Saw this glove at an out-of-the-way antique mall. There is one booth there where the owner always has a selection of old gloves. He has quite a variety, mostly 1930's thru 1960's stuff. Some of it is beat up, some in nice shape, but all of it priced at the highest end of the possible price range. Unfortunately, the booth owner is never around and there is no contact information, so I can't haggle with the guy and try to get the prices down a bit.
Last trip through, he had a Mickey Mantle glove that, I believe, is an uncataloged model.
This was a JC Higgins glove, which in itself is odd for a Mantle model. It was a small-ish, about 10" glove that looked to be mid-to-late 50's vintage and had a model number of 1673. The Mantle endorsement was the "old-style" signature with the "looped" M's. It was in good-very good condition.
I don't see any JC Higgins Mantle gloves in the Catalog Source Book, but the Autographed Glove Finder lists a JC Higgins Mantle glove with a model number of 1674.
Most of the Higgins gloves seem to be Wilson-made. Perhaps this was a Denkert-made glove? I don't recall seeing the familiar Denkert "Pro-Maker" logo on this glove.
The bad part was that it had a price tag of $95 on it, so I passed.
Has anyone ever seen a JC Higgins #1673 Mantle model glove?