A century ago, the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees for an unheard-of $125,000…and over the weekend, “Uncle Jimmy” sold a pic of The Bambino for six times that.
On Sunday, a rare 1933 Goudey #149 Ruth baseball card, which was signed by The Sultan of Swat himself, sold at auction via Wheatland Auctions for $761,100 – more than double the highest price ever reached for one of those cards.
The “Uncle Jimmy” in this case is Jimmy Micioni, a noted card collector from Jersey who died last March and left his near-mint collection to his family; they’ve since been selling the cards for some insane prices, including another signed Goudey #149 that sold last year for a then-record $325K.
Per TMZ, the card just sold was graded PSA 4 with an 8 grade on the autograph, compared to a 4.5/6 grade for the card that sold in 2020 – but the only number that matters is one, as in the one million dollars both cards have netted Uncle Jimmy’s family.
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