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The chance to own some Yogi Berra memorabilia ain’t over yet — in fact, it just started.

Thousands of items from the legendary Yankees catcher’s personal collection, including his 1953 World Series championship ring are part of a month-long auction that went online Tuesday.

“His ‘53 championship ring is a real collector’s item because it has a diamond ‘Five’ on it,” his son, Dale, said in a statement. “It was given to the few players like dad and Phil Rizzuto who had won five World Series in a row. That’s a very special piece.”

Owning the ring — the only one from his 10 titles that he actually wore — won’t come cheap. Bidding starts at $100,000.

“I saw it every day of my youth,” Dale Berra told The Post, noting that his dad liked to wear it on his pinky finger.

Berra’s three sons worked with Steiner Sports to cultivate the collection, following their father’s death last September at age 90.

“Dad meant so many things to so many people. He touched people without knowing it. He had no idea the impact he made on people,” Dale said. “These are just a few things we decided to separate to share my dad with other people.”

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Yogi Berra's 1953 World Series Championship ring.
A jersey Yogi Berra wore during a game in 1961.
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Yogi Berra's National Baseball Hall of Fame plaque which was presented to him in 1972.
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Other notable items include Berra’s National Baseball Hall of Fame ring and plaque from his induction in 1972, and his home #8 jersey that he wore playing from the Bronx Bombers in 1961.

There are 108 Berra items up for grabs — and there would have been more memorabilia from other Yankees greats, but the Berra boys destroyed many items, including game-used bats, balls and gloves, when they were kids.

“We didn’t realize the value of them and we just played with them like they were regular stuff,” Dale said. “We would break a Mickey Mantle bat playing and just throw it away, having no idea that some day it would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

The auction, which ends Oct. 23, also features items from Berra’s teammate, ace pitcher Don Larsen who famously pitched the “Perfect Game” in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.

Larsen’s “Babe Ruth Award,” which he received after he was named the 1956 World Series Most Valuable Player, will be up for grabs, along with other items from the pitcher.

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Yogi Berra stands at home plate during the last game at the old Yankee Stadium on September 21, 2008.Reuters
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Yogi Berra is embraced by pitcher Don Larsen as he leaps into Larsen's arms at the end of Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers at New York's Yankee Stadium.AP
Yogi Berra along with family and friends celebrate Yogi's 90th birthday at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Montclair, New Jersey.Anthony Causi
Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford sit in the golf cart they were brought out in for introductions in the Old Timers Ceremony before a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in 2013.
Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford sit in the golf cart they were brought out in for introductions in the Old Timers Ceremony before a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in 2013.Paul J. Bereswill
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Yogi Berra stands with Gary Carter during the last regular season game ever at Shea Stadium.Getty Images
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Yogi Berra accompanied by the vice president's wife, Jill Biden (left), and first lady Michelle Obama before Game 1 of the 2009 World Series.Paul J. Bereswill
From left: Joe Girardi, David Cone, Don Larsen, Yogi Berra, David Wells and Jorge Posada.Charles Wenzelberg
Yogi Berra accepts a light from Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto after Berra handed out cigars to celebrate the birth of his son in the Yankees clubhouse in New York on Sept. 25, 1951.AP
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Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella (left) and New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra.AP
Clockwise from top left: Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Vic Raschi, Allie Reynolds.Bob Olen
Yogi Berra manages the New York Mets in the early 1970s.Getty Images
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Berra's baseball Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown, New York.Getty Images
Yogi throws out the first pitch in 2010.EPA
Yogi Berra makes a grab for a foul pop bunted by pitcher Tony Pena of the Kansas City Athletics at Yankee Stadium in September 1962.AP
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Yogi poses in spring training.Getty Images
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Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in 1955.
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Yogi Berra shares a laugh with Derek Jeter in 2008.AP
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