Babe Ruth's hair is for sale. Leland's, an auction house in Old Bridge, N.J., is auctioning it along with other goodies from boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan.

Babe Ruth returned to his memories of a past glory. For his part, explaining the reasons why the photos he made in 1948 a) are in color and b) never ran in LIFE, Morse reminded LIFE.com that the ...