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19th Century Baseball
5 Lots
 Lot 24. 3 1882 H804-11 Cosack & Co. Trade Cards with “Marshall & Ball” Advertising. The “position” cards that make up this issue are among the most colorful, desirable and scarce of the 19th century trade cards. Offered here are the 2nd Baseman, Centre Fielder and the Batsman. Each card is at least 3 3/8” x 5 ½”, the accepted size for the issue. The Batsman card, which is centered to the left, has a 1/8” edge tear and an ex appearance. The batsman card is vg+, and the Centre Fielder is ex. All three backs are clean and contain Marshall & Ball ads. Unusually nice cards for this issue.
Winning Bid $360.
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 Lot 26. Set of 5 19th Century H804-7 Gargling Oil Cards, 1 H804-4 Capadura Cigar Card. The cards in the set promote Merchant Gargling Oil liniment on the front a various businesses in Massachusetts or New Hampshire on the back. The grades: A close Affair, vg. Bravo, vg-ex with minor paper loss on the back in the corners away from the type. Something must be done, vg+. Struck Out, ex front with a stain at the bottom, paper loss in the corners on the back. The Hero of a Home Run, ex-m front, minor stains, paper loss not affecting the type on the back. The Capadura card, Two Men out, is vg-ex with light stains on the front and more noticeable stains on the back.
Winning Bid $125.
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 Lot 27. 1892 St. Louis Republic Team Composite of the Brooklyn Bridegrooms. Eventually, the National League Bridegrooms became the Dodgers. Members of the 1892 team are pictured individually in rectangular black and white photographs in this 7 ¾” x 10” supplement from the St. Louis newspaper. Second baseman John Ward is in the center. Directly to his left is first baseman Dan Brouthers. Others pictured are Collins, Foutz, Hart, Griffin, Daly, Burns, O’Brien, Inks, Stein, Kinslow, Corcorun, C. Dailey, “Brickyard” Kennedy and Terry. This composite, matted to 11” x 14”, is suitable for framing. There are some minor tears, creases and stains.
Winning Bid $581.
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 Lot 28. Color Supplement of the 1892 N.Y. Giants from the New York Recorder. This supplement is among the earliest sports lithographs. In 1892, the Recorder became one of the first U.S. newspapers to install a color printing press. Subsequently, the paper demonstrated its color lithography capabilities by publishing a variety of sports and non-sport supplements. In this photo, members of the Giants are pictured in two rows with the grandstand as a backdrop. Buck Ewing and Amos Rusie are near the center of the 8 ½” x 10 ½” photo, and Jim O’Rourke is pictured at the extreme right. This supplement has been glued to a piece of construction paper. A piece of red tape at the top and some cropping marks in pencil suggest that the supplement might have come from the newspaper’s archives. There are tears, creases, some stains and pencil markings. The Recoder’s new press did a fine job of printing this lithograph, and the image is exceptional.
Winning Bid $248.
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