August 16,1861 baseball

[Tomman1961]

I posted this yesterday in the memorabilia section, but since I am grasping at straws, let me post here too.
Sometime within the last 15 years there was up for auction, a baseball dated August 16, 1861 and also the teams and final score written on it. I kick myself for not going all-out to get it.
Why?
Because this game was played on my birthday-BUT exactly 100 years before I was born. One of those things that haunts me for passing it up.
If anyone knows of this ball's where-abouts......let me know if it may be for sale.

[dbrown]

Not the answer exactly, but there's writeups here on a (fake) ball from August 17, 1858, and a (real? maybe?) ball from October 21, 1861, sold at Legendary in 2002 for $58K.
http://whitebetsy.wordpress.com/tag/forgery/#
http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=27531
http://www.cardboardconnection.com/protecting-yourself-against-high-dollar-memorabilia-fakes

[T206Collector]

I got married on August 16.

:p

[ValKehl]

Tomman1961, I have twin sons who were born exactly 10 years after you were born. And, my second marriage was on August 16, 1997!
Val

[Tomman1961]

Conversely, two American icons passed away on August 16. The Babe in 1948. Elvis in 1977.

[Tomman1961]

dBrown-thanks for the links. Interesting read. Never heard of the Cooperstown Forger until now. Thans-Tom