career which was extremely confidential due to the fact Joe DiMaggio was married with Marilyn Monroe.
- “Honus Wagner” Baseball Card
The card with Honus Wagner photo is known among baseball fans as the “Mona Lisa” masterpiece. Its price is the record one – 2.8 million dollars.
- Baseball of Mark McGwire
The price of this ball that caused conduction of the 70th match of the champion Mark McGwire is 3 million.
- Baseball apparel of Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth dressed this form during the first season of games, playing in the «New York Yankees» team. During auction it was sold for 4.4 million dollars ($ 4,415,658). Thus, this form has become the most expensive relic in the sports history.
For Americans baseball is a kind of religion with its idols and gods. And Babe Ruth, of course, is one of them. He was even recognized as the athlete of the century, according to the “Associated Press”. It is a cherished dream of many baseball fans to have his sport uniform in own collection. Rich people are ready to pay for such things hundreds, thousands, and even millions of dollars. Californian SCP Auctions that was held in May 2012 is a visual confirmation of it. Thus baseball apparel of Babe Ruth in which he played for the New York Yankees in 1920, was sold 17 times more expensive than the maximum estimated value.
