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Below are just a few examples of the wonderful objects we have sold in our sports category. (To view other categories, click the links on the bar below.)

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36,422 Past Auction Lots with prices, descriptions and images in our sports category alone and 2,071,697 Past Auction Lots in all categories. Great valuation and research tool!

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Photo Lot No. Description Auction Type Auction Date Realized
Click for larger image 19905 Baseball Collectibles : Uniforms
1933 Babe Ruth All-Star Game Worn Jersey. As World War II ground toward its brutal, bloody end, and U.S. soldiers faced the...
Signature October 28, 2006 $657,250
Click for larger image 19032 Baseball Cards : Singles (Pre-1930)
1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner SGC 10 Poor 1. "There is something Lincolnesque about him," Pulitzer Prize-winning sports journal...
Internet May 2, 2008 $227,050
Click for larger image 19023 Autographs : Baseballs
The Finest Known Joe DiMaggio & Marilyn Monroe Signed Baseball. Though the marriage of Joe and Marilyn was troubled and ver...
Signature May 6, 2006 $191,200
Click for larger image 19659 Baseball Collectibles : Uniforms
Mickey Mantle 1963 New York Yankees Game-Worn Home Jersey ...
Signature September 11, 2004 $143,400
Click for larger image 19352 Baseball Cards : Lots
1933 Goudey Big League Triple Babe Ruth Uncut Sheet The ...
Signature September 11, 2004 $131,450
Click for larger image 19839 Baseball Collectibles : Uniforms
1927-28 Babe Ruth Game Worn "Bustin' Babes" Barnstorming Cap....
Signature October 18, 2008 $131,450
Click for larger image 19683 Baseball Collectibles : Uniforms
1954 Mickey Mantle Game Worn Jersey. It was Groundhog's Day, 1954. While an expectant nation awaited the forecast on the a...
Signature May 14, 2005 $119,500
Click for larger image 19707 Baseball Collectibles : Photos
1911 Addie Joss Day Panoramic Photograph from the Frank "Home Run" Baker Collection. Arguably the most desirable baseball p...
Signature October 29, 2005 $89,625
Click for larger image 19165 Autographs : Photos
1954 Joe DiMaggio & Marilyn Monroe Signed Photograph. Those who followed the May 2006 Heritage Signature Sports auction wil...
Signature October 28, 2006 $89,625
Click for larger image 20037 Football Collectibles : Others
The Original Plaster Cast Maquette Used to Cast the Heisman Trophy, and the Last Bronze Trophy Produced from the Maquette....
Signature October 18, 2008 $89,625
Click for larger image 19101 Baseball Cards : Singles (1930-1939)
1933 R319 Goudey Babe Ruth #149 SGC 92 NM/MT+ 8.5.... (Total: 1 item)
Signature October 18, 2008 $89,625
Click for larger image 19087 Baseball Cards : Sets
1933 Goudey Baseball High Grade Near Set (238/239). The 1933 Goudey baseball set is considered the king of the early gum car...
Internet May 2, 2008 $77,675
Click for larger image 19027 Baseball Cards : Singles (Pre-1930)
1909-11 T206 Eddie Plank SGC 40 VG 3. Like a schoolboy in fond imitation of his older brother, the T206 Plank hits all the ...
Internet May 2, 2008 $77,675
Click for larger image 19658 Baseball Collectibles : Uniforms
Sandy Koufax 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers Game Worn Road Jersey ...
Signature September 11, 2004 $77,675
Click for larger image 19674 Baseball Collectibles : Bats
1923-24 Ty Cobb Side Written Game Used Bat. Famously quoted as saying, "When I came to Detroit, I was just a mild-mannered ...
Signature October 27, 2007 $75,000
Click for larger image 19007 Basketball Collectibles : Others
James Naismith Handwritten Manuscript Detailing First Basketball Game. Basketball's equivalent of the "Book of Genesis" is ...
Signature December 9, 2006 $71,700
Click for larger image 19090 Autographs : Others
1922 Babe Ruth Signed Contract Addendum Limiting His Drinking, Late Nights. "I'll promise to go easier on drinking an...
Signature May 5, 2007 $65,725
Click for larger image 19668 Baseball Collectibles : Uniforms
1958 Duke Snider Game Worn Jersey. "We wept," the Hall of Fame Dodgers outfielder said of his teammates' reaction to their ...
Signature May 3, 2008 $65,725
Click for larger image 19644 Baseball Collectibles : Uniforms
1965 Hank Aaron Game Worn Jersey. Though "Beer City" got its Brewers in 1970, the haunting black and white photograph of Ed...
Signature October 27, 2007 $59,750
Click for larger image 19433 Football Cards : Sets
1952 Bowman Large Football High-Grade Complete Set (144). An absolutely exceptional set that would immediately crack the to...
Signature May 14, 2005 $59,750

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