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Four
Page Written Account of
The
28th Annual 2007
National
Sports Collectors Convention
Including
Pre Con Venture to
Philadelphia
and Adamstown PA
By
Carlton
Hendricks
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Kanuit, Griffith, Orban booth
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Kanuit,
Griffith, Orban continued
Gloves
Next
up were five
baseball gloves (inside
shot) shot as a group. Top left, a Dizzy Dean model, $275.00.
Top right, was an Al Rose Worthington model, $150.00. Bottom left,
a Carl Hubbel model, $375.00. Bottom right, a Ken-Wel model,
$145.00. Middle, a c1890's childs catchers, $195.00. Next was a D&M
childs glove, $475.00. Last glove mention, there were two
gloves I didn't get details of in all the commotion, that I'll
include anyway, one red,
one tan,
both in very nice condition.
Catchers
masks
Next
up was three catchers masks, one
childs @ $295.00, one
childs @ $225.00, and one
adult spider @ $495.00.
Miscellaneous
baseball equipment
Next,
a very nice c1920
catchers chest protector, $425.00. Next was a pair of c1920
baseball catchers chin guards, having leather covered reeds .
marked on the interior was: Werner
Gros Millbrook NY, $1,250.00.
end
of equipment
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Kanuit, Griffith, Orban booth
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Next
up, a pair
of black c1890 football shoes with round cleats, no maker,
$375.00. Round cleats are usually seen on English football shoes.
I think some American ones had them, though usually American ones
have rectangular cleats. Next, a very nice 24" x 19"
c1900 generic photo
of a baseball player in a period oval frame, with GH on his
jersey, looked like Eddie Plank, $550.00.
Next up, a c1900, 10
3/8" x 10 3/8" color
print of a baseball player posed as having just thrown a ball,
wearing a pillbox cap, $195.00. John K. thought it was a
contemporary print, but I told him I thought it was period by Sir William
Nicholson 1872-1949, a popular English artist who did a set of
various sports prints. I know I've seen the football one, but
can't recall this baseball. A very nice piece, I probably should
have gotten for that price.
Thanks for the great writeup. I have never been to a National, and it was really great to see the kind of top notch stuff that shows up there. I will definitely have to make it to one someday. You can tell how much effort you put into your writeup, and it was a great read, Thanks.
Keith Javic, Media Pennsylvania
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Next was an unusual
wire photo of a basketball player wearing a special mask to
protect his eyeglasses, 11" x 7", $40.00. Next, a
23" tall x 23 3/4" wide c1890
cloth pillow cover featuring a printed illustration of
football game in progress, the ball carrier being hotly pursued. I
have one of these in my collection, and artistically I
consider it one of my favorite pieces. It's an interesting work in
that two players are wearing helmets. Football head gear was
introduced in the early 1890's, and it was during the 90's some
wore head gear, others didn't. I have seen two other variations of
this pillow cover, one with a blue background and one with a
green.
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Next,
a Marin
Dell Dairy advertising sign printed on heavy card stock,
$325.00, another piece I had once. Next, a c1916,
20" wide x 17" tall Yale football team photo in it's
original frame, by the well known Pach Brothers firm, $375.00.
Next, a c1893
football team photo, players with "C" on their
chest, $295.00.
Next up, an art deco style c1930 poster
advertising a Football Carnival for the Pacific Coast
Championship Events, held at the College of the Pacific in
Stockton Calif., 23" tall x 15" wide, $425.00. COP (now
UOP University of the Pacific) was where Amos Alonzo Stagg coached
after leaving the University of Chicago, but he probably had not
yet arrived when this event took place in the 1930's. Next, a "Red
Grange" tobacco pipe in the shape of a football, 6"
long, $450.00. Only one I recall ever seeing! Next a great looking
baseball
jersey with "BA" in Old English lettering, lace up
front with fold over collar, $450.00. John K. said it was a movie
prop, but didn't know the movie.
Next, an exceptional pair
of white porcelain football players, a runner and passer,
produced by Shearwater Pottery in Ocean Springs Mississippi. The
passer was 7 1/8" tall, the ball carrier was 6 1/8" tall, $275.00 each. The
Shearwater company was founded in 1928. I
had never seen these before, and was completely unfamiliar with
them. All I knew was they were very well done. As a guesstimate,
I'd say they were from about the late 1930's. The more I learn
about them
the more I like them. Next was a piece I was very taken with but
didn't get. A football
shaped candy container made of thick paper/formed cardstock,
probably German, 8 3/4" long x 5 3/4" tall, $550.00. It
was the best I'd seen and had the desirable melon ball shape, but
John Buonaguidi said he'd had a better one. I ended up finding
it's little
5" brother at an antique folk art show latter on for
$100.00 I think it was. Not as nice, but a good consolation
prize.
