Catching a monumental home run can make a lucky fan a very, very rich man or woman. You can either give it back to the guy who knocked it out of the park in return for a nice payback, cherish it forever in a glass case presented to everyone who walks into your home or you can hold on to it for a little while and then sell it for a fortune. And yes, it will be a fortune.
As sports fans – individual people and companies – we are willing to pay obscene amounts of money for items that bring us closer to the athletes we love and admire.
To be completely honest, while some of these prices may shock you, it’s also quite surprising that some of these items didn’t sell for more. The most expensive piece of sports memorabilia is worth several million dollars, but the more time passes, the more expensive these articles of clothing, balls, bats, gloves, you name it, will become. How much will these items be worth in several years or even decades when they’re sold again? We can only wait and see…
Some of the greatest names in sports are on this list. Spoiler alert: Babe Ruth makes multiple appearances on this list. Lou Gehrig is on here as well, and so are Barry Bonds, Muhammad Ali and Hank Aaron (yeah, there are a ton of baseball players and their garments on here). Some of these guys make multiple appearances just like Babe Ruth.
But there are also some guys who will leave you scratching your head and doing a quick Google search just to figure out who they are, how and why their memorabilia sold for so much money and made their way on to this list.
Here they are, the most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia ever sold:
[post_page_title]Bill Buckner 1986 world Series Game 6 baseball[/post_page_title]
Bill Buckner’s most memorable MLB moment is one he most likely wants to forget, and hopes the world forgets. It came during the 1986 World Series. A Mookie Wilson ground ball rolled right through his legs, giving the Mets the opportunity to rally in Game 6 and eventually win the game in the 10th inning. The Mets would go on to win the World Series, and the ball that slipped between his legs was auctioned off for $418,250 in 2012.
