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Dan BrettaPicked up an old newspaper at an auction today and was looking at the sports section when I ran across the following article. The paper is the Chicago Sunday Tribune from February 25, 1917.
Sorry if you can't read what it says -Imageshack automatically reduced my scan and I don't know how to make it not do that. The gist of the story is the sale of Harry Wright's baseball memorabilia -from his first uniform in Cincy to trophy balls, scarlet caps, rosewood trophy bats, score books and a rubber tooth protector worn by Doug Allison before the invention of the catcher's mask. Nearly the whole collection was purchased by William Kennett Jr the son of the president of the old Reds. Garry Hermann the owner of the Reds in 1917 thought that the items should go to the organization, but he apparently didn't pony up enough cash to acquire the items. Unfortunately the article doesn't say how much any of the stuff sold for.