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Old 08-10-2016, 01:51 PM
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Default New figural Plaque

Like many of you, I have several areas of collecting interest, but figurals remain at the top of my favorite niche mountain.

This week I had the opportunity to not only add an exceedingly rare piece, but one from one of the two teams I covet most, the Cubs.

We had a thread going a while back regarding the beautiful and rare Yankees plaque I was able to procure from a fellow board member who had a spare. It is one of my favorite pieces



A Cubs version also exists that I have only seen once over the years in the collection of the same board member who offered me the Yankee version. He is In my view, the single most prolific digger of baseball treasures in the hobby.

Well, I couldn't believe my luck when I dug up this one:



There is speculation that perhaps these were made for the 1932 WS between the Cubs And Yankees, but there isn't a way to verify that (not that it matters).

This will be a cornerstone of my Cubs collection and look great next to the Yankees version
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Very nice Mike its always great to add an item that you have looked for a long time! Congrats!
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Hey Mike...Enjoyed seeing the updates. Missed seeing you this year at the National. See you next year in Chicago.
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I'll be there Bill and look forward to seeing you and the fellas ⚾️⚾️
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Awesome!
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A really well executed display piece. Just tremendous....

Congrats, Mike!
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Those are cool, Mike. What are they made out of?
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Those are cool, Mike. What are they made out of?
Chalkware/plaster
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I would assume these were only made for the two teams who met for the World Series. That being said, the Yankees version has an "NY" at the top and the player names are block letters, while the Cubs version has no name at the top and the player names are in script. I wonder if the players profiles were taken from a team photo, and only the first three were used? I ask this because the Cubs players are somewhat surprising. The Yankees are a nobrainer: McCarthy was the Manager, Ruth and Gehrig were legends. However, the Cubs had Grimm who was the Manager (after Rogers Hornsby was released in August), with Lon Warneke and Woody English. Warneke was their best pitcher in 1932, but this team also featured Gabby Harnett, Billy Herman, Billy Jurges and Vern Stephenson. All of these would seem to be bigger names then English. I'm guessing the artist who made these used a photo in which Warneke and English just happened to be behind Grimm. If a photo is out there, would be a great addition to this piece.
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