I have been collecting for a long time and early Baseball memorabilia especially from the 1870's and early 1880's has always been scarce. Part of that scarcity comes from the fact that there was only one leauge..The National leauge. Teams struggled in the early years and played far fewer games. Scorecards and tickets from the first few years of the National Leauge are extremely scarce. And a few of the best collections made their way to the Hall of Fame.
Maybe the celebration of 150 years of the NL next year will bring out some items. I hope so but even if they do pop up demand is gonna sweep them up pretty quickly.
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