Possibly the oldest known baseball tickets discovered

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mschwade

The Convention Ticket is on eBay for $25K also: http://cgi.ebay.com/1867-Baseball-Co...item2eb6f3b330

Bargains, both of them. Let me get my checkbook out before somebody snaps them up....

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Bargains, both of them. Let me get my checkbook out before somebody snaps them up....

Right.... so much for the, "But if you can buy something for $50 and sell it for $5,000, that's what you look for" quote.

[jthorn]

Is this the oldest surviving baseball ticket of admission? I believe so. It's from a postseason contest between the unbeaten Atlantics of Brooklyn and a "picked nine" (stars of other clubs), at the Capitoline Grounds (depicted, from 1866).

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by jthorn

Is this the oldest surviving baseball ticket of admission? I believe so. It's from a postseason contest between the unbeaten Atlantics of Brooklyn and a "picked nine" (stars of other clubs), at the Capitoline Grounds (depicted, from 1866).

Nice!
Thanks for pulling out the paddles and pumping some life into this thread from the archives.
Great post!

[WillowGrove]

Wow John thanks for posting!

Did you find it somewhere in the BBHOF?

Hope all is well.

Peter

[GaryPassamonte]

Here's a couple. The first is two different tickets to a Dansville NY game. Judging from the style it could be 19th century or early 20th century. The second is more interesting. It is a ticket to the "fourth annual hop" of the Newark Baseball Club and is dated February 15, 1860. Other than the Magnolias ticket, this is the earliest baseball related ticket I have seen.

[whiteymet]

Hi Guys:

Can't help with any info on the tickets, but I believe something that was written in the original article in the first post is incorrect.

It said:

The Athletic Club of Philadelphia is not related to the Philadelphia Athletics that were founded in 1901, but are the forerunners of today's Oakland A's.

The Philadelphia Athletics that were founded in 1901, later moved to Kansas City and then to Oakland. Thus I do not believe they have any relation to the current Oakland team. Nor do I believe they have any relation to the current Philadelphia Philles.

[packs]

Similar to the Hop invitation here's an invitation I have to the Una Base Ball Club's calico party in February of 1868. I'm guessing it was some kind of fundraiser maybe: