Christie’s will auction the collection of Dr. G.B. Espy, in collaboration with Hunt Auctions, highlighted by the last Yankees jersey Lou Gehrig ever donned at the ballpark this October.
The Gehrig jersey was worn as he accompanied the team during Game 2 of the 1939 World Series, in which he did not play, having had his 2,130 consecutive game streak broken earlier in the season after his ALS diagnosis.
A pre-sale estimate of $2 million to $4 million has been placed on the lot.
One of the most important sports rings in history — given to Jackie Robinson in honor of his selection to the Hall of Fame in 1962 — will also sell as part of the collection, carrying a pre-sale estimate of $250,000 to $500,000.
The plaque presented to Robinson for his induction sold for $48,000 in 2020.
One of four tickets authenticated by PSA from the final game of Gehrig’s historic streak will join the jersey, graded PSA 4. It carries a pre-sale estimate of $15,000 to $25,000. A lower-graded stub from that game sold for $13,145 in 2014.
Other lots include Casey Stengel’s 1949 Yankees World Series ring (estimate of $30,000 to $50,000), an extremely rare menu from DiMaggio’s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge signed by both Joe DiMaggio and his then-wife Marilyn Monroe during their brief marriage in 1954 ($15,000 to $25,000) and a Red Grange Bears championship-era jersey ($100,000 to $300,000).
The auction begins Oct. 22 at 12 p.m. ET.
Will Stern is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture.