March 21, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/21/2019
Harper's Weekly page from November 3, 1866 featuring the Brooklyn Atlantics (page shows significant wear with paper loss and browning), a December 19, 1931 Saturday Evening Post 8-page spread featuring Babe Ruth (article is in solid shape with very little creasing and wear throughout), a Buffalo Courier box score from July 18, 1900 with Christy Mathewson's debut, four box scores from the Courier from Mathewson's second, third, fourth and sixth games. 11 photos from the Spalding's 1908 guide that feature six pages about Boston and five pages about Detroit. All but one page has small writing on the back of it, an October 1888 issue of the Cosmopolitan that features an article about "Our National Game" some of the featured stars pictured are Cap Anson, Ned Hanlon and Charles Comiskey. The magazine is worn and tattered and has a little writing on it. Finally, there is 50 pages of glued on boxscores and articles from the late 1800's-early 1900's. Included in the scrapbook are historic moments like Cap Anson's fight with Kid Gleason, Ned Hanlon, Fred Clarke, Amos Rusie, Chris Von Der Ahe, Cy Young, Willie Keeler, Nap Lajoie, Kid Nichols, Ed Delahanty, John McGraw and many others. The pages are quite worn and tattered, but the articles and box scores are clearly visible.
Vintage Baseball Memorabilia with 1800s Woodcuts, Articles, Babe Ruth Article, Etc.
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