He was my favorite player when I was a kid and I've I've been thinking of getting a good example of one his gloves. I've been watching prices on ebay and noticed some big price differences.
A Spalding 42-247 Vada Pinson Trapocket went for about $6, a Spalding 42-157 went for about $27 and a Spalding 42-197 went for $36.
Any idea why the big variations?
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by robin_buckeye » August 11th, 2008, 9:15 pm
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by BretMan » August 11th, 2008, 10:52 pm
Other than possible differences in condition (one glove being well-worn and another in excellent shape, for instance) I would have to chalk it up to luck-of-draw with eBay auctions. You never know who happens to see the auction or what they're willing to pay.
There probably isn't a huge demand for Pinson-endorsed gloves, and sometimes if a couple of them are selling at the same time, one can kind of steal some bids from the other.
One other possibility- perhaps the three gloves were of varying degrees of "quality". Of those three models, I can only find one- the 42-157- in the old Spalding catalogs. It was a "cheapie", retailing for $5.95 in 1965 (the top-line Spaldings were listed at $42.95).
There is a 42-147 Trapocket model listed in the early 60's and it retailed at $8.45. There's another Pinson model- a 42-253 "Autograph" model- listed at $10.95, still well below even the "mid-price" range for those years. And that is the most expensive Vada Pinson glove in the catalogs.
Perhaps one of the gloves you saw was a higer-end "Personal" model that isn't listed in the retail catalogs. Other than a big difference in condition or quality, I would bet the price differences were just random eBay price fluctuations.
There probably isn't a huge demand for Pinson-endorsed gloves, and sometimes if a couple of them are selling at the same time, one can kind of steal some bids from the other.
One other possibility- perhaps the three gloves were of varying degrees of "quality". Of those three models, I can only find one- the 42-157- in the old Spalding catalogs. It was a "cheapie", retailing for $5.95 in 1965 (the top-line Spaldings were listed at $42.95).
There is a 42-147 Trapocket model listed in the early 60's and it retailed at $8.45. There's another Pinson model- a 42-253 "Autograph" model- listed at $10.95, still well below even the "mid-price" range for those years. And that is the most expensive Vada Pinson glove in the catalogs.
Perhaps one of the gloves you saw was a higer-end "Personal" model that isn't listed in the retail catalogs. Other than a big difference in condition or quality, I would bet the price differences were just random eBay price fluctuations.
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Variations yes
by softball66 » August 12th, 2008, 6:14 pm
Two main causes of the variations (besides condition) could be size and quality of the glove. Vada's gloves were never out of the lower end pricing and quality in the Spalding line from 1961 to 1965
From the Catalog Source Book
1961: Pinson 42-253 $8.45 (top glove was $39.95)
Pinson 42-147 $8.45 ('62 and '63)
Pinson 42-157 $5.95 ('64)
Pinson 42-157 $5.95 ('65)
All these were tiny kids gloves.
And any day there can be a difference in price and demand on eBay!
From the Catalog Source Book
1961: Pinson 42-253 $8.45 (top glove was $39.95)
Pinson 42-147 $8.45 ('62 and '63)
Pinson 42-157 $5.95 ('64)
Pinson 42-157 $5.95 ('65)
All these were tiny kids gloves.
And any day there can be a difference in price and demand on eBay!
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