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A 148-year-old team photo of the amateur Brooklyn Atlantics, which the Library of Congress calls "the first dated baseball card," might fetch $100,000 or more when it goes up for auction next month in Maine. Problem is, nobody knows exactly how much it's worth.
Only two Atlantics cards are known to exist — the other having been in the Library's archives since the 1880s, when the photographer Charles Williamson submitted the photo for copyright.
Note: You just never know what you'll find at those garage sales. This one was in a binder with some other cards ~ I hope someone took time to check out the other cards in that binder!
Perfect that it was picked up at a yard sale in Maine. I lived in Maine for over 20 years, and my wife and I always used to refer to Maine as “America’s attic.” This is why.
I may have to rethink what I do on my Saturdays!