Baseball Poem

[barrysloate]

It reminds me of "Baseball as Played by a Muffin", but it's not that. Maybe if Max sees it he will have an idea.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

It reminds me of "Baseball as Played by a Muffin", but it's not that. Maybe if Max sees it he will have an idea.

I haven't seen it before Barry, but I did think of the Muffin book when I first looked at it.

[deebro041]

Is there any clues as to the style of font?

[1880nonsports]

funny muffins was a first thought :-) The answer has been mostly covered on the NS side. What wasn't arrived at was a valuation........

[aquarius31]

I think it's called a penny dreadful. There was an ebay book seller who had a very similar one for sale about a year ago. It was part of a lot that included an 1895 Boston latin school team photo. From what I recall, there were 2 of them being offered with the lot and at least 1 had a similar poem. One of the images looked like the Peck and Snyder caricature.

Here's a link to a much later version of these items. I can't talk to the value but I'm having a heck of a time finding any information on the web.

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/4965580

[barrysloate]

Maybe the value would be in the vicinity of a 19th century comic trade card...however, since nobody has seen it before and it does contain a poem, maybe a little more. Tough call.

[1880nonsports]

hope everything is good - been way too long since I've seen the slope?! I think the difference between this and a comic trade card is that people collect trade cards, comic trade cards, and base ball trade cards. Few people collect these per se - rather one might display with a memorabilia collection. The visual appeal/condition issues would also keep the number of people looking for a "go-with" or making an impulse buy low. I would think a crisp 20. should get it done but I don't have to make the call. BTW - yhe poster who said penny dreadful was SPOT ON.

[aquarius31]

Originally Posted by aquarius31

I think it's called a penny dreadful. There was an ebay book seller who had a very similar one for sale about a year ago. It was part of a lot that included an 1895 Boston latin school team photo. From what I recall, there were 2 of them being offered with the lot and at least 1 had a similar poem. One of the images looked like the Peck and Snyder caricature.

Found it...here are the 2 penny dreadfuls that I referenced in my previous post. I do not own them. Interesting to see who I assume is the 19th century baseball board game manufacturer "McLoughlin Bros" at the bottom of each poem.

[1880nonsports]

the firm was in business from the 1820's until they were sold to Milton Bradley. The colors and designs/artwork of their work always pop when you see this stuff in person - I have yet to figure a way to get a representative game into my accumulation. Usually I only care about the graphics and not the game itself - and early base ball themed games are expensive. I still have Mark Cooper's book on baseball games sitting on the shelf. Haven't looked at it since I bought it. :-( Anyone know if he's still in the hobby? Or Mark Rucker as long as I'm finding books authored by collectors I haven't read in a while?