If you had exactly $117,603.60 to spend on a Prewar Ruth/Gehrig item, which one?

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

Did they really go for the exact same price or is it a misreport? Seems unlikely.

Assumingely they both sold for the same round dollar amount (say 97.5k or something random) so with bp they would come out to the same weird number.
But I’m not certain.

[mrreality68]

For me that is tough

Even though I am a card board person and that rookie Gehrig is a wow

To have a game used bat by Ruth from almost 100 years ago I would probably lean towards the bat

But either way cannot go wrong from an historical perspective or a wow factor

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Assumingely they both sold for the same round dollar amount (say 97.5k or something random) so with bp they would come out to the same weird number.
But I’m not certain.

This above is correct. Both had $25,000 opening bids, each had 31 incremental bids to end at $98,003. The hammer add-on gave them the extra funky total amount seen in the title (which still does not include shipping/handling/insurance and taxes, mind you).

Brian

[Pat R]

I don't see any documentation from the estate in the auction and from some of his interviews with sports writers it's hard to believe that Ruth gifted the bat to koenig or that it came from his estate.

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[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Pat R

I don't see any documentation from the estate in the auction and from some of his interviews with sports writers it's hard to believe that Ruth gifted the bat to koenig or that it came from his estate.

Nice digging Pat. You would think Koenig would have mentioned that, although he didn't keep any of his memorabilia, that he did keep a bat given to him by Ruth. But he flat out states that he had nothing from his time with the Yankees. And his interactions with Ruth make it seem less likely he would have received a bat from Babe in the first place.

It reminds me why I stay within the safe confines of my card world, and my pick of the Gehrig card has gotten even stronger.

Brian

[Exhibitman]

As a decades-long Exhibit collector and memorabilia non-collector and a Yankees fan too, my head says take the bat but my heart says take the card. So I will take the card. Now if we’re talking Ruth rookie versus Gehrig rookie then I go with the big fella.

[JollyElm]

(Assuming the lumber is legitimate, of course.)

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[Leon]

I am a card guy....but probably the bat. It's not like I have 6 figures to spend anyway, unless I sold some stuff.
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