| type="text/javascript"> | | | | 1870. It was written on Cincinnati Red Stocking's |
| My Prize Piece of Baseball Memorabilia | | | | letterhead. |
| Back in the day ... | | | | I was impressed. I was so excited to be |
| I used to deal in baseball cards, and some | | | | entrusted with this rare artifact. I remember |
| memorabilia in the mid to late 1980's. Through an | | | | saying to myself. |
| old client I had the opportunity to sell a very rare | | | | "Oh my god. You have got to be kidding." |
| piece of baseball lore. The piece that I was | | | | I was astonished. I was in awe. I felt like I was let |
| fondest of was a rare document signed by Harry | | | | into a special group. |
| Wright. A founding father of the game. The | | | | I sold the piece in the range of $10,000 - $12,000 |
| document was a contract of some player that | | | | if memory serves me. But selling the piece did not |
| was signed by Harry Wright, the manager, circa | | | | compare to the dreams I had about the contract. |