Stadium Seats
 

Let's see some stadium seats. Here are my sets of Shibe Park stadium seats and my Crosley seat. I will post pics of my Yankee seats this week. Thank you, Happy Holidays!

Nashville's Sulphur Dell
 

These date to 1927...

Nice Skip! Here' my Crosley and Palace of the Fans seats.

Great seats guys. Love the figural seats.

I was just looking through Leland's most recent catalog and there are a few stadium seats in this auction.

Jeff

Here are my only 2 seats. Forbes Field and Shibe Park. Fully restored.

Here is my pair of Yankee Stadium seats. From the start of restoration thru half way thru. You couldnt even sit in them as the paint was peeling off so bad!

Bought these this weekend- Yankees need to be fixed and the polo grounds needs a base so it can stand freely
Matt

2 Tiger Stadium (Navin Field) Seats
 

Here is my 2 seats:)

My Yankees' seats...got the original example from my buddy Jay Wolt. the newer one from Steiner.

Great seats everyone. Cool thread!

Awsome seats..they all look great!

Here's my entry...so many great old seats!!!!Thanks for sharing everyone

My Dad worked on the original construction of Dodger Stadium and we had 24 seats at one time. They were left overs and all the workers took what they could carry. 8 in our old backyard stayed with the sale of the house in 1990. 16 were rescued from the crawl space of "Grandmas" house when sold in 2010. These were put together shortly after with the same seat and row numbers we used to have in the 60's and 70's growing up at the Stadium.

My friend who put these together for me did 2 for himself in blue and a 4 pack for another friend. A set of 4 remain untouched.

How about a Big House Bench
 

IS it ok to show a bench from Michigan Stadium?

Seats
 

I love seats, but only have some local ones from the Minneapolis area. I need a couple of stands for seats from Metropolitan stadium (Millers, Twins, Vikings). If someone has a good source for a reasonable price, please PM me. Thanks, Jason

Dynarl, being a huge Michigan fan myself, Absolutely! How did you acquire them? Awsome piece.

It was at a garage sale by my house and I got lucky I was early.

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Wakefield Nebraska is a small town of about 1,500 in the northeast part of the state. They buy seats from old stadiums and use them as part of their seating. You pay extra to sit in one of the "stadium" seats. They have seats from Wrigley (1998), Fulton County Stadium, Anaheim Stadium, Rosenblatt, Milwaukee County stadium and others. It is a beautiful small park with flower gardens, hanging flowers, a well manicured field and boisterous fans when their legion team is playing.
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This is a great thread and I love seeing everyone's vintage seats. Unfortunately don't have very much to add but thought I try to contribute with what I have.

Steiner commemorative seat from Yankee Stadium
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Also Wrigley Field part of the bleachers

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Finally got a chance to snap and post a photo. From left: League Park, Cleveland Stadium, Jacobs Field.

Here are mine. Triple row polo grounds with the NY on both ends. Yankee stadium seat. And ebbetts field seat. I also have a fiber glass bleacher from yankee stadium.

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crosley field....
 

Finally able to post these photos of 6 Crosley Field seats with two figural ends that we found at an antique store in Ft. Myers about 10 years ago. They still had a vintage moving company's wire tag attached to them with reference to the previous owner's home in Cincinnati. For some reason, somebody sandblasted nearly all of the original orange paint off of them, except in some of the cracks. I would never consider repainting old stadium seats, but in this case we were forced to because there was only bare wood and iron. These photos were taken before we did anything and the seats were separated into a section of 4 and a section of 2. I don't have a finished photo, but we mounted the whole section on a single base and they're now 'functional furniture'. We also have a 3 seat wooden section from Wrigley and wooden Tiger Stadium sections of 3, 3, and 4 that are all functional. The 4 seat row of Tiger Stadium seats sits in the lobby of our business for customers to enjoy.

Matt

Love all the stadium seats. Often thought of trying to pick one up but was always daunted by the prospect of paying to get it shipped to Hawaii or, more recently, British Columbia.
Kevin: Thought you might like this snapshot I took at the City Museum of New York during their "The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957" exhibit held in 2007.

YS, EF & PG
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...s/DSC05070.JPG

Here are the Sick/Nat Bailey stadium seats for you Kawika

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/1...aaeaab9c_c.jpg

My Crosley Field seat signed by Pete Rose and a Comiskey park Seat.

Outstanding seats everyone. I'll be adding either a Yankee Stadium seat or Forbes Field seat to my room someday. I hope they end up looking as good as all of yours.

Well, it goes without saying that those seats are great, but I really love that table and lamp. What's the history on them?

Found the table at an antique resale shop and the lamp at a garage sale. Haven't been able to find out anything about either one. The lamp was in the back of the garage and wasn't for sale. I asked the elderly lady if it was for sale and she said she didn't know if it worked I asked if she would sell it and she gave me a price:D

A very similar figural Batter was on ebay up until recently....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-BASEBA...#ht_437wt_1161

I don't believe it sold, in case you're inclined to contact Seller. I would imagine he/she would come down on price.

