The sports memorabilia world was left astonished this month after Babe Ruth's 1914 Baltimore News rookie card, long considered one of baseball's crown jewels, sold for just $4.02 million (£3.37 million), a steep drop from its $7.2 million (£5.43 million) sale in December 2023.
The loss of more than $3 million (£2.26 million) marked one of the largest declines ever recorded for a single trading card.
