Put it in the books! Ty Cobb’s dentures auctioned for $18K+

Baseball legend Ty Cobb's dentures have been offered for over $18,000 throughout an internet public sale.

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Right here’s a sports activities sale you may actually sink your tooth into.

Dentures belonging to late baseball legend Ty Cobb have been offered in an on-line public sale for a staggering $18,840 immediately. They have been beforehand displayed on the Baseball Corridor of Fame in Cooperstown. The customer’s identify was not disclosed.

Cobb’s dentures have been beforehand displayed on the Baseball Corridor of Body in Cooperstown.

Ex-Halper Assortment/SCP Public sale

Former Detriot outfielder Ty Cobb posed within the group’s dugout in 1925.

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After the famed Detroit Tiger’s demise in 1961, the false tooth have been held for years by creator Al Stump, Cobb’s biographer, in keeping with SCP Auctions, who offered the dental relic.

Their subsequent consignor, Karen Shemonsky, purchased them in 1999. At the moment, she advised The Publish, “That is such a thrill to me to now personal a chunk of baseball historical past.”

The outline of the merchandise on the public sale home’s itemizing mentioned, “The higher and decrease dentures include Cobb’s authentic plaster denture holder and brass opening system.”