Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells for record £18.1m at auction - BBC Sport

Babe Ruth's jersey when he 'called the shot' during the 1932 World Series sells for record £18.1m at auction.

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Babe Ruth won the World Series seven times

The jersey worn by baseball legend Babe Ruth when he "called the shot" during the 1932 World Series has become the most expensive item of sporting memorabilia to sell at auction.

Ruth's jersey sold for £18.1m ($24.12m), dwarfing the £9.53m ($12.6m) paid in 2022 for a 1952 Topps baseball card featuring New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle.

The previous record for a jersey sold at auction was basketball legend Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls shirt from the 1998 NBA finals, which sold for £7.64m ($10.1m) in 2022.

Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, called it "the most significant piece of American sports memorabilia ever offered at auction".

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