Lelands - The Best Sports Memorabilia and Card Auction Site

Lot # 413: 1870s Bay State Dollar Store Baseball Carte-de-Visite

Category: 19th Century

Starting Bid: $200.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

Lot / Auction Closed




This lot is closed. Bidding is not allowed.

Item was in Auction "Summer 2015 Catalog Auction",
which ran from 6/18/2015 9:30 AM to
7/17/2015 9:00 PM



A dollar certainly doesn't stretch as far as it used to back in the 1870s, but this advertising CDV for the Dollar Store in Worcester, Mass, is a priceless early use of photography in advertising. Featuring an image of a baseball statue as an example of one of the dollar items, the reverse lists numerous other items of merchandise worth a buck. It is authenticated by SGC.

Views: 84