The last game-worn jersey from the Hall of Fame career of New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle sold for $2.19 million at auction on Saturday.
Heritage Auctions provided the details and a picture of the uniform top, which included an inscription and Mantle signing his nickname, "The Mick":
Heritage Auctions<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HERITAGELIVE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HERITAGELIVE</a> Did you miss last night's Winter Platinum Night Auction action? Here are the grand slams, starting with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MickeyMantle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MickeyMantle</a>'s 1968 Last New York <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yankees?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Yankees</a> Game-Worn Jersey! This piece of baseball history sold for a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/recordshattering?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#recordshattering</a> $2,190,000! <a href="https://t.co/oOTKtdqxkf">https://t.co/oOTKtdqxkf</a> <a href="https://t.co/K6ACBzaUUs">pic.twitter.com/K6ACBzaUUs</a>
The sale price represented the highest amount ever paid for a Mantle jersey, per TMZ Sports.