Babe Ruth’s earliest-known jersey has sold at auction for $4.42 million, a record for an item of sports memorabilia.
A New York Yankees cap worn by Ruth in at least one game during the early 1930s fetched $537,278, while the Super Bowl ring won by former New York Giants’ linebacker Lawrence Taylor following the 1990 National Football League season went for a bid of $230,401, SCP Auctions said in a news release.