Oldest Memorabilia

[aquarius31]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Mine

Very nice Greg! As you probably know, this is the earliest woodcut depiction of Cap Anson dating to July 5, 1873.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by aquarius31

Very nice Greg! As you probably know, this is the earliest woodcut depiction of Cap Anson dating to July 5, 1873.

Yes, the reason I bought it He looks like a young Matthew Modine

[jpop43]

Here is a great image that a wonderful, CT area photographer took of some of our 19th C. stuff for a calendar he created for 2014...

Two of our lemon peel balls, the presentation bat, a great tin type image, an 1875 program, and the 1860's era belt all made it into this shot.

[Runscott]

I have a few memorabilia pieces older, but this is currently the oldest baseball piece:

[GoCubsGo32]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I have a few memorabilia pieces older, but this is currently the oldest baseball piece:

Chicks dig the long ball!

Killer photo!

[mjkm90]

The earliest image I have seen of these was 1881 Edward Miller catalogue Carlton posted. That would make these my earliest pieces with a confirmed date. I have some early bats as well, but can't date them as accurately.

[smokelessjoe]

Easton Base Ball Club "1873"

[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.

[Huysmans]

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.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

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Great pieces as always Carlton!
I'd die for that skate poster!

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

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.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

Great pieces as always Carlton!
I'd die for that skate poster![/QUOTE]

Hey thanks Brent...Got it from a big name folk art dealer years ago...took quite a few years to find but I finally got the skates too.