This was not just another auction for sports memorabilia. This was nothing less than historically, extraordinary.

See, in the early hours of last Sunday morning in the USA, the New York Yankees jersey worn by the great baseballer Babe Ruth in the iconic Game 3 of the 1932 World Series sold for – dot three, carry one, multiply by gazillions US$24.12 million (A$35.4m) at a Heritage Auction which more than DOUBLED the........

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