Possibly the oldest known baseball tickets discovered

[53Browns]

My only ticket...

[baseball tourist]

Thanks for posting Scott....great story! Any links to pics?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by baseball tourist

Thanks for posting Scott....great story! Any links to pics?

Sorry Chris, I could find no way to get the link to the story, so I just cut and pasted what I could. In our local paper they showed pictures of the tickets, but this story does not appear in their online version of the paper.
The associated press was the original source of the story press release....

[Scott Garner]

Here are three of my oldest baseball tickets from my personal collection:

1) An 1871 Complimentary Pass to Dirigo Base Ball Club's event on Jan, 12 1871. I believe that Dirigo is in Maine so you know they ain't playing any baseball in January. Maybe a fundraiser dance (ball) or special dinner?? In any case, I like the look of the ticket...

2) 1874 Chicago White Stockings Base Ball Season Ticket. I love the beautiful fountain pen signature on the back...

3) 1900 ticket to two NY Base Ball club teams The Knickerbocker Field Club and Columbian. As you can see the game was played at Washington Park the home of Brooklyn Dodgers if I'm not mistaken.

Overall the condition of all three of these tickets is remarkable. I love having them in my collection!

Do any of you have others to share??

[william_9]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

3) 1900 ticket to two NY Base Ball club teams The Knickerbocker Field Club and Columbian. As you can see the game was played at Washington Park the home of The NY Giants if I'm not mistaken.

If it's the same Washington Park, it was located in Brooklyn. The Dodgers played there before moving to Ebbets Field and the Tip Tops played there during the Federal League years.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by william_9

If it's the same Washington Park, it was located in Brooklyn. The Dodgers played there before moving to Ebbets Field and the Tip Tops played there during the Federal League years.

Thanks Bill for the correction! You are correct that the game was played in Brooklyn from the info I recall about The Knickerbocker Club from some research that I did. I did not know that Fed The Tip Tops played there though....

[scgaynor]

There are some generic tickets that say "Harvard" that are thought to date from the 1860's and be baseball related. They turn up every now and again and sell for like $50. They are undated, so it is hard to say for certain, but I have seen them described as 1860's so maybe some came out of a scrapbook or something.

Scott

[ramram]

The oldest tickets that I have seen are the 1863 Grand Match at Hoboken tickets. This is from Barry's 2005 auction -

Rob M.

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[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 53Browns

My only ticket...

Very nice, Bill! That's on old one!!

[Oldtix]

Undated...but I love the way it looks.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Oldtix

Undated...but I love the way it looks.

Awesome Rick! I like it too!