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This is an undated photo showing New York Yankees baseball player Babe Ruth. (AP Photo)
This is an undated photo showing New York Yankees baseball player Babe Ruth. (AP Photo)
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June 15, 2019 - 2:38 pm
 

NEW YORK — A Babe Ruth road jersey dating to 1928-30 has sold at auction for $5.6 million.

Hunt Auctions, which handled Saturday’s sale, says the price breaks a record for the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold. A Ruth jersey from 1920 previously sold for $4.4 million.

The auction was conducted at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees jersey was part of a collection of items that Ruth’s family put up for sale. His granddaughter, Linda Ruth Tosetti, says in a statement that a portion of the proceeds will go to charity.

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