February 23rd, 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2012
Group of four Harper Weekys all with Baseball Engravings, to include, ... November 18, 1865, complete issue, disbound, with interior 1/2 page vertical engraving, “Base-Ball Match Between the ‘Athletics’ of Philadelphia and the ‘Atlantics’ of Brooklyn Played at Philadelphia.” ...plus, November 25, 1865, complete issue, disbound, with interior 3/4 page engraving “Champion Nine of the Atlantic Base-Ball Club of Brooklyn, L.I. 1865.” with related story. The engraving shows portrait images with each player named. ... plus, October 29, 1887, complete issue, disbound, with 1/4 page engraving of six team cartoons for Detroit, St. Louis, Boston, New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. ... plus, Full page engraving only from Harpers September 12, 1874 issue, “The American Base-Ball Players in England – Match between the Red Stockings and the Athletics, Prince’s Ground, Brompton.”
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