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Auction archive: Lot number 108

1867 BASEBALL POLKA

Auction 20.09.1997
20 Sep 1997
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$9,200
Auction archive: Lot number 108

1867 BASEBALL POLKA

Auction 20.09.1997
20 Sep 1997
Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$9,200
Beschreibung:

1867 BASEBALL POLKA A final printing process mutli-color proof for the sheet music portfolio which held the sheet music to The Baseball Polka, a rare, nineteenth century baseball display piece. This stone color litho depicts baseball in its infancy stage, as the game was evolving from its English ancestor, Rounders; it pictures a full field game in progress with players in Civil War era baseball uniforms. The most important piece of baseball sheet music ever to be offered at public auction.

Auction archive: Lot number 108
Auction:
Datum:
20 Sep 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

1867 BASEBALL POLKA A final printing process mutli-color proof for the sheet music portfolio which held the sheet music to The Baseball Polka, a rare, nineteenth century baseball display piece. This stone color litho depicts baseball in its infancy stage, as the game was evolving from its English ancestor, Rounders; it pictures a full field game in progress with players in Civil War era baseball uniforms. The most important piece of baseball sheet music ever to be offered at public auction.

Auction archive: Lot number 108
Auction:
Datum:
20 Sep 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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