148 Year Old Baseball Card Auctioned

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) – A rare 148-year-old baseball card discovered at a rural Maine yard sale has been auctioned for $92,000.
 
     The card depicting the Brooklyn Atlantics amateur baseball club drew plenty of interest Wednesday night, starting with an opening bid of $10,000 and quickly rising to $92,000, which included an 18-percent premium.
 
     Winning bidder Jason LeBlanc of Newburyport, Mass., said he bought the card as an investment for his young son.
 
     The card isn’t the same as a modern-day baseball card, which became common in the 1880s. Rather, it’s an original photograph from 1865 mounted on a card, showing nine players and a manager.
 
     The Library of Congress said last month it was aware of only two copies of the photo. The other is in the institution’s collection.