Possibly the oldest known baseball tickets discovered

[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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[Marmeduke]

Following you will find the photos of the tickets from the article. Great site you have here. Any info is appreciated. Colin Twing

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[baseball tourist]

Thanks for posting these everyone! Great items.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Marmeduke

Following you will find the photos of the tickets from the article. Great site you have here. Any info is appreciated. Colin Twing

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Hey Colin,
I know from the article that you are the one that discovered these tickets.
Very cool! Thanks for taking the time to post the closeup photos and welcome to net54.
Congrats on your historic find!
Best,
Scott

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 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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Rob,
Thanks for posting this!

[batsballsbases]

This is why I love the Memorabilia side ! Thanks for posting the Pics. A great find hope you do well with them!

[barrysloate]

Rob- those 1863 Grand Match tickets were admittance for a cricket match. From what I've read from newspaper accounts, and cited in my text, no baseball game was played due to bad weather. They are undoubtedly very early, but I don't feel comfortable calling them baseball tickets.

[Bumpus Jones]

here's my oldest...

[19cbb]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Rob- those 1863 Grand Match tickets were admittance for a cricket match. From what I've read from newspaper accounts, and cited in my text, no baseball game was played due to bad weather. They are undoubtedly very early, but I don't feel comfortable calling them baseball tickets.

Barry, besides the benefit cricket games a strange base ball match was also played.

St. George's v. Base Ball
A strange mix of 18 cricket and base ball players against 9 baseballists...

Christopher Devine has a brief but funny account of the game involving little George Wright in his 'Harry Wright' book. Page 23.