The collection of mid-19th century documents, including handwritten notes setting down fundamental rules of baseball, were sold for over $3.2 million by a California auction house early Sunday.

Documents from 1857 titled "Laws of Base Ball" went up for auction this week that establish Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams as the new modern father of baseball.

An anonymous buyer bought several documents outlining the original "Laws of Base Ball" for $3.26 million Sunday, per ESPN.com's Darren Rovell.

A trove of historical documents that shed fresh light on the origins of baseball sold at auction on Sunday for more than $3.2 million, a record auction price for papers related to the sport that ...