Lot 529. 1869 Magazine with Baseball Pictured on the Cover and Baseball Content. The cover of the June 5 Oliver Optics Magazine: Our Boys and Girls shows a boy batting against a scene of a game in progress. Inside, baseball is already designated “Our National Game.” An article covers the Brooklyn Atlantics, the Philadelphia Keystones and the Cincinnati team. Vg.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 530. Woodcut of the First World Series - 1884, Providence vs. New York, from the Nov. 8 Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic Journal. Playing in New York, the N.L. Grays swept the American Association Metropolitans in three games. Old Hoss Radbourn won all three games. The full-page litho shows game action in the central drawing and in two insets. Edge chips, vertical fold, clean image with an ex appearance.
Winning Bid $61.
