What is believed to be the only autographed version of the famous Lou Gehrig Day photograph sold at auction early Saturday for $108,169. An original print from 1939, the photo carried an inscription from the Yankee slugger who had been diagnosed with the disease that would take his life just two years later. Gehrig signatures following his diagnosis in 1939 up to the time of his passing are quite rare. The photo generated 41 bids from interested collectors and closed at $90,518 before the buyer’s premium added by Lelands auction house. Read full story on Sports Collectors Daily here.

The photo has undergone professional restoration but does have some creasing.  It is dated at the top in pen but the ink has faded.    Signed “To Patsy, With Kindest Personal Regards, Cordially, Lou Gehrig”,  the photo and white frame measure 11.5×14″.