Lot # 80: 1887 N693 Kalamazoo Bats Baltimore B.B.C. Team Card SGC VG 40

Graded VG 40 by SGC. 1887 Kalamazoo Bats team card of the Baltimore Orioles of the American Association issued by Chas. Gross & Co. All N693 team cards are extremely rare. Only six different teams are known to exist. No new teams have been discovered since the 1960s, so the set appears to be complete at six. The card has an extremely strong photograph with ideal contrast and perfect focus. A faint wrinkle is visible in the lower left corner with the remaining three corners showing light traces of wear. The card has been harshly downgraded due to a thin line (possibly glue residue) on the blank reverse, a couple of extremely minor spots of abrasion, and a very light 1.5 inch crease that does not break through to the front, all of which are extremely minor. We have found Baltimore to be a particularly rare team in the N693 Kalamazoo Bats set. This is a tremendous example of this desirable 19th-century rarity.