Hey Mike, Mike & Murph. I too have four Howard Pollet gloves and since I finally boxed one up, I couldn't quite justify going after a fifth despite loving them. $86 is one great deal on that glove. The Pollet model along with the Joe Jackson Model are probably the biggest and highest quality Nokonas of that time. Those triple stitched gloves are huge and super high quality and are a big reason why I like Nokonas.
Mike J., I have a theory on that tag. Although the Pollet model was probably made until 1952, I think the white one stopped in 1949, at least on this glove. Here's why. The triple stitched splitfinger was at the top of the line in 1949 and those all had white tags (mine do). I have a non-triple stitched or lower line Pollet with a black tag on it. If you look in the catalogs, the mid-line Pollets were from 1950-52. So, I think the black tag, non-triple stitched model started after 1949 or the white tags ended in 1949. What do you guys think?
I have three extras in case anyone needs one.
JD