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Next
was a striking c1930's 7 7/8" tall, silver
flask with golf motif, and four matching cups, $495.00. Next
was five outstanding football helmets, photographed together in this
photo, they were priced at: Top left - $4,500.00, Top middle -
$2,750.00, Top right - $5,550.00, Bottom left - $950.00, Bottom
right - $2,200.00. Next, an oil
painting of Knute Rockne, didn't get details. Next, a very
neat D&M striking bag in the original
box, being 15 1/4"
long x 4 3/4" deep x 3 1/2" tall, $950.00.
Interestingly, I picked up another
striking bag at
last years National in Anaheim from Gary Schultz for $200.00,
little latter vintage. Well we made it, a little blurry eyed, but
all the way thru Kanuit County. Last feature, a large 41"
tall x 33 3/4" wide oil painting of professional
wrestler Jim Londos, 1807-1975, also called the Golden Greek. Londos was one of the most popular wrestlers during the
depression. End of Kanuit, Griffith, Orban booth.
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Vintage
baseball gloves and
catchers
masks
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Mr.
and Mrs. Pat
Armstrong
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Booth
of veteran National dealer
Pat
Armstrong of
Hawkeye
Baseball
Cards, Burlington Indiana
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Pat
Armstrong of Hawkeye Baseball Cards
Pat
Armstrong of Hawkeye Baseball Cards
from Burlington Indiana had a c1930
spelter cast figural clock of a seated baseball player, 6
3/4" tall, $2,495.00.
Ron
Vitro of E&R Galleries
Ron
Vitro of E&R Galleries
from New Rochelle New York
had a great
1884 copy of Our Base Ball
Club by Noah Brooks,
considered the first baseball fiction
book, had one of the nicest engraved front covers of any
antique baseball book, and with a forward by Albert Spalding,
9" tall x 7" wide, $600.00.
Steve Werley of
Steve's Cards & More
Next up, Steve Werley of
Steve's Cards & More from Orefield PA had a framed c1960
Kodak film advertising
poster featuring Mickey Mantle endorsing with a great
shot of him. I have an example of the sign in my collection. I
heard once, the little kid in the snapshot is Mantle's son, 29"
wide x 17 1/4" tall, $2,500.00. Next up,
Bob Pressley of BP
Sports Collectibles
Bob Pressley of BP
Sports Collectibles
of Marietta, GA. had
a c1935
galvano cast ashtray
with a 9 1/2" tall statue of Joe Louis, $420.00. Next,
Jay Dyer
Jay Dyer from Palm Coast
Florida had an 1889
cabinet photo of Ed Crane of the New York Giants, 6
3/8" tall x 4 3/8"wide, $5,500.00. Next Jay had a c1910
scorecard fan featuring photographs of a pretty young lady in
the center, with 16 big name baseball players across the top, 14
1/2" tall, $2,500.00. Next in Jay's booth was an unusual 1902
photo of the Pittsburgh Pirates in street clothes, all sitting
on a huge perilous looking rock formation. Jay said it was taken
on a spring training trip to Lookout Mountain Tennessee.
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Booth
of Ron and Lynne Cunningham of Quality Pennants &
Collectibles
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Ron and Lynne
Cunningham
Ron and Lynne
Cunningham of
QPC Company, Quality Pennants & Collectibles from Duncanville
Texas was pretty much the biggest dealer in vintage pennants at the
National. Their booth was quite a site, there were pennants displayed
wall to wall. They
also had a c1900, 19"
x 19" Victorian printed pillow featuring a football player.
I've seen this framed before and their example looked much better as a
pillow for some reason, $1,500.00. Next Ron and Lynne had
a very nice 36"
pennant with a large sewn on basketball laced with white laces,
and the letters MHS in old English letters. You
don't
see basketball ones like that often, priced right at $150.
A-1
Sports Memorabilia
Next,
A-1
Sports Memorabilia
of Worcester Massachusetts had
a very rare c1930's
die cut advertising sign which advertised games of the Durham
Bulls and savings bonds. That would be the same Durham Bulls minor
league team from Durham North Carolina that was featured in the Kevin
Costner movie Bull Durham. It was in pretty good shape, one corner was
dog eared off about an inch, 13 3/4" tall x 11" wide
excluding frame, $500.00. I probably should have bought that one,
super rare!
