Shoeless Joe autographed photo sets record
October 8th, 2021
There seems no end to the value of baseball memorabilia these days.
A 1911 autographed photo of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson set a record by selling for $1.47 million at an auction in New York, according to the Associated Press.
The Frank W. Smith photo was part of a 246-piece collection called: Extra Innings: A Private Collection of Important Baseball Memorabilia. It was the most ever paid for an autographed sports photo.
Some of the other items auctioned off included a Babe Ruth bat with eight home run notches that went for $1.05 million, a 1925 Lou Gehrig autographed rookie exhibit postcard that sold for $687,500 and a 1952 Joe DiMaggio autographed handwritten letter to Marilyn Monroe that sold for $525,000.