Grey Flannel Auction Story

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first auction of baseball memorabilia held at Yankee Stadium fetched more than $3 million over two days, including $110,000 for a 1955 game-worn autographed Mickey Mantle jersey, organizers said on Friday.
Other highlights included $30,000 for a Babe Ruth jersey and $26,000 for the organ played over the decades by stadium fixture Eddie Layton.
Yankee Manager Joe Torre's office chair fetched $5,500, a Yankee flag that was flown from the outfield sold for $9,000, and the 319-foot (97-meter) marker that once graced the outfield fence was won with a winning bid of $3,500.
The auction, conducted online on Thursday and then under a heated tent erected over the field box seats near third base on Friday, was staged by Yankees-Steiner Collectibles and Grey Flannel Auctions.

[Eric]

From NY Post 12-10-05

THE MICK'S JERSEY A CASH COW

By JOHN MAZOR and BILL SANDERSON
Mickey Mantle items were a big hit at the first-ever auction of Bronx Bomber memorabilia at Yankee Stadium yesterday — with one of The Mick's game-day jerseys selling for $110,000, and one of his bats going for $22,000.
Mantle memorabilia went for higher prices than Joe DiMaggio items — which included a game-used jersey that sold for $75,000.
"Mantle has really gotten hot," said Brandon Steiner, of Steiner Sports Marketing, which oversaw the auction in a tent set up on the third-base line near home plate.
Also sold to an Internet bidder was the organ used by the famed Eddie Layton from 1985 to 2003, which went for $26,000, said Dan Feldman of Gray Flannel Auctions, which also participated in the event.
A Babe Ruth bat was also sold over the Internet for $27,000, Feldman said.
Some of the façade from the interior of the Yankees' Stadium Club was sold at the live auction for $2,000.
"Amazing!" said Steiner. "They were going to throw those things out."
The longtime stadium organ — a Hammond Colonnade 200 — went to an unidentified buyer.
Although the big-ticket items are gone, the auction isn't over yet. Steiner is selling more Yankees memorabilia on its Web site, steinersports.com — and Brandon Steiner said the remaining items are more affordable.