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Babe Ruth 1914 Baltimore News Rookie Card Sells for $7.2M; 3rd-Highest Price for Card

A Babe Ruth rookie card sold for $7.2 million at an auction Monday, becoming the third highest-priced card to ever hit the market.

The 1914 Baltimore News card is one of just 10 known in existence. Surprisingly enough, the card itself had no known existence until the 1980s, according to president of Robert Edward Auctions Brian Dwyer, making it a shockingly rare find on the market.

"The last time one of these transacted [in 2013] was $450,000," Dwyer told Dan Hajducky of ESPN. "It's easier to buy an NFL team in the last decade than it has been to buy one of these cards.