Babe Ruth’s 1914 Baltimore News card has long been a coveted item among collectors not only for the point in Ruth’s career it represents, but also the sheer rarity of it: Fewer than 10 cards are known to be in existence, with the last one known to be sold having sold for $450,300 at an auction in 2013.

Babe Ruth’s 1914 Baltimore News pre-rookie card, valued at more than $6 million, was recently sold in the most expensive purchase in trading card history.

A Baltimore News pre-rookie card of Ruth sold for $6 million, making it the most expensive card ever sold, according to Collectable. The card features Ruth in the minor leagues. Ruth played in the International League with the Baltimore Orioles in 1914.

Kobe Bryant rookie card, in ‘pristine condition,’ sells for nearly $1.8 million at auction.

Yeah, and Babe Ruth photographs can sell $3,000, $4,000, $5,000, $10,000, depending on a really nice one. But, you see, because of the size and because of the age of the signature and the vintage of the signature and the condition, it’s spectacular.

George Washington When it comes to expensive autographs, our first president George Washington takes the cake. His signature on his personal copy of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the First Congress is the highest valued autograph ever sold. It was sold at auction in 2012 for $9.8 million.

Babe Ruth-signed baseball sells for world-record $183,500.

Hall of Fame Baseball Auctioned for $632,369 in 2018, the most expensive autographed baseball ever bears the signatures of 11 early baseball greats including Ruth, Ty Cobb, Connie Mack, and Honus Wagner — the only surviving members of the Hall of Fame’s original 25 inductees when it opened in 1939.

Monetary value The most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold, a New York Yankees baseball jersey worn by Babe Ruth during the 1920 season, sold for $4,415,658 in 2012.