Serena’s shoes, Babe’s ball, A-Rod’s hat: Legendary New York sports memorabilia on the block at Sotheby’s

nypost.com:

US Open-dominating Serena Williams to a baseball signed by not only Babe Ruth but Jackie Robinson, too, a jaw-dropping selection of sports equipment and apparel — each with an opening bid that makes season-ticket prices look like chump change — will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s starting Tuesday.

The auction is Part II of Sotheby’s “Invictus” event, the first of which, running simultaneously, is dedicated solely to selling off Michael Jordan’s jersey from Game 1 of the 1998 NBA Finals — his last-ever season with the Chicago Bulls. (Estimated winning bid?

Between $3 million and $5 million.) The highly anticipated event is Sotheby’s largest-ever auction of sports memorabilia, and it’s notably New York-centric.“We tried to pick a lot of things that spoke to really specific moments in time that we felt collectors would be interested in,” Brahm Wachter, head of the Sotheby’s department of “streetwear and modern collectables,” told The Post, adding that sports memorabilia is an “exciting new category” for the auction house.Here’s a look at 10 of the items that are sure to make a sports die-hard’s dreams come true — a deep-pocketed one, anyway.

Auction items will be on public display September 6 to 14 at Sotheby’s, 1334 York Ave., during regular business hours. The Great One spent relatively little time as a New York Ranger, but his stint as a blueshirt in the late 1990s made for a memorable final career stop for Wayne Gretzky.