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Woman finds 139-year-old baseball card
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by francisrivera | January 8, 2009 at 09:51 pm
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Baseball, America’s favorite past time. A sport equivalently loved like "football" in the UK.
Who would even think that an old woman who haven't even been to a baseball game in her whole life, would be given a chance to get a hold of one of the most important pieces in the history of baseball.
She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card. She stopped for a moment and admired the picture. "Red Stocking B.B. Club of Cincinnati," the card read, under a sepia tone photo of 10 men with their socks pulled up to their knees. The card itself was dirty and wrinkled in a few places.
The card is actually 139 years old. It, and a handful of others like it, are considered the first baseball cards.
Sports card collectors call the find "extremely rare" and estimate the card could fetch five, or perhaps, six figures at auction.
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at 21:55 on January 8th, 2009
Good for her. Nice post.
at 03:42 on January 9th, 2009
Thanks Paschen!
at 03:36 on January 9th, 2009
That's a good find.
at 03:41 on January 9th, 2009
It definitely is! Thanks for the comment Mudricky!