Lot 1: 1868 Muller & Deacon Bronze Baseball Figurine

One of the earliest and most highly prized of all early baseball figural pieces, this statue depicts an early player in wind-up with his outstretched arm holding a baseball. His period clothing has been painstakingly rendered, from his cap down to h [...more]

Lot 2: The Game of Base Ball by Henry Chadwick

Lot 3: 1860 Live Oak Polka Sheet Music

This is one of the earliest and certainly the most spectacular of all color baseball sheet music. The cover depicts a baseball game in progress with a patriotic motif of an American flag draped across the ball field. A player is pictured in the fore [...more]

Lot 4: 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Peck & Snyder Trade Card

This very early advertising trade card features a photograph of the 1869 Red Stockings on the front, with an ad for the Peck & Snyder Sporting Goods Emporium on the reverse. Players are identified on the mount beneath the photo. The 1869 Red Stocking [...more]

Lot 5: New York Giants National League Admission Collection

The New York Giants, one of the oldest franchises in existence, first applied for admission into the National League in 1882. The first three of these four handwritten letters follow the evolution of their admission process. The earliest and most i [...more]