GEDDY LEE: Baseball Been Bery Bery Good to Him
Geddy Lee’s baseball collection got A LOT of money! Christie’s auction of 491 lots of baseball memorabilia from Geddy Lee‘s collection brought in $6.9 million. Among the top selling items were: And…
LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 18: Inductee Geddy Lee of Rush performs onstage at the 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Geddy Lee's baseball collection got A LOT of money!
Christie's auction of 491 lots of baseball memorabilia from Geddy Lee's collection brought in $6.9 million.
Among the top selling items were:
- Babe Ruth's 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers jersey - $882,000
- Hank Aaron's 1968 Atlanta Braves jersey - $567,000
- Lou Gehrig's 1927 bat - $504,000
- President Herbert Hoover signed baseball - $214,200
- Beatles autographed baseball from their 1965 Shea Stadium show - $176,400
- President John F. Kennedy signed baseball - $170,100 with another one at $138,600
- Roberto Clemente signed baseball - $88,200
And if you're a Tigers fan - check this out (it went for a little over 4k):
Today ya: Geddy Lee's baseball collection got A LOT of money! Geddy has spent more than 40 years collecting autographed and historic milestone baseballs, uniforms and caps, as well as artwork and memorabilia including a near complete collection of World Series programs dating back to 1903.
He tells The Athletic, “Collections need to be tended, and they need to be fed... The items I collected over these years, I collected with passion, I collected with love, and I just have too much! It’s time to share with the world again. And that’s fine... Baseballs, nobody owns them. They’re like houses. You take care of them for a while, and then they move on to the next person, the next custodian.”
But he didn't sell everything. “I kept a lot of personal things, and a lot of things that I felt my grandson perhaps would be interested to take over eventually in time.”
In addition to baseball memorabilia, Geddy is a collector of vintage bass guitars, watches and wine.
Geddy was in Detroit recently promoting his new autobiography - and we spent some time talking Rush and his love for the Motor City.
