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Old 01-08-2009, 04:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Antique dealer finds rare 1869 baseball card
Wow. A card of the first professional baseball team ever. Unbelievable.

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Old 01-08-2009, 04:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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In the meantime, Gallego didn't want the card to get lost, so she put it in a sandwich bag and push-pinned it to her laundry room wall.
"If it fell off the wall, the cat would have ate it," Gallego says. "Well, or the dog."
When she met with Mirigian, she found out what the card was -- an 1869 advertisement with a picture of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
"When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich Baggie and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost fainted," Mirigian says.
"They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine or comprehend. And it comes out of Fresno," he says. "That card is history. It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso."
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Old 01-11-2009, 12:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Lady finds 139 year old Cincinnati Reds baseball card!
She's one lucky lady..... as evidenced by something mentioned at the end of the story, too.

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Old 01-11-2009, 12:25 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I'm Speechless.
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Old 01-11-2009, 12:46 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Holy **** that's a lot of dough...
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Old 01-11-2009, 12:51 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Woo, Fresno!
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Old 01-17-2009, 12:03 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Not only do I have that exact card, I have 2.
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Old 01-17-2009, 07:00 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Not only do I have that exact card, I have 2.
Sweet! You should sell them now! They are worth a lot of money.
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Old 01-18-2009, 12:08 AM   #9 (permalink)
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72 years old? Uh huh.

Very awesome though. Hopefully this doesn't fly into the wrong hands. IMO this is a piece of history and deserves to be enshrined somewhere.
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