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February 6th, 2014 "I'll Knock A Homer For You" Catalog Auction

Auction closed on 2/6/2014.

• Lot #1: Iconic "I'll Knock A Homer For You" Baseball Presented to "Little" Johnny Sylvester by Babe Ruth & The NY Yankees (Photomatch • Full JSA • Sylvester Family LOA)

  

  # Bids: 17

  Min Bid: $50,000

  Final Hammer: $208,868

  Price Realized: $250,642

  

• Lot #2: October 9th, 1926 Babe Ruth Handwritten & Signed Letter Written to "Little" Johnny Sylvester Before Game 6 of the '26 World Series (Full JSA • Sylvester Family LOA)

  

  # Bids: 20

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Hammer: $59,628

  Price Realized: $71,554

  

• Lot #3: December 16th, 1926 Babe Ruth Handwritten & Signed Letter Written to "Little" Johnny Sylvester After His Historic Bedside Visit (Full JSA • Sylvester Family LOA)

  

  # Bids: 28

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $63,956

  Price Realized: $76,747

  

• Lot #4: 1926 "Big" Bill Tilden Tennis U.S. National Championships Tournament-Used Racquet & Three Hand-Written Letters Presented to "Little" Johnny Sylvester (4)(Full JSA • Sylvester Family LOA)

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $5,363

  Price Realized: $6,436

  

• Lot #5: Harold Edward "Red" Grange Football & TLS Presented to "Little" Johnny Sylvester (2)(Full JSA • Sylvester Family LOA)

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $2,750

  Price Realized: $3,300

  

• Lot #6: Rogers Hornsby (CH) & Other Letters Presented To “Little” Johnny Sylvester (6)(Sylvester Family LOA)

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $2,500

  Price Realized: $3,000

  

• Lot #7: Vernon "Lefty" Gomez NY Yankees World Championship Players Ring (Rare)

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $4,431

  Price Realized: $5,317

  

• Lot #9: 1947 Bill Bevens NY Yankees World Championship Players Ring (8-2/3 Innings Of No-Hit Baseball In "The Cookie Game" • Mint • Rare)

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Hammer: $10,000

  Price Realized: $12,000

  

• Lot #10: 1957 Bob Turley New York Yankees AL Championship Players Ring (Mint • Rare)

  

  # Bids: 18

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Hammer: $17,270

  Price Realized: $20,724

  

• Lot #12: 1999 New York Yankees World Championship “A” Ring with Original Presentation Box (Mint)

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Hammer: $14,272

  Price Realized: $17,126

  

• Lot #13: 1996 George Steinbrenner NY Yankees World Championship Prototype Ring

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Hammer: $5,500

  Price Realized: $6,600

  

• Lot #14: 1959 Hank Bauer NY Yankees Game-Used Bat Signed by Bauer & Mantle (Full JSA • PSA/DNA)

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $3,328

  Price Realized: $3,994

  

• Lot #15: 6/1/1942 Babe Ruth TLS with Original Envelope (2)(Full JSA LOA • "The Pride of the Yankees" Content)

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $3,328

  Price Realized: $3,994

  

• Lot #16: Exceptional 1945 Babe Ruth Double-Signed Personal Check ($50 Cash • Full JSA)

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $4,028

  Price Realized: $4,834

  

• Lot #17: Extraordinary 1934 Henry Louis Gehrig Hand Signed Bank Note (Full JSA)

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Hammer: $18,997

  Price Realized: $22,796

  

• Lot #18: Babe Ruth Single Signed Official American League Baseball (Full JSA)

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $8,639

  Price Realized: $10,367

  

• Lot #19: 1927 New York Yankees "Murderers' Row" Team Signed Official American League Baseball (Full PSA/DNA • Full JSA • Championship Season)

  

  # Bids: 19

  Min Bid: $5,000

  Final Hammer: $22,987

  Price Realized: $27,584

  

• Lot #20: Historically Important NY Yankees Official American League Baseball Autographed by Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins & Jacob Ruppert (All Autographs Visible On A Single Plane • Full JSA)

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $20,000

  Final Hammer: None

  Price Realized: $0

  

• Lot #21: 1919 Frank "Home Run" Baker NY Yankees Game-Used Road Flannel Jersey (Photomatch • Only Known Example • Earliest Known Jersey of Any Yankee Hall of Famer)

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $200,000

  Final Hammer: None

  Price Realized: $0

  

• Lot #22: 1937 Lou Gehrig New York Yankees Game-Used Home Pinstripe Flannel Pants (Championship Season)

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $10,000

  Final Hammer: $31,390

  Price Realized: $37,668

  

• Lot #23: 10/4/1951 NY Giants at NY Yankees World Series Game 1 Full Ticket (Mickey Mantle's First WS Game)

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Hammer: $1,183

  Price Realized: $1,420

• Lot #24: Babe Ruth World Series 3-HR Game Ticket Stubs — 10/6/26 Game 4 & 10/9/28 Game 4 (First in WS History to Hit 3-HR in a Game) & 5/21/32 Senators at Yankees Scored Program (Career HRs #620 & 621)(4)

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Hammer: $3,146

  Price Realized: $3,775

• Lot #25: Historic Programs (4) — 7/4/39 Senators at Yankees Doubleheader Scored (Gehrig's Farewell Speech) & 7/1/41 Red Sox at Yankees Doubleheader Scored & Auto'd (JSA • DiMaggio Hits 43/44 of 56 Streak)

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $2,500

  Price Realized: $3,000

  

• Lot #26: Game-Used Balls From Maris' 61 (2) — 8/15/61 White Sox at Yankees (Maris' 46th HR • Letter of Provenance) & 10/1/61 Red Sox at Yankees (Maris' 61st HR • Umpire Signed • Full JSA • Umpire LOA)

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $3,328

  Price Realized: $3,994

  

• Lot #27: 10/12/1923 World Series Game 4 Game-Used Baseball (Dick Dobbins LOA • Sourced from George "High Pockets" Kelly • NY Yankees vs. NY Giants)

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $2,500

  Final Hammer: $2,500

  Price Realized: $3,000