Gehrig Jacket Fetches Record Amount at Auction

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Gehrig Jacket Fetches Record Amount at Auction
Maury Maury posted 7/16/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com [flag]
In a sure sign that highly prized memorabilia -- especially of the New York Yankee variety -- is still valued and popular, Hunt Auctions , a sports memorabilia auction company and the official auctioneer of Major League Baseball's DHL All-Star FanFest, sold a jacket worn by Lou Gehrig the day he took himself out of the lineup and ended his streak in 1939 for a record $373,750 at the 2008 MLB ... [link]

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