There are not a lot of baseball collectibles pre-1859, but among those you might find are books, constitutions, trophy baseballs...and not much else. There's virtually no baseball photography pre-1860, although there are a few known images that could be earlier.
I should add that there is a daguerreotype that was taken around 1848 that depicts up to six members of the Knickerbocker BBC (a couple of the people in the image have yet to be identified), including Alexander Cartwright. This is near the top of the best photographs in the hobby. But there is very little else.
Last edited by barrysloate; 03-17-2011 at 07:53 AM.
|