Posted By:
Bruce DorskindDave
In fact, we own the first night game ticket. All night games in 1938 were issued as light bulb tickets.
Beginning in 1938 and for the next several years, through the start of 1941 The Dodgers issued
light bulb tickets Each year the tickets had a slightly different appearance.
Your ticket is from 1938. You would have to check the Dodger Schedule to see whom they were playing
that evening. This was the year that Leland MacPhail took over a struggling Dodger team- to increase
attendance he launched night games and hired Babe Ruth as a coach.
Championship game does not refer to World Series but to a major league game. From time to time exhibition
games were played at Ebbetts Field.
To learn more about MacPhail's Dodgers - read Bruce Chadwick's book The Dodgers published by Abbeville Press
in 1993. Photographer David Spindel did a great job- there is a Dodger 1940 ticket in there which is quite
different from your 1938 ticket.
As for the value for your ticket you could expect to get $300.
The First Night Game no-hitter ticket is extremely rare. We purchased in a fiercely competitive Lelands Live
Auction back in the mid-80's for more than $2500. Properly promoted the current ticket on E Bay
would bring $4000-5000 in a REA or Mastro Auction. We can assure you that it will sell for more than $1500.
The caveat here is that the E Bay ticket is an actual game ticket- not a proof. We can not tell from the scan.
Should you have any further questions, please feel free to write to us directly at bdorskind@dorskindgroup.com
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Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
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Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List