Hope this is helpful :)

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These are great. Mine is from Seals Stadium (as is the cushion), by way of the Tacoma Rainiers. They sold these a few years ago for the bargain price of $75 ea. A buddy made the stands and I had two extra. They work great and I put the pair on ebay for $20. Some other guy who sells seat stands sent me a nasty email telling me mine were junk, cheap, etc, etc. Jeez dude, who asked you? :eek:

I recently checked into Candlestick seats...the greedy 49er's are selling them for $700 a pair. Ridiculous.

Yankees seat parts
 

Just thought I would throw this out there. I am finished with my project and have 2 yankee stadium seat parts left. The left side is all intact no broken legs. The center section has a broken leg but the seat side holders are still good. Very hard to find these parts. I do believe that some can be interchanged with other seats. Brock L inspired me to put these on and also Brock is looking for a older yankees slat back cast iron side. If anyone knows of someone who has one please contact myself or Brock L. These parts are for the larger curved box seats that were up close to the front. These are original. The picture top left is from my project no wood parts for sale. The other two are the parts . Im taking offers on them I will be fair but these arenot cheap. Al

NICE!!!!! To bad about the 49er seats.....

Met Stadium seats
 

I refinish and sell seats from the old Met Stadium in Minnesota (the Twins/Vikings original home, where the Mall of America now stands.) If anyone is looking for those, let me know. I also have stands available for them.

Website: http://vendiamo.com

I'll be listing more on my website once we start getting some warmer (above 32 degree) temperatures again. But you can call to see what will be available: 651-674-7777

About a month ago, a local news station came out and did a story on them:

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3262498.shtml

And an affiliated station picked it up as well:
http://www.kaaltv.com/article/stories/s3263313.shtml

what do the three different colors signify? ^^^^^^ :confused:

Forbes Field seats
 

Here's some of my Forbes seats

More Stadium seats
 

More seats:

Polo Grounds
Palace of the Fans
Comiskey Park
League Park


and more.....

The Capital of Baseball
 

Three of my favorites as I love how well they compliment uniforms and related memorabilia.

Dave Grob
DaveGrob1@aol.com

Dave...

I'd be happy to take that Dodgers Jacket off your hands, if it's hiding/covering up your Ebbets Seat. :p

Beautiful displays!

Is the big fan window a stadium piece? :confused:

Beautiful stuff!

I agree.....beautiful displays.

But you can keep you D**gers jacket ;)

As a '70s Reds Fan, I still hate the Dodgers too. Remember those great rivalries, when both teams were in the West...

But that classic Jacket, in that condition... a mouth watering piece :o Just a beautiful work of art, from a time when they took true pride in workmanship.

Dodgers Jacket
 

Have to agree on the 1970s Dodgers have grown up in Cincinnati during that time frame. As for jackets themselves, may have to start a new thread on those as I have a number of them and in my mind, they constitute an undervalued and significantly under researched artifact line.

Dave Grob
DaveGrob1@aol.com

Forbes Field Window
 

It's an original window from Forbes Field

I was going to ask the same question about the window. Looks very much like the windows on the outer facade of Forbes Field. If so, wow!

You may need to build a new house around it!

Forbes Field Window
 

It is one of the outside windows, all-original and huge, approx. 5' x 10'

tiger stadium seats for everyday use...
 

Guys............Here's a section of Tiger Stadium riser style seats that I built brackets for out of heavy gauge angle iron, then had powder coated. They're in the lobby of my family's body shop and people comment and sit on them everyday. The most common comments are...... 'I remember sitting in those!' and 'I could go for a beer and a hot dog right now'.

Matt

The green seat appears to be a Wrigley Field riser seat .... not Polo Grounds, Matt.

Matt,
A great way to share your collection with customers. I am on the east side if Jackson County, love the way you displayed the seats!

Richie -
Thanks - guy I bought it from said polo . What's the value of a wrigley seat ?
Matt

wrigley seat
 

a Wrigley seat is worth around $500

Your model rear mount Wrigley seat WAS one model that was also employed in The Polo Grounds. (Note: A second rear mount style seat was also used in The Polo Grounds over the years as well). Conversely, both parks painted their seats dark green, so you can understand how some people might get confused. With that said, a middle row (non-figural) Polo Grounds seat in all original/unrestored condition can easily fetch a grand plus these days .... and possibly/probably more if condition is very good. The current value of your Wrigley is roughly half that amount, as Mr. Ozie eluded to earlier. So, while the guy you bought this seat from might have made an honest mistake ..... its also plausible that he knew exactly what he was selling you and intentionally misrepresented it in order to make more money on you. May I ask you if you paid more than $500.00 for it, Mark?

