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Talk about hitting the jackpot … a NY family learned a baseball bat specifically kept in the house for beating off intruders … IS WORTH A FORTUNE … ’cause it was used by Lou Gehrig!
The story is pretty crazy … the family says they came into possession of the bat decades ago when a family member of a former NY Yankees groundskeeper gave it to them as a gift.
Clearly, they thought it was just a regular bat … and kept it behind the front door of the home for “protection” … and it stayed there for 30 years.
That is, until someone realized it wasn’t just an old piece of wood … but a 1929-31 Lou Gehrig game-used bat … one of the few Gehrig bats known to exist.
Now, the bat is hitting the auction block through Love of the Game Auctions … and we’re told the opening bid will be $ 20,000.
Pretty cool, right?
http://ce.ivyrc.com/lou-gehrig-game-used-bat-found-family-used-for-home-protection/