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1866 Leslie’s Woodcut with National Association of Base Ball Players Officials.
Lot 14. 1866 Leslie’s Woodcut with National Association of Base Ball Players Officials. Complete issue with top officials of the organization on the cover in this woodcut print. 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, started a newspaper devoted to baseball and sold scorecards. Early vg issue.
Winning Bid $102.
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