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BOOTH
OF GARY
POLWORT
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 Next
up was the booth of Gary Polwart from Worden Illinois. First up in
Gary's booth was a very nice c1930 die cut standup counter sign
for Wilson football equipment, 22 1/4" wide x 18 1/2"
tall, $600.00
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 Next
up was a 1922 table top horserace board game called Neck and Neck
made by the Wolverine Supply and Manufacturing Company. The game
was somewhat elaborate in that it had a fold out race track with
plastic horses, priced at a whopping $35.00
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 Next
up was a c1960 box only, for a Stan Musial baseball glove, had a
photo of Musial in his Cardinals uniform on it, nice condition
except for the $11.95 price in black, 8 1/2" wide x 6
1/2" tall x 8 1/4" deep, $525.00
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 Last
up in Greg's booth was this c1920 card stock box for a Honus
Wagner Sporting Goods brand football. Came with the a used ball
stuffed with rags, 13" deep x 6 1/4" wide x 2 3/4"
tall, $750.00
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BOOTH
OF MARK
LODOLISKI
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Next
we come to the, last but good, booth of Mark Lodoliski of Johns
Town PA.  John
had thee icon pennant of the show...quite a great one. CLEVELAND
was spelled out all the way across, and each letter had a head
shot of an American Indian illustrated in or by it, so nine total
Indians for each of the nine letters. The first one had on a war
bonnet, presumably the chief. It was marked "Copyright T.E.
Wanstall 1916", 36"
wide $2,000.00.
I told my friend Herman Kaufman about it. Herman asked who had it
and I said Mark Lodoliski. Turned out Herman knew him and ended up
buying it the next day.
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 Next
up was a large 31" x 31", guesstimate c1950, silk type
scarf emblazoned with a colorful cavalcade of baseball graphics,
which included a large illustration of a Yankees pennant displayed
corner to corner. Also in one corner was a large illustration of
Yankee Stadium. I speculate it was sold as a souvenir at Yankee
Stadium, although it is the first example I've seen, $250.00
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 Next
up was a c1960 advertising sign for Iron City Beer which featured
a color team photo of the Pittsburgh Pirates, 33" wide x
17" tall, $500.00. I believe Mark said it was his favorite
piece, at least I wrote that on my notes
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 Next
up in Mark's booth was an interesting large 22" wide x
19" tall framed black and white print of the 1932 Yankees
that had twenty five small oval portraits of players. In the
center was the wording "1932 NEW YORK YANKEES - AMERICAN
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS", all with a photo of Yankee Stadium in the
background, $400.00. The frame was ravaged like it had been stored
on the floor in a garage many years, but the print was still in
nice shape. Never seen it before.
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 Next
up was a c1960's Roogie's Bump movie poster, 34 1/2" wide x
28" tall, $350.00
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 Next
up was a c1960's Roger Maris baseball board game that featured a
head shot photo of a remarkably youthful Maris, 18 3/4"
wide x 13 1/2" tall, $275.00
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 Last
full feature in Mark's booth was this pair of Joseph L. Wood
baseball shoes in the original box. $75.00
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Here
was fatigue... I shot these pieces below, I believe in Mark's
booth
and somehow forgot to record details...but
I'll include the shots
anyway...since you wouldn't want to miss anything!
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As
we start to wrap this up I'll mention the things I bought for
myself. I got a total of five items. My first pick up was the
1880's Spalding ring bat I got during my pre-con trip at the
Antiquefest in Syracuse, paid $10.00. Next I got a very cool
porcelain dinner plate with an insignia of the Heisman Trophy,
which I believe came from a Heisman trophy dinner banquet. Got at
the Medina Antiques Mall there near Cleveland, paid $80.00. Next
was my first purchase at the National from Darrell O'Mary, a very
cool 11" tall 1908 trophy cup that has ring bats for handles,
paid $300.00. Next was c1915 Harvard baseball cap from Darla
Bernhardt, paid $300.00. Next I got a very rare football shaped
ladies hand muff for $150.00, from Herbert Thomas the third. and
Last was a late, make that very late purchase. I was in the
process of writing this story when I came across a photo of a Harvard
Cigars box with a label depicting the Harvard 8-man crew
team. I ended up buying it just days ago as I write this, for
$400.00 from John Liffmann.
| CARLTON'S
NATIONAL PICKUPS |
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Harvard
rowing
cigar
box. 16" wide |
Ladies
Victorian
football
hand muff |
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c1915
Harvard baseball cap |
1908
baseball trophy cup |
Heisman
banquet dinner plate |
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c1880
Spalding ring bat |
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And
for the finale'....
As
a special bonus to this years National story I'm including photos
of the collection of Bob Mayer from New York state. I
took the photos during the pre-con road trip part of this story. Bob is
one of those low profile quite collectors I'd never heard
of until he emailed me via my website about four years ago. We started conversing and exchanged photos of our collections. I had written a
story on the Muller clock which included a brief address of
another rare baseball clock once owned by Barry Halper. I
called it the Ward Ewing Clock, named for 1880's baseball players
John Ward and Buck Ewing. Though others have since surfaced, I stated In the story there was only one
known. As it turned out, Bob had acquired it. It was
then I began to understand Bob's collecting prowess. I'm sure
you'll enjoy the seven pages of photos of his collection linked
below.
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Hope
you enjoyed reading this years National story. See you at
the 2010 National in Baltimore Lord willing. -Carlton |
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