Vintage Catalogs

[mrreality68]

Hi Everyone

I took the plunge and got 2 vintage Sporting Goods Catalogs Draper and Maynard with some great product content on the inside of their playing days and what kids used and great Covers.

Trying to learn more about Catalogs and what else might be out they by manufacturer to explore

Any good sources? any threads?

any catalogs anyone wants to share photos of?

[perezfan]

*Jeff...

Great segment to delve in to....

Here is the definitive (and best) resourse you'll ever find for vintage Sporting Goods Catalogs....

https://baseballglovecollector.com/glove-library/

Under "Glove Catalogs" you will see page after page of Catalog images, dating all the way back to 1886. Wonderful images from Spalding, Draper & Maynard, Victor, Wright, Ditson, Reach, Stall & Dean, Ken-Wel and all the rest.

JD really provided equipment collectors a tremendous service in putting all of this together. Once you delve in, you might find that this is to be the "nerd porn" equivalent of binge watching on Netflix or YouTube.

Hope you enjoy!

[mrreality68]

Thanks Mark I will dig in.

So much to learn and so many great catalogs

[Mark]

I don't know if this is the sort of thing that anyone will find interesting, but here is a link to some of Dave Bushing's 2006 ruminations on what can be found rooting through old sporting goods catalogs:

http://https://mearsonline.com/Old-Catalo/