Late Colts owner Jim Irsay’s memorabilia collection brings record prices at auction

Jim Irsay collected respective pieces of iconic sports memorabilia during his lifetime.

The precocious Indianapolis Colts owner’s postulation was offered successful a unrecorded online auction astatine Christie’s, an creation and luxury auction house. From Thursday done Saturday, the postulation generated much than $93 cardinal astatine auction, acold exceeding its pre-auction $40 cardinal estimate.

Aside from the coveted euphony pieces, the sports-themed items successful Irsay’s postulation sold astatine auction included Secretariat’s 1973 Triple Crown saddle, Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers jersey helium wore erstwhile helium scored his NHL grounds 500th extremity and 1 of Jackie Robinson’s bats from the 1953 season. 

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Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay talks to fans during Dwight Freeney's induction to the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor astatine Lucas Oil Stadium Nov. 10, 2019, successful Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

The saddle commanded a equine racing point grounds terms of $1.524 million, the Oilers’ jersey drew $952,500 and Robinson’s bat brought successful $406,400.

"The Irsay merchantability did justness to the brilliance of the collector and of the monumental pieces helium brought together, iconic objects that archer the communicative of our civilization and our times," Julien Pradels, president of Christie's Americas, said successful a statement.

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"The Irsay postulation is singular, but Christie's volition person different astonishing income successful the abstraction moving forward."

Owner Jim Irsay of the Indianapolis Colts during warmups earlier a crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Heinz Field Oct. 26, 2014, successful Pittsburgh.   (Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

The auction of Irsay’s memorabilia acceptable 23 satellite records, including a Pink Floyd guitar becoming the astir costly ever sold astatine auction. Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour played the achromatic Fender Stratocaster connected six of the band's albums.

Late Indianapolis Colts proprietor Jim Irsay is memorialized successful a descent successful beforehand of Lucas Oil Stadium June 3, 2025. (Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

A information of the proceeds from the merchantability of Irsay’s postulation volition beryllium donated to the philanthropic causes the precocious NFL proprietor championed during his lifetime, according to Christie’s.

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The FBI launched a probe into the circumstances of Irsay’s death, including a imaginable transportation to his narration with Dr. Harry Haroutunian, an addiction specializer based successful California who reportedly prescribed him symptom pills and ketamine.

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