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The Dauvray Cup
The Dauvray Cup could still be out there somewhere.
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A couple of my holy grails
I know that each person has its own taste but here are a couple of mine, I don’t have the trophy ball any longer unfortunately.
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Bryan- I believe at least one King Kelly bat has come to auction.
Bob- I wish I had known the silver ball was available. It is difficult coming up with a 19th century Holy Grail. Most pieces are unique or close to it. The most obvious exception would be Peck and Snyder trade cards and cdvs of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, if we are to consider them memorabilia and not cards. They are definitely historically significant and obtainable. Last edited by GaryPassamonte; 01-01-2018 at 02:39 PM. |
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For our little backwater memorabilia niche, the answer is obvious -- an example of either Buckley's Game Board of 1867
or Sebring's Parlor Base-Ball of 1866-1868. Buckley's may have never actually gone into production, but Sebring's was advertised in major periodicals of the day. Each could lay claim to being the first-ever tabletop baseball game. In both cases, however, not a single example is known to survive. Having one turn up would be miraculous.
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James Creighton game used uniform and bat.
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19th century
Boom! Who's got it? Come on, fess up....
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I owned and resold it, but quite a few years back. I believe Leland's won it from me. I haven't seen it or seen it for sale since, and didn't see Leland's offer it for auction.
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Collection of unused D&M stuff, gloves - bats - catalogs - signs
the items on display in NH are not to bad either - if someone found stuff like that it would be a big find! but that is what makes the hunt fun, much of the early stuff was tossed out - cards are much easier to store around Many old sporting goods stores had been cleaned out, so really clean examples can be hard to find Thanks for coming up with this idea, and there would be many gems to list - but that was the first on my list anyways Jimmy
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But really, Dave, I got sick at my stomach when I read your post. Felt like I did when Jackie Smith dropped that pass.
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I live around the corner from Jim Creighton's lifetime home (307 Henry Street) and down the street from the Brooklyn Excelsior clubhouse (133 Clinton Street) where he spent much of his leisure time. Always wondered if any memorabilia is hidden in the walls. Probably not, because both buildings have likely been renovated more than once since the 1860's.
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For me, definitely a ticket stub to George W. Bradley's no-hitter.
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Here's one just for fun and intrigue!
Back in 1887, the Detroits won the championship. This medal was given to each player and I think only about 4 survive. Lady_Baldwin_Medal_medium.jpg But the real holy grail is the Dauvray Cup. (Copied and pasted from Fox Sports) Back in the 1880s, a highly regarded actress named Helen Dauvray (born Ida Louis Gibson some time around 1860, give or take) commissioned an ornate winner’s trophy to be presented to the winner of an exhibition between the winners of the National League and the American Association, sort of a proto-World Series, 16 years before the real thing. While in England she was an enthusiast over cricket, but she thinks base ball an infinitely superior game, and has been surprised to find that there has never been a suitable prize offered to the champion club of the country. The winner of the club will hold it only till captured by another, until one club has held it three times, when it becomes the exclusive property of that club. The cup will have the form of a true lovers’ cup, and will be about twelve inches high. One face will have etched upon it a picture of a ball game in progress, the figures being in slight relief. Another face will contain a fine figure of a player in position to bat. The third face will be reserved for the inscriptions. Mrs. Dauvray will not present the token in person, and she leaves the arrangement and conditions of the contest entirely to the base ball men. Alas, the Dauvray Cup was not long for baseball, thanks to that pesky three-wins-and-it’s-yours clause. The Boston Beaneaters, with their third straight “World Championship” win, in 1893, took the Dauvray Cup all for themselves. Thanks to the best efforts of official MLB historian John Thorn, we believe the Dauvray Cup was likely lost for good en route from Newport, Kentucky — where one of the players lived — back to the club’s offices in Boston. Lost for good? Or not! From the Detroit Free Press October 1, 1887: Detroit_Free_Press_Sat__Oct_1__1887_.jpg Last edited by SAllen2556; 01-04-2018 at 08:04 AM. |
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