NEW YORK — On April 10, a Gimbels Department Store version of the M101-4 1916 Babe Ruth Rookie Card surpassed its estimate when it sold for $600,000 ($762,500 with buyer’s premium) in Bonhams’ Fine Books and Manuscripts sale. Complete sale results are available at LiveAuctioneers.

One of the of most sought-after trading cards in existence, the consignor’s grandfather —a 10-year-old Milwaukeean at the time — acquired the card more than a century ago during a 1916 promotional giveaway of baseball cards featuring the elite players of the day, put on by Gimbels Department Store.

The card led the 195-lot sale, which overall achieved $1.7 million with 80% sold by lot and 99% sold by value.