Let's Talk (and Show) Baseball Game Cards...Fan Craze, Tom Barker, Polo Grounds, etc.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by docpatlv

Leon,

At 1-of-1's the Allegheny would most definitely be most rare, but how was the game actually played. It states baseball card game on the back of each, but the cards do not have any of the typical game card captions (i.e. Walk, Strike Out, Single).

Do you know how the actual game was to be played?

Mike

Mike- In one of my old auction catalogs I have where the full set of Alleghenys was sold. It came with the box too. It would take quite a while to go find it and I am not sure if the rules were with it, but I would guess they were. Other than that I don't know any specifics on how it was played. Here are a few more scans and cards too.....As for 19th century game cards, no doubt the Alpha Engraving cards are the rarest, imo.