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CarltonHendrickshttp://www.sportsantiques.com/06natpage1.htm
Kirk Kovacs had an example of that catalog at the 2006 National for $1,500.00. Kirk always has great stuff, all baseball. I shot the heck out of his catalog for my story, I was so impressed with it. I ended up posting 3 photos and 13 links to more photos of the inside. If you scroll down to his booth via the link above you'll see them.
I’m starting to think maybe that 1889-90 one was graphically, the best Spalding catalog, at least multi-sport one, they produced. I’ve never seen a better I can recall.
That’s the good, the downside is I’ve mostly stayed away from those pamphlet type catalogs because they’re so fragile it bugs me. I feel like every time I pick it up to look thru it, one of the pages or the cover is going to come loose. Spalding Guides are the perfect example. Nevertheless, for the $393.88 this one went for I’d definitely make an exception. That cover is something else!! Does anyone have a Spalding advertising poster with comparable graphics?