What a great site!

[pmontesano]

Hi Everyone,

I've been collecting gloves and bats for about 15 years and can't believe how far the hobby has come! I remember purchasing that first glove, a Wilson Billy Martin at a flea market in the Buffalo area - that was the hook! I've since re-located to the Cleveland area and hook up once in a while with Bob Seedhouse and Mark Walters (veteran Cleveland area glovers). In the coming weeks I hope to post some photo's of my collection for all to see. Thanks to Jim Daniels for suggesting that I take a look at the site.

Paul Montesano

[vintagebrett]

Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to seeing your pictures.

[BretMan]

Paul, your name is a familiar one to me from the many great gloves you've sold on eBay. I'm a few clicks south of you, in Columbus. If you know of any good antique shows or flea markets around Ohio, feel free to pass them along!

[pmontesano]

Hi Bret,

I was in your neighborhood with Bob Seedhouse and a couple of other baseball collectors the Friday before Thanksgiving. I'm sure you've attended the Scott's Antique show off of 71. It was my first time attending this show and unfortunately I didn't find anything worth while. I did find some nice antique furniture that I planned to build copies of (another one of my expensive hobbies).

Every once in a while I have the local baseball collectors over for a beer or a glass of wine - maybe you can one of the get togethers - it would be great to meet you and for you to meet the Cleveland collectors.


Paul

[BretMan]

I've been to the Scott's show many times. Unfortunately, I've missed the first two shows this year. The next one is January 19-20 and I may make that one.

I've picked up a few gloves there over the years- nothing super-special, but a couple I like are posted in the "Today I Found..." section of this forum.

Every once in awhile, there will be a dealer there with a collection of gloves or other vintage sports equipment. One guy that is almost always there with a large display of antiques will often have several boxes of gloves stashed beneath his tables, but most are in rough shape and way over-priced.

There's another dealer there who has had the same Winchester glove in his display case (a small-ish, well-worn model, with a $400 price tag) for the past five years!

It's not exactly a "glove mecca", but for anyone interested in antiques in general, this is usually a great- and huge!- show. They have a web site (search for "Scott's Antiques") in case anyone would like to find their show dates.