John Ross
Long time National dealer
John Ross
of Harrisburg PA had a 27 1/2" tall x 23 1/5" wide framed
photo collage of the Prince Albert Mintos hockey team, commemorating
them as the 1926 Northern Sask. Champions (Saskatchewan Canada),
included photos of nine players, three brass, and a shot of the trophy
in the center, $650.00. Next, John had a c1930's, 30 3/4" wide x
20 3/4" tall, framed advertising sign for Old Gold cigarettes,
featuring a baseball scene of a runner sliding into home, may have
been trimmed to partial original size, $1,500.00. Next John had an
unusual item that may have been a page from a large clothing trade
catalog. It promoted the Chicago Whales, also called the Chi-Feds. It appeared to have been printed on heavy
cardstock, 22" tall x 16" wide, $1,750.00. Next up, a
Hiawatha Football
in the box, $350.00. Next up, a c1900 cast
metal figure of crossed bats and five baseballs all attached to a
leather strap, John said it was used as a saddle ornament. Very
unusual, 10 1/4" tall x 5" wide (including strap), $350.00.
Last mention in John's booth was a large framed vintage photo
of Joe Louis in a suit with facsimile autograph, unusual vintage
fame, purportedly came from Joe Louis' training
camp, 17" tall x 12 1/2" wide, $500.00.
Bob
Wetzel
Next
was the booth of Bob Wetzel of Mapleshade New Jersey. Fist up was a 8
1/4" diameter round aluminum
plaque of Connie Mack, $349.99. Next, a Boyish
Babe Cigar box, 5 1/8" tall x 7 1/2" wide x 3 5/8"
deep, $10,000.00. Next up, an Honest Long Cut tobacco box.
made non sport cards, 11 1/2" tall x 8 3/4" wide x 5
1/2" deep, $1,249.00. Next, a gigantic 1987 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Champions nylon pennant,
aprox 8 foot tall x 22 foot wide, forgot to get price, said had 20, 4
left. Next up was a set
of eight 19 1/2" tall x 13 1/2" wide Portraits and
Profiles posters put out by Barnell
Loft, of Willie
Mays, Mickey
Mantle, Joe
DiMaggio, Lou
Gehrig, Jackie
Robinson, Ted
,
Babe
Ruth, and Stan
Musial, $7.000.00, would not sell separately. Last Bob had a 1941
baseball tie pin
by Stylerite, $500.00. Last was a box
of 1949 Big
League baseball card games, $75 each.
John
Liffmann
John
Liffmann from Hull Massachusetts had a signed photo of Jack
Johnson in an unusual pose with both arms outstretched, 9" tall x
7 1/8" tall, $6,750.00.
Leland's
Lelands
came with a huge 72" tall x 22" wide die cut advertising
sign of Ralph
Kiner for Sealtest Ice Cream, $2,000.00. Next was a clock that
had belonged to Joe McCarthy, 4" wide x 3 1/2" tall,
$900.00.
Bill
Pollock
Next
was a very interesting gentleman named Bill Pollock from Central
Florida who specialized in antique boxing items. Bill wasn't set up, but I saw
him making a deal so struck up a conversation with him. He took me over to a
booth of a friend where he had his stuff stashed and showed me a few
great boxing things. I was taken back by the sheet music. He had a boat load
of ones I had never seen before. Take a look at the link above for the whole
show.
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Booth
of Russ Purdy
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Russ
Purdy
Next
was the booth of Russ Purdy of Lexington Kentucky. Russ had an excellent booth
with a ton of great football things. First up was a Harvard baseball
stein, 5
1/2" tall, $500.00. Hunt had a set of three of these with the water
pitcher that I got. Next was a classic signed photo of Knute
Rockne 1888-1931 "To my friend Tommy Walker from Knute Rockne",
9 3/8" tall x 7 3/8" wide, $3,900.00. Next was probably the greatest
signed Notre Dame football photo I ever expect to see, It was signed by the
whole 1924 team including Rockne, 7" wide x 5" tall, $17,500.00.
Next up was an index card signed by the Four
Horseman, titled at the top:
The
Greatest Football Backfield of All-Time
The
Four Horseman of Notre Dame
signed
by:
Don
Miller
Elmer
Hayden
Harry
Stuhldreher
Jim
Crowley
A
very rare and important grouping of autographs, $3,750.00
.