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Good
sports tins are pretty rare. If you're active and continually
hunting sports antiques, you come across sports tins every once
in a great while. This small collection pictured above took me about 18 years to
assemble. The rarest one you see there is the tan Pig-skin
Mixture at front center. It's shaped like an actual
football, and is from about 1890. I got that at the Atlantique
City antiques show about 12 years ago for $600.00 I think it
was. I bought it on the last day of the show, in the last hour
of the show. I once heard there are only 7 known examples of it. The
latest one I got is the mustard colored All American Varnish tin
with the football player. You can see it in the back upper
right. I got it on eBay for $12.00 I think it was. It's from the
1930's, have never seen another. That Skiff
one with the single
sculler rower is a nice little tin. I met a guy named Jan
Goedhart on eBay from Holland, eBay handle "tincollectors".
He's the biggest dealer in Europe for tins. He knows I like the
sports tins and offered me the Skiff for $100.00. It was kind of
a no-brainer for that! It's the only one I've ever seen. It's
English but still cool. It's neat when you meet people thru eBay.
Jan is very helpful and shares his knowledge on tins. If you're
a serious collector, Jan is just the kind of guy you want to
know. He has years of experience in the Euro tins, so I was able
to learn from him. That's very valuable as he's probably the world's most knowledgeable
on the Euro tins. The orangish red Lucky Curve tin at dead
center is another pretty rare tin. It's what is referred to as a
"lunch box" style. I got that probably 10-12 years ago
at the All American Antiques show in Glendale California, near
Los Angles. I think I paid $350 for it, from Kim and Mary Kokles
of Texas. They are one of the top advertising dealers in the
country, and started the Indianapolis Advertising show. All
these tins are basically reasonably priced. But there are some
exotic antique sports tins that are pretty pricey. I'd say the
top four sports tins would be the Home Run tin, the Home Run
Stogie tin, the Ty Cobb pocket tin, and the Cy Young cigar tin.
The Ty Cobb tin would probably be considered the Mother of all
Sports tins, and goes for major bank. These four tins were in
the April 2005 Robert Edward Auction of Watchung New Jersey www.robertedwardauctions.com
I was taken back to see all four tins offered at once. See them
below with the closing prices they sold for in that auction less premium:
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FOOTBALL
TINS
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c1880-1930
Grouping
of rare
football
advertising tins
Collection
of author |
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All
photos below above courtesy
Robert
Edward Auction
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Home
Run
Sold
for $3,000.00 |
Home
Run Stogie
Sold
for $2,250.00 |
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Ty
Cobb
Sold
for $9,000.00
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Cy
Young
Sold
for $4,250.00 |
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photos to enlarge
All
prices are excluding premium, and were realized at
Robert Edward Auction
on
April 30, 2005 |
Rob
Lifson, president of Robert Edward Auctions was kind enough to
provide photos of the tins above. Another
interesting development in the sports tin world was the recent
sale of another very rare circa 1890's baseball pocket tin
called "3
strikes". This tin was auctioned on April 8th 2005, as lot
number #201 by the Wm Morford auction house of Cazenovia New
York. www.morfauction.com
. The closing price before premium was $11,500.00. This was the
first time in 18 years I'd seen it offered. Till then I'd only
seen it pictured in a book on tins. Another quite rare sports
tin that was in that same auction was Lot # 126,
"Golf Girl" talcum tin. It sold for $875.00 plus 10% premium. Take a look below to see these exciting
tins!
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All
photos below above courtesy
Wm Morford Auctions of
Cazenovia, NY,
www.morfauction.com
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photos to enlarge |
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Sold for $11,500.00 |
Sold for $875.00
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photos to enlarge
All
prices are excluding premium, and were
realized at Wm
Morford Auctions of
Cazenovia, NY
on April 8th 2005 |
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