Holy Grail of 19th Century Baseball Memorabilia

[ksfarmboy]

Gary that’s a great question that would be difficult to answer with so many incredible historical items to choose from. Especially difficult compared to cards that multiples exist of what are considered grails. Being a Kansas collector the one item to me that I would consider our grail is the oldest known piece. It’s an 1867 trophy baseball with case. Simply an amazing item to me.

[ooo-ribay]

The San Francisco Giants didn't exist in the 19th century.....ergo, there is no 19th century Holy Grail.

[Jobu]

I don't know nearly as much about 19th century as many of you, but are there any King Kelly game used items known?

[esd10]

I would think any game used or items from the cincinnati red stockings would hold significant value and history

[bgar3]

My nomination was the Laws of Base Ball manuscript documents, but since the sold for an amount beyond the reach of many of us, I am going to second the 1869-70 Red Stockings post as my favorite. It is not game used but it is a cdv of Cal Mcvey in his Cincinnati uniform, just to have an illustration.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

The San Francisco Giants didn't exist in the 19th century.....ergo, there is no 19th century Holy Grail.

Sure they did...
The club began in the NL as the New York Gothams in the 1880s

[sicollector1954]

For me it is only about my personal taste. I saw it when I first entered the hobby and was focusing on vintage memorabilia. And not something I could afford....(now either....lol) It was a vintage belt buckle that was won and awarded to someone if I remember correctly named Charles Force of the Rockford Forest City baseball club in the year 1866 for "good base running". It was sold in a Hunt Auction about 30 years ago or so. Never seen it surface since.

[drcy]

Originally Posted by sicollector1954

For me it is only about my personal taste. I saw it when I first entered the hobby and was focusing on vintage memorabilia. And not something I could afford....(now either....lol) It was a vintage belt buckle that was won and awarded to someone if I remember correctly named Charles Force of the Rockford Forest City baseball club in the year 1866 for "good base running". It was sold in a Hunt Auction about 30 years ago or so. Never seen it surface since.

[gonzo]

The Dauvray Cup could still be out there somewhere.

https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/baseball...e-89867d9fdcfa
https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/baseball...2-f86de62222fe
https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/baseball...-3-f0cf895f892

[bobfreedman]

I know that each person has its own taste but here are a couple of mine, I don’t have the trophy ball any longer unfortunately.

[Big Six]

Originally Posted by drcy

Boom! Well there ya have it...


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[Butch7999]

For our little backwater memorabilia niche, the answer is obvious -- an example of either Buckley's Game Board of 1867
or Sebring's Parlor Base-Ball of 1866-1868. Buckley's may have never actually gone into production, but Sebring's was
advertised in major periodicals of the day. Each could lay claim to being the first-ever tabletop baseball game. In both cases,
however, not a single example is known to survive. Having one turn up would be miraculous.

[bgar3]

I know A Giants collector who includes Troy 19th century items, if you really want to go back to early history. Incidentally the 1869 Red Stockings played a number of Games in San Francisco, and a cricket match.

[clydepepper]

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