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Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: April 18th, 2006, 6:23 pm
by vintagebrett
Hello and welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum. The purpose of this site is to give glove collectors an opportunity to interact in a centralized online location. Hopefully, there will be lively discussion about vintage gloves, trading and friendship building. There are many sections of this forum - please check them all out. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please let the site adminstrator know. Thanks and enjoy!

PostPosted: July 27th, 2006, 4:58 pm
by MTGLOVEGUY
Hi Brett and Everyone!
Glad to see an online forum! First and foremost I am probably the new guy in the neighborhood but look forward to dealing with most of you and meeting you at some point in time. I am definitly a novice when it comes to the memorabilia aspect. I did baseball card shows for 20 plus years and grew tired of the ever rising cost of packs and singles.......

I decided (after selling off all of my sportscards for a crazy low price) that it was time to re-focus my heart into more appealing items such as baseball gloves, and sports memorabilia in general. In the past year or so i have had my collection of gloves grow from 4 to around 400, and my club collection grow from 3 to almost 200. I have struggled in the past in making "collectors" decisions and "sellers" decision! Ok i'll be honest i still struggle. But either way it has been fun and not so stressful as the card hobby had become.

Here is my dilema, I live in a state where the items to buy either are stored away real deep in a cellar or they never made it here! Montana seems to have been picked over pretty good and I seemed to have missed the boat so to say. Dont get me wrong there are some finds here and there but a Montana 'Antique" show cosists of 100 gun dealers and a few glassware dealers. All kidding aside I love the state so all is good, and I will get my share of "finds" here and there(as long as I am the only collector/dealer in the state. Am I?). I have made purchases with some of you through Ebay and some outside of Ebay and will continue to do so, but I have grown very tired of Ebay as descriptions from some people of thier gloves seem to leave a bit to be desired! so I hope that I will hit the Antique circut soon find some treasures and meet the all that are in the glove collector nation.

Wants and Needs.... first and foremost i am a Cleveland Indians fan so anything Indians related is a good place to start. I would like to get a Real clean Joe Jackson glove.

I really need parts for repairs... tunnels, webs, etc.

I am going to cut this short as I could go on and on. I look forward to hearing from all of you and if you have any wants or needs for yourself or your friends, please let me know and I will try to help you out!

Have fun and have a great day!
BJ

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2007, 4:57 pm
by spedrunr
hey brett, when i type in

vintage baseball glove forum

on google i can't seem to find this site

but if i type in vintagebaseballgloveforum then it leads me to it

i would think that you would get more hits if it would respond to the former

PostPosted: February 2nd, 2007, 4:59 pm
by spedrunr
hey brett, when i type in

vintage baseball glove forum

on google i can't seem to find this site

but if i type in vintagebaseballgloveforum then it leads me to it

i would think that you would get more hits if it would respond to the former

Hello All!

PostPosted: July 12th, 2007, 9:54 pm
by Joe Savy
I would just like to say hi to all! My name is Joe and I am from New York and collect vintage Mantle and Ruth memorabilia. I look forward to getting to know all members and their specialities as well as learning about the hobby. If anyone knows about any upcoming shows please let me know. Thanks Brett!

Clcking In...

PostPosted: February 17th, 2008, 5:28 pm
by Brotherray
Just wanted to say hi to everyone and to say I am looking forward to being a part of this community. I've been messing around with relacing and repairing ball gloves as a hobby for about 25 years, ever since I tore apart my Catfish Hunter A2000.

I am thinking about doing this as a fun, part time gig as there seems to be a real need for an experienced glove re-lacer in my area. I look forward to learning all I can from everyone and to share my lousy $.02 with anyone who will listen.

Thanks!

BR

PostPosted: February 17th, 2008, 5:35 pm
by vintagebrett
Welcome! There are lots of people here who do relacing, etc. so there is a wealth of information - we look forward to your additions to the knowledge pool.

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: March 27th, 2010, 6:37 pm
by feranger
Hi, my name is Tom I live outside of St. Paul,Minnesota. Am an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and have collected some memorabilia of the team. My first glove was a Stan Musial, youth model. It has disappeared along with my card collection, too many moves. I currently have a glove given to me by an old friend, he used it in the 30's and 40's playing town ball in Northern Minnesota. The only markings are genuine horsehide, greased palm, trade mark and the number 1678. The back strap has two holes for a steel button. I also just bought a Paul Gillespie catchers mitt on Ebay from one of your members. Paul was a cousin of mine, I find it hard to believe that he has a mitt. It certainly isn't from the 1940's. The siginature looks like his, could some one buy a personalized glove with any signature added, like you can with a baseball bat?

Thanks for any info you members can supply.

Thanks a lot

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: March 29th, 2010, 12:12 pm
by vintagebrett
Hello and welcome.

The model 1678 glove you have was most likely made by J.C. Higgins / Sears - the stampings and model number would indicate them as the manufacturer.

Although it is very rare for someone to add a signature to a glove, it has happened in our hobby. They are usually easy to identify. If you post pictures of the glove, someone here will be able to help you out.

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: July 27th, 2010, 11:37 pm
by Cracmar1313
Hello all, my name is Troy, and I am glad to be a part of this forum, my knowledge of vintage baseball gloves is very limited. My hope is that in time, reading your disscussions will educate me. I have just recently inherited a quantity of old gloves from a relative. All of them range in age from 1920 to 1950. roughly.
Thanks
T roy

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: July 28th, 2010, 4:13 pm
by okdoak
Welcome, Troy! If you have questions about your gloves I'm sure you'll get some answers here.

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: July 28th, 2010, 4:42 pm
by stockbuddy
Hey Troy,

I second the welcome to the thread. Sounds like you could have some fun checking on hte old gloves. Enjoy.
Dave

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: August 18th, 2010, 10:13 pm
by annabie
Hello everyone, I also would like to do some greeting. I'm Anna and I really like sports, especially baseball. Hope that I will have a great time joining with you guys.

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: August 20th, 2010, 2:45 am
by okdoak
Welcome to the Forum, Anna! If you have any questions about gloves, please post them. I'm sure you'll get some answers or at least educated guesses.

Re: Welcome to the Vintage Baseball Glove Forum!

PostPosted: August 30th, 2010, 7:41 pm
by GLEZOK50
I AM FAIRLY NEW TO GLOVE COLLECTING, I AM COLLECTING ONE GLOVE PER MAKER, I ONLY HAVE 20 SO FAR. I RAN ACROSS A SONNETT BLOCK LETTER JOE DIMAGGIO, AND NEVER SEEN THE SONNETT WITH THE B2F BACK.. IS THIS A RARE GLOVE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO PAY, THANKS, GLENN