A
100-year-old Babe Ruth baseball bat is about to hit the auction block ... after
a Massachusetts family discovered the historic Louisville Slugger in their
basement ... and it could rake in $500k.
Officials at
Goldin Auctions tell TMZ Sports ... an antique hunter (also known as a
"picker") asked the family if he could go through their old
belongings ... and discovered a collection of what appeared to be old game-used
bats from Red Sox players -- including the Sultan of Swat.
Goldin
Auctions tells us ... the bats were authenticated through an independent firm
-- that confirmed the Ruth bat was used sometime between 1916 and 1918.
Among the
clues ... G.A. says the bat's size and weight match up with the ones he used at
the time ... plus, the word "RUTH" is imprinted on the barrel.
The auction
house says the bat also includes cleat imprints on the barrel "as Ruth always
banged out his spikes on his bats' barrel."
Officials at
Goldin Auctions -- which is putting the item up for bid on June 16th -- says
it's expecting the bat to sell somewhere in the $350k to $500k range.
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