The silver bat presented to Roberto Clemente for winning the 1964 National League batting title was a headliner in SCP Auctions’ 2023 Summer Auction that was set to end during the final weekend of August.
The bat first sold in Hunt Auctions’ 2017 MLB All-Star Fan Fest auction in Miami. Another one of Clemente’s silver bats in that auction – his 1967 award for winning his fourth batting title – sold for a record $493,500. That broke the previous record sum for a silver bat, beating the $313,500 paid for Mickey Mantle’s 1956 American League batting title.