Babe Ruth’s gold pocket watch from the 1948 celebration of the 25th anniversary of the opening of “The House That Ruth Built” sold for $650,108 in SCP Auctions’ spring offering which concluded early Sunday. The price marks one of the highest prices ever paid for a piece of jewelry and a top-10 price for a Babe Ruth pocket watch Yankee Stadium 1948Ruth artifact. In total, the auction of more than 1,000 sports memorabilia items brought in $4.5 million.