James Naismith's Founding Rules of Basketball
- Maker
- James Naismith
- Year
- 1891
- Rank
- 18 of 100
James Naismith's Founding Rules of Basketball
James Naismith's Founding Rules of Basketball by James Naismith (1891) is ranked 18 in the FLOAT 100 for Memorabilia. It sold for $4,338,500 on 10 December 2010. The founding document of basketball; donated by buyer David Booth to the University of Kansas.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The founding document of basketball; donated by buyer David Booth to the University of Kansas.
Original two-page typed '13 rules of Basket Ball'
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $4,338,500
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 10 December 2010
Sotheby's New York. $4.34M.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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- 2026-08-08