by vintagebrett » February 22nd, 2008, 4:54 pm
It must be the week for finding Jim Bottomley gloves. Ricky found a Rawlings the other day and today I got a box of stuff in the mail with two gloves. One was an OK MFG Joe DiMaggio that is nice (and different than the one I have) and the other glove was a double buckle ken-wel. This glove was dirty but top of the line. I started cleaning and found the signature but couldn't make out what it was. When I started cleaning the back of the glove I found the endorsement stamping there as well!! Right at the top of the back of the glove, clear as day in script signature, Jim Bottomley. This made my day! I see it listed in the 1932 catalog. I've come across gloves with endorsement stampings on the side of the thumb, but never the back. I'll get some pictures up when my lanolin dries. Fun stuff!