Babe Ruth equals big bucks.
A baseball jersey worn by The Bambino sold for more than US$4.4 million (S$5.6 million) yesterday, a record for any item of sports memorabilia, according to the buyer and seller.
SCP Auctions, based in California, said the circa 1920 New York Yankees uniform top is the earliest known jersey worn by Ruth and it fetched US$4,415,658 at the company's April auction, which ended yesterday. That price broke the previous record of US$4,338,500 set in 2010 for James Naismith's founding rules of basketball.
Tyrannosaurus sold for S$1.33 million amid question over ownership
A nearly intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus sold for US$1.05 million (S$1.33 million) at auction in New York yesterday, although the sale has been disputed by the Mongolian government, which has questioned whether it was obtained legally.
The skeleton of the Tyrannosaurus bataar, a smaller Asian cousin of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex that roamed North America during the Cretaceous period about 80 million years ago, measures 2.4m and 7.3m long, according to a statement by Heritage Auctions, which conducted the sale in New York.
It was discovered in the Gobi Desert, which stretches across portions of northern China and southern Mongolia. Heritage Auctions President Greg Rohan said he does not know in which country the skeleton was found.
The body of the skeleton is 75 per cent complete and the head is about 80 per cent complete, said Mr David Herskowitz, the director of Heritage's natural history department. By contrast, he said, most dinosaur skeletons on display in museums are "50 per cent complete or less".
Heritage declined to identify the buyer, who submitted the winning bid by telephone.
The sale will not be completed, however, until a court fight launched by the Mongolian government last week is resolved. The Mongolian government obtained a temporary restraining order against the sale in Texas state district court in Dallas, where Heritage is based.
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