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Lot 557

[JAPANESE BASEBALL]. Group of Two Early Score Cards and One...

Estimate: $250 - $350

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[JAPANESE BASEBALL]. Group of Two Early Score Cards and One Rare Folding Postcard. [Japan, ca. 1890s-1910s]. One scorecard is an illustrated advertisement for baseball clothing (6 x 4 ??), one is a folding scorecard for the Waseda University exhibition game against the University of Chicago game, Saturday, May 6th, 1911 at Marshall Field (unfolded, 5 x 16?, verso of folded card with paper residue from another newspaper article). Postcard is folded, and has team portraits of Waseda University and University of Chicago teams (unfolded 7 ? x 5 ?? verso blank). Some general toning, rubbing. An excellent and rare group. From the Mark Rucker Collection.