$1.26 Mil
 

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NEW YORK - Going, going, gone. The massive 46-ounce Louisville Slugger used by Babe Ruth to drill the first home run in Yankee Stadium history was sold for a record $1.26 million Thursday to an unidentified private collector.

The bat, 36 inches of solid ash billed as "The Holy Grail of sports memorabilia," sold after about one minute of high-stakes bidding at Sotheby's auction house, fetching a Ruthian price above its presale estimate of $1 million, said Sotheby's spokeswoman Lauren Gioia.

The bat was only the third piece of sports memorabilia to break the $1 million mark at auction, joining Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball ($3 million) and a 1909 Honus Wagner baseball card ($1.265 million), the auction house said. It was the most ever paid for a baseball bat.


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Can't wait to see a pic of it hanging in your office KRL :thumbsup

That's some expensive wood :1orglaugh

when are my Jordan rookie cards going to be worth that much ??? :glugglug

and how about my Jordan baseball card ? dont think there are many of them as he only played on season , ?

Biggest waste of money in history. The guy could have had the Ruth bat AND the Wagner rookie for that price. :1orglaugh

haha the upperdeck? I have that one somewhere.

Seems like a big waste to me:2 cents:

:eyecrazy

Some people got waaaaaaaaaaaay too much money

If you got and love to collect i guess it worth.

I would think it would be worth more then that.. :2 cents:

I am not a sports fan at all, but that is a deal that I would have jumped on if I could have.

yeah the upperdeck one :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :Graucho

That was a good investment, and I am not being sarcastic. People freak out when they hear about people paying $1 million plus dollars for a bat, or multi millions for a painting or whatever, but that kind of thing never depreciates. Whoever bought that just made a better investment than if he would have bought real estate or most other things.

He should spent it on men.co instead :-)

Some people have way too much money

i wonder if it was Todd McFarlane haha, he is a freak for sports memorabilia.

Nah, I spent a fortune on men.co but the fuckers in Columbia just keep keying in hombre.co

:1orglaugh

paying $1.3 M for such thing is a crime

I'd much rather have the Ruth bat than a modern day steriod recod ball but for that kind of money you could buy a great 3 letter domain :winkwink:

damn, that's a good chunk of change for a baseball bat... :-/

thats a pretty cool piece of history
if i had to choose i would take Honus Wagner rookie card
some day i will own one

or for $6.50 each you can own a pseudo-slice of history:

available:
BabeRuthBat.com
BabeRuthsBat.com

j/k "Babe Ruth" is TM

but after checking out their official store
http://online.cmgww.com/brstore/hd_prod.asp?pID=162

I reg'd:
PhotoBats.com
CollectibleBat.com
CollectibleBats.com

:)

Indeed:)

:glugglug :thumbsup

A piece of history, nice wood :winkwink:

someone had too much money

Didnt the ball beckham kicked into the stadium crowds during the last European Soccer Cub go for a lot more?

Maybe it should have said Baseball memorabilia?


Anyways still a damn nice item and price :winkwink: