Reuters

The jersey worn by Babe Ruth, widely regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time, during Game Three of the 1932 World Series became the most expensive item of sporting memorabilia after selling at auction for $24.12 million on Saturday (August 25).The shirt, worn when New York Yankees&#x27; Ruth pointed before hitting a home run against Chicago Cubs&#x27; Charlie Root, beat the previous record held by a Michael Jordan jersey from the 1998 NBA finals, which sold for $10.1 million in 2022.The Yankees won the series 7-5, Ruth&#x27;s seventh and final World Series title.<div>(Production: Aleksandra Michalska, Mussab Al-Khairalla)</div>

The jersey worn by Babe Ruth, widely regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time, during Game Three of the 1932 World Series became the most expensive item of sporting memorabilia after selling at auction for $24.12 million.

The jersey worn by Babe Ruth, widely regarded as the greatest baseball player of all time, during Game Three of the 1932 World Series became the most expensive item of sporting memorabilia after selling at auction for $24.12 million.

Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $24.1 million