Here's what I was told. The guy I bought the seats from got them from his grandfather who was an usher at Polo grounds. He said it was pair, but the one next to it had a crack in the cast iron. Took it to a guy who said he could fix it, and actually attempted to weld it with the wood in place and basically destroyed the other seat. He then separated them and kept the non ruined one. There was some major disgust when he told me the story. Could it be complete BS , sure, but thats what I was told. And If anyone is interested in it, let me know. It doesn't fit my collection
Matt

The guy's story is a GREAT story, Matt ..... but its just that .... a story.

The 'smoking gun' piece of evidence in the seat number. Wrigley painted its seat numbers white and in the exact size & font as your seat. Polo Grounds seat numbers were much fancier and a bit larger .... and more of a silvery-white, not white-white (see attached photos). The photos I attached show a triple Wrigley Field seat in all original/unrestored condition, courtesy of a 2008 Lelands auction. The other photo shows a few unrestored/all original Polo Grounds seat parts that are the same exact model as the Wrigley parts.

Note too that all original/unrestored Polo Grounds seats sport more of a 'Kelly Green' color than dark green.

^^^^ very subtle and interesting differences.....

Thanks for the help . Matt

Those are the three original colors that were in Met Stadium: blue, teal, green. I have them matched just about perfectly.

The older seat are way cooler looking but I'm still pretty excited about my Metrodome seat!

[IMG]http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...metrodome1.jpg[/IMG]

Is that where you're going to mount it? ;)

If it
s polo shouldnt u see the orange on the cast iron

Haha... I think my wife will veto anywhere that is too visible to company! Including the front step! :D

Just picked up my Wrigley field seat yesterday thanks to Andy Sandler. Thank you Andy for a smooth transaction and meeting me and my family in NY.

Great seat Ron. What are your plans for displaying/using it? If I recall you have a pretty wonderful stadium seat collection.

Thank you Joe. Im going to get feet for it and display it with my others. Im very happy to add a Wrigley field seat to my collection.

My stadium seats
1. Sportsman's Park, aka, Busch I (refurbished)
2. St Louis Arena, aka, Checkerdome
3. Busch Stadium II

http://bid.robertedwardauctions.com/...x?itemid=34510

The Vintage Yankees Seat went for a strong price in REA. $2000+ all-in.

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Well I guess that answers my question at roughly how much seats go for.

Thanks, Ron!
 

Thanks, Ron! Glad you like it. It was a pleasure meeting you and your family.
Regards, Andy Sandler

Jim, nice seats. If you ever want to part with your Sportman's park and Busch stadium seats I'm your guy.

I'll make note of that, Ron. However, those may be the only things my kids will want from my collection, lol (as opposed to my 180+ autographed baseballs).

lol I'd rather see them go to your children. I hope one day my son will want all of my stuff but I still have a long way to go. 180+ signed balls is pretty impressive.

Does anyone know what stadium these boards are from? I have the back slats and seats that go with them but not the standards.

They are dark blue and the numbers are a sort of cream color, and painted on with a brush, not sprayed.

Thanks for your help!

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1929 Ebbets Field Press Box Seat
Just aquired last week....

Hey guys, I wanted to share pictures of my new stadium seat. It's not necessarily true "memorabilia" and it's definitely not vintage so please indulge me!

I currently own a Metropolitan Stadium and Metrodome seat I keep in my home office:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...pshqx9xbm9.jpg

I want to complete the Minnesota Twins stadium trifecta so I reached out to the maintenance department at Target Field to see if they had any broken or unused seats they could part with. I was told all seats were kept for parts but the Twins kindly directed me to the seat vendor. So, for the past couple months I have been working with the seat manufacturer to create a "replica" Target Field seat. I haven't gotten it in possession yet but I got pictures of it this morning:

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psxwuzabe9.jpg http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psvpzsdeeh.jpg

I had them make it Row 3, seat 34 to commemorate two of the best Twins players there have been. Anyways, I am so excited about it I had to share with people that might understand! I'll post pictures once I get it with the other two.

I'm curious how much a Twins replica seat would cost?

Seals Stadium Seat
 

Seals Stadium seat, the less common box seat version. I have another one in storage here in San Francisco. If you're interested in purchasing, and you can pick up the seat in SF, email me.

Thanks,

Mike

Stadium Seat
 

I cannot find the exact origin of this stadium seat. I saw it on eBay and goes off Sunday May 9th 2015. eBay item number:281681613128

I believe that the blue stadium seat mentioned above could be from Briggs/Tiger stadium. If you look at Briggs seats they look very similar. I unfortunately forgot about this going off tonight :mad: but whoever won it got it at a pretty good price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Navin-Field-...-/291457101204

An "Arena" seat here, as opposed to a "Stadium" seat...
from the old barn on Maroons Road, known as The Winnipeg Arena.
1955-2004