Sweaty Babe Ruth cap auctioned in NY for $328,000

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NEW YORK : A baseball cap worn by New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth has beenauctioned for a record $328,000 on Monday.
The sweat-stained cap from around the 1920s sold at an auction ofYankees memorabilia in New York.
Hunt Auctions says the cap is one of only three Yankees hats inexistence worn by Ruth during games. It says a hat used by a playerhad never sold for more than $100,000.
The Ruth cap had been expected to fetch up to $200,000. The surnameRuth and the player's first and middle initials, G.H., for GeorgeHerman, are embroidered inside.
A Ruth bat signed to Broadway star Tessa Kosta sold for $195,500.And Thurman Munson's 1970 Rookie of the Year award sold for$46,000.