Original Babe Ruth New York Yankees Jersey Sets Record By Selling For $4.4 Million

Original Babe Ruth New York Yankees Jersey Sets Record By Selling For $4.4 Million

And you thought throwback jerseys were expensive. This original Babe Ruth New York Yankees jersey, worn by the Sultan of Swat during the ‘20s, sold at auction for $4,415,658. The previous record for sports memorabilia was for James Naismith’s founding rules of basketball selling for around $4.3 million. In other news, the Boston Red Sox are still feeling the after-effects for selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees for $100,000. [highsnobiety]

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