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If you have $30 million and nothing to spend it on, you might be able to add a jersey from one of the most iconic moments in Major League Baseball history to your memorabilia collection.

Heritage Auctions announced the jersey Babe Ruth wore for the New York Yankees when he called his shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series will be auctioned off as part of the Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction from Aug. 23-25.

It's one of sports history's most talked about, debated, and imitated moments.<br><br>Now the jersey that Babe Ruth wore--photomatched, authenticated as the one worn during the fifth-inning home run against the Chicago Cubs during Game 3 of the 1932, the infamous "called shot"… <a href="https://t.co/zJOZmCpNnw">pic.twitter.com/zJOZmCpNnw</a>

Chris Ivy, Heritage Auctions' director of sports auctions, told ESPN's Dan Hajducky the jersey could sell for more than $30 million.

The jersey has been twice authenticated, with MeiGray Authenticated matching it using two photos from Getty Images and a third image from The Chicago Daily News showing Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Yankees manager Joe McCarthy in the dugout.

Ruth gifted the jersey to a man in Florida, whose daughter first auctioned it off two decades ago.

If the sale price for the jersey gets as high as expected, it will shatter the record for the most expensive collectible to be sold at auction. The current mark is $12.6 million for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card that received a Mint+ grade of 9.5 when it sold in August 2022.

The homer occurred in the top of the fifth inning between the Yankees and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Ruth is believed to have pointed two fingers toward center field, then proceeded to hit the next pitch from Charlie Root over the center-field fence to give New York a 5-4 lead.

John Horne of BaseballHall.org noted there is some debate about whether or not Ruth actually called his shot. Root believes Ruth was showing two fingers to the crowd to indicate he had two strikes in the count.

According to Horne, Ruth confirmed he was signaling to call his shot. Even if that's not true, the legend is so much cooler that there was no reason for him to push back against it.

The Yankees wound up sweeping the Cubs in four games to win the franchise's first World Series title since 1928.

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