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Babe Ruth’s Most Expensive Memorabilia

Babe Ruth is one of the most iconic figures that baseball has ever had.  His memorabilia today sells for a stanching prices and seem to go up every year.  Fans can’t get enough of Babe Ruth and buy merchandise such as baseball cards, game used bats, autographs, artwork, and every other piece of memorabilia at the Babe has. Babe Ruth will always have a large fan base and his memorabilia will always sell for a lot of money.  In the past years investors have purchased Babe Ruth merchandise and have made a fortune.  We will discuss some of the most recent auctions that have been sold a Babe Ruth memorabilia and Babe Ruth baseball cards.  We will also discuss the scarcity of some of the items that exists in some of the items that might be better to purchase as investments.

Game Used Babe Ruth bats

At a recent New York auction in 1923 game used that of Babe Ruth sold for more than $1.3 million.  This amount set a record for the highest game used that sold at any auction of a game used Babe Ruth bat.  People would think with the economy on a downturn why would somebody spend so much money on a Babe Ruth game used Bat.  There are many reasons why the bat continues to raise eyebrows and probably will continue to appreciate over time.  Companies like upper deck and Topps purchased these bats and many times cut the bat into pieces so they can include them in their line of game used Babe Ruth merchandise cards.  These game used cards have become very popular in the sports card market and have sold for thousands of dollars themselves.  With Topps and upper deck purchasing these bats and destroying them the market on Babe Ruth game used bats has gone up in the past five years.  Don’t get me wrong Babe Ruth bats were always worth a lot of money but it’s a simple fact supply and demand.

Babe Ruth Autographs

Babe Ruth autographs are not as rare as people might originally think.  The babes signed a lot of baseball’s when he was a player for young children as well as every adult that asked for one. Babe Ruth was a very generous human being and because of that his autographs can be found on eBay, many auction houses, and baseball card shows.  Even though Babe Ruth autographs are plentiful they still bring a nice premium.  the hard part about purchasing Babe Ruth autograph’s is that his wife signed many of the balls for Babe Ruth.  Her autograph is very plentiful and it is actually is very hard to discern which ones she signed and which ones Babe Ruth actually signed.  Babe Ruth autograph baseballs sell from anywhere of $3000 to $10,000 depending on the condition of the autograph.  A PSA\DNA authenticated Babe Ruth autographed baseball graded a Gem MT 10 sold a recent auction for over $45,000.

Babe Ruth Memorabilia Cards

As Topps and Upper Deck continue to produce Babe Ruth memorabilia cards the demands continues to increase.  They have done a wonderful job of creating beautiful cards that collectors continue to hoard of the great Babe Ruth and his different poses.  They have added game used bats, autographed checks, game used jerseys, as well as autographed baseball clippings to keep collectors coming back for more.  Topps and Upper Deck have numbered these cards to make their value stay price that only investors can afford.