In one of the most dramatically charged moments in sports history, an emotional Lou Gehrig says thank you on his Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium. With a packed house looking on and his 1927 and ...

One of the few surviving tickets from Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” speech July 4, 1939, sold for $164,700 at Heritage Auctions ...

Christie’s is holding a real home run of an auction this week. The aptly named American Greats sale, which will take place at the auction house’s Rockefeller Center salesroom on October 22, comprises ...

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The jersey worn by Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig in his final home game appearance sold for $2.71 million in an auction on Wednesday. It was the highest amount ever paid in a public auction for a piece of ...

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:44:57 GMT — On this day, July 4th, in 1939, New York Yankee Lou Gehrig delivered his famous farwell speech at Yankee Stadium. Other than his speech, Gehrig is best known for his ...

A piece of New York Yankees history just fetched one of the highest prices ever for baseball memorabilia. Lou Gehrig’s jersey from his final home game at Yankee Stadium sold for an astonishing $2.712 ...