The School Sisters of Notre Dame in America have sold a rare 1930s baseball card that they inherited from a relative of a deceased nun for $262,900 (£163,000).
The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card, one of the most valuable pieces of sports memorabilia in the world, was sold to a bidder at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.
It was left to the School Sisters of Notre Dame's Atlantic-Midwest province by a relative of one of the sisters, who died in 1999.
Her brother left everything he had to the congregation, including the card, which exceeded initial estimates of its auction price by $162,900. The School Sisters of Notre Dame, an international congregation, will realise $220,000 from the auction. They intend to use the money to fund their charitable work.
