Heirloom to Commodity, Gehrig’s Jacket Is Sold

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Heirloom to Commodity, Gehrig’s Jacket Is Sold
NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees found this 7/16/2008 on www.nytimes.com [flag]
A warm-up jacket that Lou Gehrig likely wore the day he stopped playing in 1939 sold for $325,000 at an auction on Tuesday. > [link]

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With Hideki out, Yanks consider alternate plans
Published 7/16/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . Sandomir adds a cool little entry on the auction sale of Lou Gehrig's warm-up jacket . As it turns out, Bobby Murcer ...

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Gehrig Jacket Fetches Record Amount at Auction

Maury posted 7/16/2008 from www.bizofbaseball.com

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 ...
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