The Great Bambino is back on the block.

Babe Ruth’s 1916 rookie baseball card is now up for grabs via Goldin’s Winter Vintage Elite auction, along with other rare relics from MLB’s finest, from January 25. One of the most coveted pre-war cards to exist, the collector’s item is one of the earliest known cards of the Hall of Fame slugger during his rookie season with the Boston Red Sox.

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The King of Crash is front and center on the card, formally known as the 1916 M101-5 Sporting News Blank Back #151, posed in a pitching stance and donning his Beantown uniform. The keepsake has a PSA F1 1.5 rating, meaning that it shows some extreme wear, according to the PSA website, though you can still see Ruth clearly. Currently, the top bid sits at $170,000.

Ruth is in pretty good company in Goldin’s latest auction: A 1936 V355 World Wide Gum #51 Joe DiMaggio “True” Rookie Card, with a starting bid of $97,000, is also up for grabs. The piece, with a PSA 6.5 EX-MT+ rating, shows off Joltin’ Joe’s debut with the New York Yankees; only one known edition of this card is graded higher, making this an extremely rare memento. Another Joe enters the fray here, too, with a 1914 E145-1 Cracker Jack #103 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson card hitting the block as well, with a starting bid of $85,000. It’s one of only four known examples sitting at the SGC VG-EX 4 grade.

As for other exceptional offerings, a 1915 Boston Red Sox team photo postcard up for grabs has a starting bid of $110,000; the snapshot of the American League team’s roster marks Ruth’s first appearance on any baseball collectible. And you still have time to hop in on the action, too: Goldin’s Winter Vintage Elite Auction will start extending bidding on February 15, at 10 p.m. EST.

Another iteration of Ruth’s 1916 rookie card hit the block in January of last year; that time around, the highly graded SGC Excellent+ 5.5 memento fetched a cool $630,000. And the player’s famed “Called Shot” jersey from the 1932 World Series sold for a whopping $24 million last summer. Neither figure is surprising, though, considering how sports memorabilia as a whole has ballooned into a billion-dollar business—something to keep in mind when it comes time to clear out your treasure trove.

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