{"id":18562,"date":"2017-08-16T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=18562"},"modified":"2017-08-21T15:55:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:55:09","slug":"the-5-most-expensive-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-ever-sold-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/the-5-most-expensive-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-ever-sold-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia ever sold (Gallery)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18562 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/blog\/the-5-most-expensive-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-ever-sold-gallery\/babe-ruth\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"196\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Babe-Ruth.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18568\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18568'>\n\t\t\t\t$4.415 million \n\nSold at auction in 2012, the jersey eclipsed the fee paid for Naismith\u2019s rule book which had been set two years earlier. The jersey has been described as \u2018the most desirable baseball artifact\u2019 in history.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/blog\/the-5-most-expensive-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-ever-sold-gallery\/bf653e79fbeda8641ffbe66d7f2920ef-james-naismith-girls-basketball\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bf653e79fbeda8641ffbe66d7f2920ef-james-naismith-girls-basketball.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18569\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bf653e79fbeda8641ffbe66d7f2920ef-james-naismith-girls-basketball.jpg 400w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/bf653e79fbeda8641ffbe66d7f2920ef-james-naismith-girls-basketball-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18569'>\n\t\t\t\tSold for $4.3 million, James Naismith&#8217;s 1891 &#8220;Rules of Basketball&#8221; was once considered to be the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/blog\/the-5-most-expensive-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-ever-sold-gallery\/1998-mark-mcgwire-51st-home-run-ball-documentation-cardinals-dugout-lineup-card-game\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"490\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1998-mark-mcgwire-51st-home-run-ball-documentation-cardinals-dugout-lineup-card-game.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18570\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1998-mark-mcgwire-51st-home-run-ball-documentation-cardinals-dugout-lineup-card-game.jpg 500w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1998-mark-mcgwire-51st-home-run-ball-documentation-cardinals-dugout-lineup-card-game-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18570'>\n\t\t\t\tMark McGwire set the record for the most single-season home runs in history with 70, smashing the previous record of 61. The record breaking ball sold for $3 million\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/blog\/the-5-most-expensive-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-ever-sold-gallery\/honus-wagner-card\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"700\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Honus-Wagner-card.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18571\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Honus-Wagner-card.jpg 410w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Honus-Wagner-card-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18571'>\n\t\t\t\tHonus Wagner played baseball for 21 years with the Louisville Colonels and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicknamed \u2018The Flying Dutchman\u2019, Wagner was one of the first five members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. His baseball card was sold for $2.8 million.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='\/blog\/the-5-most-expensive-pieces-of-sports-memorabilia-ever-sold-gallery\/screen-shot-2017-08-16-at-1-39-14-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"524\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-16-at-1.39.14-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18572\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-16-at-1.39.14-PM.png 692w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-16-at-1.39.14-PM-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18572'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Henderson &#8211; a Canadian national hero &#8211;\n has been made a Member of the Order of Canada. HIs legendary 1972 jersey sold for $1.275 million\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Support your favourite team with these great replicas of everything from uniforms to the ball used during the match<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/af5401mi_1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/af5401mi_1-300x300.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/af5401mi_1-150x150.jpg 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/af5401mi_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search?search=sports+replica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18406 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/buy-now.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support your favourite team with these great replicas of everything from uniforms to the ball used during the match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2432,2433,2436,2435,2434],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/basketball-dunk-blue-game-163452.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18562"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18577,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18562\/revisions\/18577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}