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Babe Ruth's 1916 Game-Used, Signed Glove Pulled from Auction 11 Hours Before Close

Related Topics: Babe Ruth, Heritage Auctions

A game-used Babe Ruth glove from the 1916 season was pulled from auction hours before bidding was scheduled to end.

According to sports business report Darren Rovell, Heritage Auctions decided to pull the glove 11 hours before the close of the auction with no reason given for the late move.

In a Jan. 29 press release, Heritage Auction announced the glove was going to be available as part of the annual Winter Platinum Night Sports Auction that takes place from Feb. 24-25.

Other historic artifacts included in the more than 1,600 items featured in the lot were a near-mint-mint+ condition 1952 Mickey Mantle Topps rookie card and an unopened case of 1979 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards that contains "who knows how many" Wayne Gretzky rookie cards.