[CarltonHendricks]

Here is what I'm pretty sure is my oldest sports antique...an 1838 piece of rowing sheet music...To most it probably doesn't look very exciting...but an 1838 illustration of organized American athletic competition is remarkably rare...And it's pure American...dedicated to all the New York boat clubs...

http://sportsantiques.com/latestacquistions.htm
Below is an excerpt from the page linked above where you can read the whole story of the where when how I found it...you just need to scroll about 80% down the page to get to that part.



http://www.sportsantiques.com/ice_skate_poster.htm
Before I got the sheet music this 1862 ice skate poster advertising poster below was my oldest piece...above is a link to the full feature page.