Baseball signed by Hall of Famers gets $236,389 at auction

A baseball signed by 11 of Major League Baseball's original Hall of Fame inductees in 1939 fetched $236,389 at the Lelands Spring Classic Auction.

Among the other highlights were: an original team photo of the 1914 Baltimore Orioles featuring Babe Ruth, which sold for a record $190,373; a Bobby Orr circa 1972 Boston Bruins game-worn jersey that went for $113,924; and a jersey worn by former Knicks star Walt Frazier in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals, which netted $100,081.

The sale of the Ruth photo shattered the previous record price for a sports photo sold at auction: $77,098 for an original image of Charles Conlon's iconic Ty Cobb sliding photo taken at Hilltop Park in New York in 1910.

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The Hall of Fame baseball was one of 42 pieces consigned to the auction by the family of Eddie Rommel, a star pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1920s and early 1930s, and later an American League umpire. The collection also featured a 1924 Yankees team signed baseball featuring rookie Lou Gehrig ($71,508), a 1924 Washington Senators world champion team signed baseball ($54,301), and a 1924 Cleveland Indians team signed baseball ($48,178).

Pittsburgh Steelers game-worn jerseys directly from the team's archive were also sold, including a 1982 Jack Lambert jersey ($50,131). A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the jerseys will be donated to the Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research.

Also auctioned was the last jersey worn in a game by Heisman Trophy winner Ernie Davis, in the 1962 Coaches All-America Game. It sold for $20,713.

Associated Press