Vintage Baseball Glove Forum

Leading the way on the glove for sale page and asking for $2500 on a glove that the seller elaborately describes as a 19th century glove is, we see, a 1920s-30 Marathon baseball glove. No research, lengthy writeup that is incorrect. Another danger of eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-19TH-CENTUR ... dZViewItem[/url]

We emailed the seller on this "19th century glove" to inform him that his glove was of 1920s-30s vintage and this is the reply we get:
"I am not a mitt collector, so I sent pictures to New York and California appraisers and physically showed it to a Detroit Auction Gallery appraiser. They all stated that the mitt was from the late 19 century or early 20th century. They made no remark about the lacing not being original to the glove. Thanks for the info, I'm just going by what I was told."
This translates that there are "gallery experts" and appraisers that don't know what they're talking about. It's that simple.

I just seen this auction, and figured someone would post something on it. My first thought was that the lacing was added after the glove was made/bought. No grommets, and the lace is inserted kind of low on the finger. Did the seller name the people who appraised/dated the glove to back it up? I would consider 1920s/30s as you date the glove early 20th century. But as this seller claims, and stating the appraisers that the glove was dated late 19th century early 20th century that could be a 60 year swing. Too vague to date the glove "19th century." If a "gallery expert" dated the glove for me with a 60 year cushion I wouldn't think much of his opinion. At least "turn of the century" being a 20 year cushion 1890s/1900s could date this to the 19th century. The seller should get the drift when paying the listing fees for a $2,500. unsold item.