Potter & Potter Auctions is pleased to announce this 660-lot sale to be held on Thursday, March 7. It will be held live at Potter & Potters gallery, located at 5001 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago, Ill. It will also be live-streamed on the companys website, which can be found at www.potterauctions.com. Phone and absentee bids are welcome. Baseball themed ephemera and collectibles take several of the top lot spots in this sale. Lot #481 is the original award bat presented to Regino Mamelo Garcia in 1907. Garcia, the catcher for 12 seasons in the Cuban Winter Leagues, was the batting champion of the island in the three seasons of 1905-08. Made of white silver plated metal, and weighing about seven pounds, according to Potters experts, There is no trophy or award to compare to this one, yet to come out of Cuba. Lot #482 is an original photo team portrait of the Cuban Almendares baseball club. Framed, the albumen print was taken in Key West, Fla., by A. J. Estevez around 1908-09. The exceedingly rare image shows several legendary players of the Cuban league. The photo is the cover of Mark Ruckers A Thousand Words (2022) and is being sold with a copy of the chapbook. Lot #496, a first edition of The Live Oak Polka, Composed by J. H. Kalbfleisch and Respectfully Dedicated to the Live Oak B. B. C. Rochester, N. Y. New York, was printed in 1860 by Endicott & Co. Lith for Jos. P. Shaw. This publication is the first edition of the first known baseball sheet music, and the earliest known baseball lithograph. It features a full-color lithographed front wrapper and is bound into a 19th-century volume of collected sheet music. Lot #186 is a large archive of 19th-century cigar and tobacco labels, some die cut, with most being in full color. Lot #42, a Civil War diary, is a 155-page manuscript written by Capt. Alva Gabriel Patterson (1839-81) of the 15th Indiana Infantry. It includes firsthand accounts of the Battle of Shiloh and other engagements. Patterson resigned not long after the conclusion of the history in his diary and returned to his job as a painter. Lot #137, a large collection of 19th century trade cards for farming and agriculture supplies, features fine illustrations. According to Potters cataloging team, this is a rare and marvelous collection. The colorful, rare, and unusual paper pieces that make up this collection cover the waterfront of ephemera collecting. Were delighted to offer such a broad range of rare paper material at auction, and in particular are looking forward to the results of the baseball memorabilia that are highlights of the sale. Batter up!, said Gabe Fajuri, president at Potter & Potter Auctions. To learn more, visit www.potterauctions.com.