There's a kangaroo in my pocket!

[Artemisbeard]

I had heard about these rare creatures but I had never seen one. Today I found one at a flea market I have been going to since forever and have never found anything there. All I saw was the made in the USA on the thumb, it looked very nice on the backside, when I opened it up there was that critter jumping in my pocket. It is a KS2 infielders glove that seems like it still needs to be broken in a bit. What's it worth? The book shows it was made in 1966 and 67.

[BretMan]

Just going by memory of seeing similar gloves sold- and assuming that by "still needs broken in" you are talking about at least an excellent to near mint glove- I would say about $250. That is just a "ballpark" estimate.

Nice find! Most kangaroo gloves that were heavily used are in pretty sad shape. The 'roo leather, while lightweight and supple, certainly isn't durable.

[vintagebrett]

If you look at the Glove of the Week section, a nice KC3 sold for $910 back in October
http://www.vintagebaseballgloveforum.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1150&highlight=kanagroo

[BretMan]

Yikes!

I might have been a little "off-base" with my estimate. Though I suppose you could consider the $910 auction price an anomoly.