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Dallas – 22 August 2024
1. Various of Babe Ruth Jersey on display at auction site
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Provenzale, Heritage Auctions:
"The crown jewel, of course, is the Babe Ruth ‘called shot’ jersey, which is behind me right here."
3. Various of Babe Ruth Jersey on display at auction site
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Provenzale, Heritage Auctions:
"1932 was Ruth’s last World Series. The ‘called shot’ was his last career, World Series home run. So when you can tie an item like that to an important figure in their most important moment, that’s what collectors are really looking for.”
5. Wide of Babe Ruth Jersey on display at auction site
6. Close of the back of Babe Ruth jersey on display at auction site
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Provenzale, Heritage Auctions:
"It’s been to our Chicago office. Went to Wrigley Field for the first time since 1932, and went to the National Sports Collectors Convention and went to our Palm Beach office, our New York office. And now it’s here at our world headquarters in Dallas awaiting the sale.”
8. Close of the back of Babe Ruth jersey
9. Close of photo of jersey with portrait of Babe Ruth
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Provenzale, Heritage Auctions:
"It is already passed the most valuable sports item. So at 18 million and counting, it is the most valuable sports item ever come to auction. And everyone in our industry is very excited to see where it can go."
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STORYLINE:
Nearly a century after Babe Ruth called his shot during the 1932 World Series, the jersey worn by the New York Yankees slugger when he hit the home run to center field could sell at auction for as much as $30 million.
Heritage Auctions is offering up the jersey Saturday night in Dallas.
Ruth’s famed, debated and often imitated “called shot” came as the Yankees and Chicago Cubs faced off in Game 3 of the World Series at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Oct. 1, 1932. In the fifth inning, Ruth made a pointing gesture while at bat and then hit the home run off Cubs pitcher Charlie Root.
The Yankees won the game 7-5, and swept the Cubs the next day to win the series.
That was Ruth’s last World Series, and the “called shot” was his last home run in a World Series, said Mike Provenzale, the production manager for Heritage’s sports department.
“When you can tie an item like that to an important figure and their most important moment, that’s what collectors are really looking for,” Provenzale said.
Heritage said Ruth gave the road jersey to one of his golfing buddies in Florida around 1940 and it remained in that family for decades. Then, in the early 1990s, that man’s daughter sold it to collector. It was then sold at auction in 2005 for $940,000, and that buyer consigned it to Heritage this year.
In 2019, one of Ruth’s road jerseys dating to 1928-30 sold for $5.64 million in an auction conducted at Yankee Stadium. That jersey was part of a collection of items that Ruth’s family had put up for sale.
(AP video by Kendria LaFleur)
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