1923 New York Yankees Opening Day Ticket Babe Ruth

  

1923 Yankee Stadium Grand Opening Ticket Stub. This was the largest crowd to ever see a baseball game with 74,200 in attendance, and 30,000 turned away at the gates. Only 6 tickets remain in existence. E of the rarest and most important tickets in the history of sports.

Babe Ruth famously relayed to reporters "I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a home run on Opening Day of this great new park, " and in the third inning his wish was granted, a 400-foot, three-run shot to the 20th bleacher row in right field. The House that Ruth Built.

Other photos show items which are also available for sale in other auctions, including a 1904 Boston Marathon finisher's medal, 1963 VW van. Original tickets to the Coronation of King George III in 1761 at Westminster Abbey.