Babe Ruth NY Yankees SPALDING
Fitted Cap sells for $285k
An unidentified New York man paid a hefty $285,000 for a sweat stained, heavily distressed New York Yankees cap that once belonged to Babe “The Sultan of Swat” Ruth. Circa 1920-30s, the cap is believed to be one of only three surviving Babe Ruth New Yankees game used hats and was auctioned off by HUNT AUCTIONS last Monday. The Navy blue flannel cap features the Yankees iconic overlapping “NY” logo embroidered on the front. The Spalding manufacturer’s stamp appears faintly on the interior leather sweatband, as does the embroidered, script style player designation “Ruth G.H.” Having descended within the family of a Cleveland area tavern owner who obtained it personally from Ruth, the cap was accompanied by a vintage slip of paper bearing the notation “Wally C. Morgan Babe Ruth cap” in an unknown hand that has been kept inside the cap for decades. Braggin rights, indeed.
