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1866 Leslie’s Woodcut with Officials of the National Association of Base Ball Players.
Lot 525. 1866 Leslie’s Woodcut with Officials of the National Association of Base Ball Players. Complete issue with top officials of the organization on the cover. Founded in 1857 by New York area teams, it was first organization to govern baseball and the first to establish a championship. After the Civil War, it expanded well beyond New York. The officials pictured are John Wildey, president, Mortimer Rogers, first vice president, H. C. Sexton, second vice president, A. H. Rogers, secretary, and P. J. Cozans, treasurer. An early star and an entrepreneur, Rogers played for Brooklyn and Lowell teams, started a newspaper devoted to baseball and sold scorecards. Early vg issue.
Winning Bid $138.
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