Vintage Baseball Glove Forum

Thanks to Glover Keith Knabe I'm entering the last of about 20 catalogs into the soon-to-be-released new Glove Catalog Source Book.
One of the new catalogs and one which I'd not seen before was the H. H. Kiffe Company of New York for 1906. This has the usual gloves and mitts one sees in this era catalogs EXCEPT there is, what appears to be a "Buck Ewing" stamped mitt. If, as the illustration depicts, it is a mitt with the named stamped in the leather, this has to be one of the earliest I've discovered. Previously I recall a catalog from late 1900s to 1905 era having a "Jones" endorsed mitt, but it appeared that that mitt had a hang tag with his endorsement and the leather was not stamped with his name.
Ewing was considered by many as the finest player of the 19th century, and he was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1939. I found this odd that this Kiffe catalog was put out with his catchers mitt the year he died of diabetes in 1906 at age 47.

Thanks for the update - that is an interesting story.

I can't wait for the new source catalog book!!! Do you have a guess how many catalogs you've added since the previous version??

I'm gonna take my first batch of pre press to the printers this week. Hope to have the new source book out in about 3 weeks. I've entered somewhere between 75 and 100 new catalogs.

75 to 100! Wow!

That will make the new book a "must have".

Are there any other tidbits you can tell us about the new book...or do you plan on keeping us in suspense!

I will take the pre-press elements of the source book to the printers tomorrow. I would imagine that it should take about two weeks after that to have them ready.
We're making some changes, editing, additions and revisions. We've had to increase the number of pages of course because I wanted to maintain the type size for easy reading. Lots of new catalogs from 1970s to 1990, Rawlings, Wilsons, Noconas.
Advance orders will be taken next week at $39.95 plus $5 for priority mailing. You can order by mail at The Glove Collector, 14057 Rolling Hills Lane, Dallas, TX 75240. You can pay by paypal to glovecol@earthlink.net.
We also take visa/master charge. You can visit our website www.glovecollector.com where we will make an update on the new catalog book offer soon.
I will make a separate announcement on the forum when they're off the press.