Okay, I should explain before you read this blog, that I have recently moved from London to America.
Here, everything is bigger, crazier, and more expensive. I won’t waste your time talking about the hamburgers, but it couldn’t escape my attention that the personal collection of a rounders player here, called Kirk Gibson, went under the hammer this weekend. Check out the prices!
Game-worn jersey from Game 1 of the 1988 World Series: ($303,277.20)
Gibson’s home run bat from Game 1 of the 1988 World Series ($575,912.40)
The bidders were reportedly a father and son sports collectors’ team from Santa Barbara, Calif., who won the bidding for the iconic Kirk Gibson items today, Sunday. Chad and Doug Dreier paid $1.19 million for the five items, which included Gibson’s home run bat, jersey, helmet ($153,388.80), and some trophies.
Now, how do we get these chaps interested in ‘soccer’ memorabilia. And more importantly, why do they call it a ‘World Series’ when only America competes?
This is a team with some serious history, and a kit that is pure class. Although, I did a bit of digging, and it seems their modern kit design truly betrays a glorious shirt history. Pumas used to roll out in attractive pinstripes, in the 1960s, which according to Wikipedia were their glory years:
