A baseball glove worn by Babe Ruth during his time with the New York Yankees sold for a record-setting price of $1.5 million at auction on Saturday.
Hunt Auctions provided details about the sale of the glove, which is dated to between 1927 and 1933:
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In August, Alvin Goodley of Rarest reported the previous record for a baseball glove was a 1939 Lou Gehrig for $389,500.