Bidding seems to be picking up...a number of desirable gloves this past week with some good bidding volume, it sure makes for an exciting week.
At first glance I thought that this was a beautiful example of a turn of the century grommet-back base mitt, but a closer look revealed a few issues. The palm side of the glove looks great, but it does have a home stitching repair, although even that looks good. The back side has some faded ink and is missing 3 of the 4 grommets. Admirably, the seller was very upfront about all of these issues. The seller does refer to it as a catcher’s mitt, however, I am assuming this is a base mitt because of the separated thumb…is that correct? Anyway, the glove sold for $660 on just 2 bids.
So…is it a workman’s glove or not? One of the more popular recent threads was the discussion of what constitutes a workman’s glove. Well, quite appropriately we have a glove described by the seller as a workman’s glove that would certainly defy the overall consensus of what make a workman’s glove. Regardless, what a great glove, a full web Spalding lefty fielder’s glove selling for $568 on a whopping 26 bids. A question popped up asking if the stitching in the lining was a repair. According to the seller, this is typical of the time, although I’m not sure I’ve seen this style of stitching before.
Here’s yet another case of a “workman’s” glove…this one is a great looking black full web glove from Goldsmith. This one sold for $228 on 7 bids, quite a deal.
We had a couple of Spalding Bouton 42-213 PMs pop up in 2007 and here is another nice one in 2008. This one features strong, solid stamping and my favorite web design. An absolutely great looking glove and design, this one went for $151 on 9 bids. One of our forum members was a winner, I wonder if this one will be a gamer or a display item, looks like it could fit either bill to me. I’m sure I’m a bit of a broken record, but if you haven’t read Ball Four do yourself a favor and read it this winter.
If you’re a glove collector with $104 in his pocket, I’m not sure you could find a better way to spend it than on this glove, a terrific Wilson Ted Williams 614 model. This one has great stampings and a great web. I see the 614 as one of the higher end listing in the 1948 Wilson catalog. A great buy from one of the great collectors in the game.
Here is a rare endorsement, Rabbit Maranville that attracted plenty of attention – 15 bids that ended with a $255 sales price. The glove is from an unknown manufacturer, but the seller speculates it is a “61” model number.
This one will make the list every time, a Rawlings TG-12 Stan Musial HOH trap-eze model. This nice original condition example brought $220 on 16 bids. Looks like there is some cracking on the wrist strap, but otherwise I suspect this glove will clean up beautifully, especially considering the buyer. Maybe we’ll see some "after" pics.