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A 1958 game-worn Mickey Mantle jersey just smashed a record when it was sold at auction last weekend as part of a nearly $10 million sale of Mantle memorabilia.
A fan purchased the Yankees home jersey on Saturday through Heritage Auctions for $4.68 million, more than double the previous record for a Mantle jersey. A 1952 Topps Mantle card in near-perfect condition was also sold at auction for $4.5 million, which made it the most a sports card has sold for this year and the fourth-highest price for a card ever. That brings the total price for the two sales to nearly $9.2 million.
The Mantle jersey was worn primarily during the Yankees’ 1958 season. Photo matching links the jersey to nine dates in 1958 and 1959. Mantle wore it during the team's season opener in 1958 and in an All-Stars exhibition at Yankee Stadium after the season ended.
The jersey was graded 9.5 out of 10 and is just one button short of being the original, unaltered jersey.
"It's rare to see an all-original Yankees jersey from that era," Heritage Auctions sports auctions director Chris Ivy told CBS Sports. " ... To have a 1950s era all-original Mickey Mantle pinstripes jersey that is photo-matched to several games is very scarce."
Mantle held a .304 batting average in the 1958 season, with 42 home runs, 94 RBI and 127 runs. He picked up his seventh straight All-Star appearance that season and led the Yankees to a World Series win, his fifth with the franchise. Mantle, who played all 18 seasons with the Yankees before he retired in 1968, ended his career with seven World Series titles, 20 All-Star nods and three MVP awards. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
The jersey and card are the latest major baseball items to be sold at auction this year. A Babe Ruth bat from the 1920 and 1921 seasons was sold for a record $1.85 million in April. The bat was graded a perfect 10. Ruth hit 59 home runs in the 1921 season, which set the single-season record at the time. A Mike Trout autographed ball from his Little League days sold for $15,600 in April, and Yankees star Aaron Judge’s record 62nd home run ball from last season sold at auction for $1.5 million in December.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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