1866 E.S. Sterry & Co. First Known Baseball Cards SGC - $250,000.00

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Posted By: CarltonHendricks

eBay item number: 150296832230
http://cgi.ebay.com/1866-E-S-Sterry-Co-First-Known-Baseball-Cards-SGC_W0QQitemZ150296832230QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_SM_ Sports_Cards?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
What's the story on these cards in the link above? Are they really the first cards?

Below excerpted from listing:
HISTORY: The Unions of Lansingburgh (later known as the Troy Haymakers) began their professional baseball existence in 1866 and were considered a good, but not great, team. They were, however, among the most notorious gamblers in baseball, fixing games and often bribing umpires to their statistical advantage. If any team could be considered the Black Sox of 19th century baseball, the Unions of Lansingburgh would have been a strong candidate. Bill Craver, the "Buck Weaver" of the Lansingburgh club, holds the infamous distinction as the first in professional baseball to be banned for illicit gambling in the Louisville scandal of 1877.

P.S. I don't usually out stuff on eBay, but this is different