Christie's Auction House set to offer a private collection of baseball artifacts
Christie’s to Offer a Private Collection of Historic Baseball Artifacts
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“We expect the debut of this world-class collection to mark as one of the finest of its type to have been offered at public auction,” David Hunt , president of Hunt Auctions, said in a statement Thursday. “A great number of the items within are being unveiled to the public for the very first time.”
The collection features artifacts relating to the 1903 World Series, the 1927 New York Yankees, and the 1934 U.S. All-Star Tour of Japan. Highlights include items owned, used, and autographed by icons such as Babe Ruth , Lou Gehrig , Christy Mathewson , Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner , Christie’s said.