Scarce and complete 1898 color litho Base Ball game board by Forbes Litho. Co., Boston, Ma

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Americas' Arts L.L.C. is a private art dealer who recently was asked to handle a 19th C. lithograph, approx. 16.25” X 10”, identified as a Supplement to the Baltimore American, May 22, 1888, and published by Forbes Litho. 1896 Boston, MA. "The National Game of Base Ball." You can see from the three photos that the piece has some damage to the extreme corners, but nothing at all on the main image or interior of the print. Color and consistency across the paper is very high. From a standpoint of 100+ year old ephemera, I would describe it as in Very Good (+) condition.
We have discovered the following data from the 1995 Maine Antiques Digest concerning a similar piece, in an auction more than 10 years ago.

Live Baseball Auction Brings Over $100,000
Hunt Auctions, Exton, Pennsylvania
by Lita Solis-Cohen
© 1995 by Maine Antique Digest
. . . A scarce and complete color lithographed game board by Forbes Litho. Co., Boston, Massachusetts, in its original sheet form showing Philadelphia vs. Boston, issued as a supplement to The Press in Philadelphia on May 3, 1896, sold for $1045. . .

Photo images of the piece are at: http://www.americasarts.com/complete_details_baseball_litho.html

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