Jack Lambert jersey from 1982 fetches $50K at auction
Thirty-five years after he retired from the NFL, Jack Lambert remains one of the most popular Pittsburgh Steelers legends, particularly on the memorabilia circuit.
A game-used jersey worn by the Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker during the 1982 season fetched $50,131 at a recent auction of Steelers memorabilia held by Lelands.com.
Lambert’s jersey received the highest auction bid among dozens of items, mostly game-worn jerseys, by some of the Steelers’ most prominent former players. A 1981 Franco Harris jersey was second among the items with a $31,127 high bid. A 1976 Mel Blount jersey went for $30,326, and a 1980 Terry Bradshaw jersey sold for $28,297.
A portion of the proceeds from the Steelers items will be donated to the Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research. The auction concluded June 7.
The Steelers memorabilia was part of Lelands’ 2019 Spring Classic collection that resulted in a record bid for a 1914 Baltimore Orioles original team photo that included Babe Ruth. It sold for $190,373, a world record for a sports photo, according to Lelands.
A baseball signed by 11 of baseball’s original Hall of Fame Class in 1939 was auctioned for $236,389, a 1972 Bobby Orr game-worn jersey fetched $113,924, and Walt Frazier’s game-worn jersey from Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals with the New York Knicks went for $100,081.
Joe Rutter is a TribLive reporter who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since the 2016 season. A graduate of Greensburg Salem High School and Point Park, he is in his fifth decade covering sports for the Trib. He can be reached at jrutter@triblive.com.
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