baseball cards

Exclusive | Babe Ruth’s first-ever baseball card, issued in 1914, just sold for over $4M: ‘One of the rarest cards’

by
Exclusive | Babe Ruth’s first-ever baseball card, issued in 1914, just sold for over M: ‘One of the rarest cards’

“The Bambino” knocked this one out of the park. The first Babe Ruth baseball card fetched an unbelievable $4.026 million at Heritage’s Fall Sports Catalog Auction on Friday. The 1914 Baltimore News Babe Ruth rookie card was issued back when Ruth was a 19-year-old minor league pitcher in Baltimore — and fewer than a dozen are … Read more

Fifty years ago, Maria Pepe was just 11 when she sued Little League to play with the boys — and won

by
Fifty years ago, Maria Pepe was just 11 when she sued Little League to play with the boys — and won

She’s truly in a league of her own. Fifty years ago, Maria Pepe of Hoboken, NJ, changed the trajectory of girls’ sports — fighting for the right to play Little League baseball. “It wasn’t just about baseball,” Pepe, now 63, told The Post. “It was about girls’ roles in society. Now they are able to … Read more

Rare Babe Ruth rookie card from 1916 — once a store freebie — could fetch $500K at auction

by
Rare Babe Ruth rookie card from 1916 — once a store freebie — could fetch 0K at auction

Prepare to witness a bidding frenzy as a rare 1916 M101-4 Babe Ruth rookie card steps into the limelight at a Bonhams auction later this month. Esteemed collectors are expected to throw down anywhere from a cool $250,000 to a jaw-dropping $500,000 for this historic piece of sports memorabilia. Flashback to more than a century … Read more