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A Rarity - 1860 Brooklyn Atlantics Base Ball Card at Heritage Auctions

Not exactly related to the Dodger franchise... But, close enough.

After all, the very first Dodger team in 1884 was named the Atlantics in honor of his historic team.

Featured here is a extremely rare CDV of the 1860 Brooklyn Atlantics Base Ball Club available thought Heritage Auctions during their National Sports Collectors Convention auction. It is thought to be the only pre-Civil War Baseball team card. Per the auction description:

Seminal artifact ranks with the most significant mementos of the sport's infancy ever to surface in the collecting community, quite possibly the only team baseball card to be printed before the first drop of blood was spilled in the American Civil War.