Christie’s is holding a real home run of an auction this week. The aptly named American Greats sale, which will take place at the auction house’s Rockefeller Center salesroom on October 22, comprises ...

The jersey worn by Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig in his final home game appearance sold for $2.71 million in an auction on Wednesday. It was the highest amount ever paid in a public auction for a piece of ...

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Lou Gehrig’s final pinstripe Yankees jersey sold for $2,712,000 Wednesday afternoon at Christie’s, hitting the low end of the $2 million to $4 million pre-sale estimate. The jersey was worn by Gehrig ...

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:44:57 GMT — On this day, July 4th, in 1939, New York Yankee Lou Gehrig delivered his famous farwell speech at Yankee Stadium. Other than his speech, Gehrig is best known for his ...

Yankees legend Lou Gehrig played the final game of his historic streak on this day in 1939, appearing in his 2,130th contest in a row. Yankees' great Lou Gehrig played in his final big-league game on ...

A piece of New York Yankees history just fetched one of the highest prices ever for baseball memorabilia. Lou Gehrig’s jersey from his final home game at Yankee Stadium sold for an astonishing $2.712 ...

Lou Gehrig's uniform from his final Yankee Stadium appearance has sold for $2.712 million at auction, the most ever paid for a piece of Gehrig memorabilia. The uniform, which was worn by Gehrig at ...