Joe Jackson autographed photo sells for $1.47 mn, the highest price for a signed sports picture

NEW YORK: A 1911 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson autographed photograph by Frank W. Smith sold for $1.47 million, the most ever paid for a signed sports photograph.

The photo was offered by Christie's and Hunt Auctions in New York in the auction Extra Innings: A Private Collection of Important Baseball Memorabilia.

The 246-lot auction also featured a Babe Ruth professional model baseball bat with eight home run notches that sold for $1.05 million, a 1925 Lou Gehrig autographed rookie exhibit postcard that went for $687,500, and a 1952 Joe DiMaggio autographed handwritten letter to Marilyn Monroe that fetched $525,000.