National League
Collecting Game-used: One of a kind & also found on cardboard
I didn't need it, but once I saw this ... I knew I had to have it.
This month's entry in the Collecting Game-used series is an item that sat out there on the auction block for some time. One day I noticed the name and wondered, given its unique look, whether it was the kind of piece that could be could be narrowed down to an exact when and where of it all and be photo-matched. It turns out that the piece is a one-of-a-kind item and any and all photos of the player from that day are, without question, that item.
Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the item in action.
MLB's founding documents will hit auction block via SCP next month
MLB's founding documents are hitting the auction block this spring as SCP Auctions is handling yet another historic sale.
This time, it's a 74-page hand-written artifact -- the original constitution of The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs -- that outlines its objectives. Among them are to "encourage, foster and elevate the game of baseball, enact and enforce proper rules for the exhibition and conduct of the game, to make baseball playing respectable and honorable, to protect and promote the mutual interests of professional baseball clubs and professional baseball players and to establish and regulate the 'Baseball Championship of the United States.'"
This follows the sale of the 1857 “Laws of Base Ball” for $3.26 million one year ago today by the Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based company
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