Monday, February 24, 2020

Hold On To That Old Sports Memorabilia


From the December 23, 2018, Chicago Tribune advertisement of Heritage Auctions who was to have an auction February 23-24, 2019.

They showed what five earlier auction items had sold for.

**1908 Chicago Cubs World Series Championship Last Out Baseball     Sold for $119,500.

**  1964 Mickey Mantle World Series Home Run Record Setting Game Worn New York Yankees Jersey.    Sold for $1,320,000

**  1970 Dick Butkus Game Worn Chicago Bears Jersey, MEARS A10.    Sold for $1,320,000

**  1948 Original Study for "Tough Call" by Norman Rockwell.  Gifted to Legendary Umpire "Beans" Reardon.    Sold for $1,680,000    (The one with the umpires gathered and checking the rain.)

**  1916 M101-5 Blank Back Sporting News Babe Ruth Rookie #151 PSA NM 7.    Sold for $717,000  (Shown, of course, as a pitcher for the Red Sox.)

And My Mom Threw Out All My Old Baseball Cards.  --CootCard

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