Greatest Finds...

[tally]

Hi, I wanted to start a topic about your guys' greatest finds yet. In the few months since I started collecting, mine has been a white Spalding full web for buy-it-now $24.99 on eBay. What is/are your greatest finds yet?

Mickey

[vintagebrett]

My best eBay find was a Spalding Hack Wilson buckle back that I got with another glove for $17. I've found numerous awesome gloves at flea markets and antique shows.

[MTGLOVEGUY]

Tough to say but for me I guess the best find I got was a lot of 5 items on ebay about a year ago. The description went something like this... Old lot of baseball items, very dirty and in need of some tlc. The lot consisted of a old 1 inch spalding white glove that was smaller in size, D&M catchers mask, a uniform from a high school, old dirty buckleback glove, and an old dirty catchers mitt. My interest in the lot was for the uniform and the one inch glove but when I cleaned up the other two gloves I revealed a J.C Higgins Mel Ott, and the Catchers glove was a Reach Home Run Special Babe Ruth( It's not in the best of shape but it is a Ruth). I had the winning bid for 84.51. Since this find however it's been all down hill for me!

[crackofthebat]

How about a high quality Lou Gehrig for $200?

[MTGLOVEGUY]

SOLD! when can I come pick it up?

[tally]

Wow, great finds. I forgot to mention the Wilson A-2000 glove I picked up at a flea market for 10 cents!

[mushroomknob]

Two of my best finds came last summer at the flea market on two separate weekends I found a crescent pad catchers mitt.And about a week later I found a webless workmans glove.I paid five bucks for the webless glove.I just started glove collecting so I have not had many great finds but these two are my best so far.

Dave S

[Bravosin99]

Wow those are great finds mushroomknob...I have yet to get any crescent pad and we have been collecting nearly 15 years....Would love to see pics of it if possible....$5.00 wow that is a great find!!!

[MVALZ]

One of my best was a Rawlings TG12 Musial HOH for $5 at a flea market...I didn't haggle and moved along quickly

[GloveGypsy]

A beautiful USA A2000 "L" in the bin at PIAS.

$20 price tag on it. Tried to haggle. Manager wouldn't budge.

Cleaned it up and relaced it, then sold it for mucho dinero....$240.

[burker72]

A Ken Wel zipper back catcher's mitt with tag and all original lacing for $21. An early near mint 70s USA made A2000 XL model for $40 at PIAS.

My finds seem so rare, but what a thrill to find a keeper...

[spedrunr]

found this Pro H at PIAS for $54, didn't have to do anything to it and flipped it on ebay for $300

[mjkm90]

I know I've told this story before, but six years ago I was in an icecream shop with gloves on the wall for decorations. I asked the owner if he'd sell any. "Sure come in Monday" he said. He said take any you like for $45 each. I took the black 1" web Goldsmith Eddie Collins (NM), a Walter Johnson (can't remember the lesser known manufacturer but in Ex), Rawlings DS Duke Snider (NM), 50s high end Nellie Fox (NM), and a non-endorsed, but high end Rawlings trapper (NM). He wouldn't sell the Doak in the box however. Damn good icecream to!

[Mike_2007]

spedrunr,

Was that a 1987 PRO H ? ( or 1997?).

[spedrunr]

i'm pretty sure it was a 1987 because it had the word sofTan'd super-imposed over the steer head in the lining. i have a 1984 proT with the same lining, which was my 1st HOH glove that i bought in 1985. is amazing leather, only conditioned it 1 time back in 1985 and it's still in great shape