Two Baseball Silks Needing Information

[1880nonsports]

unless you have Lillian Russell

[DeeDee]

The only name I recognized (of the few I have)was Louise Dresser. Thanks for your information.
DeeDee

[BobC]

The actress silks are not that valuable or widely collected unfortunately. Take Rhett's earlier estimate for the value of the baseball silks and move the decimal point at least one space to the left I'm afraid.

And as for actresses in the set that you may have heard of, the one actress who is probably the most well known of still today is Billie Burke. Not too many people will know of or have ever seen Lillian Russell in a performance. Almost everyone should know of and have seen Billie Burke perform on screen.

[1880nonsports]

Billie Burke - she's interesting but still a couple bucks. Lillian Russell in this set is RARE and QUITE EXPENSIVE. Agree that Rhett's ballpark is a little ambitious. Rhett however knows a LOT about many things :-).

[BobC]

Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

Billie Burke - she's interesting but still a couple bucks. Lillian Russell in this set is RARE and QUITE EXPENSIVE. Agree that Rhett's ballpark is a little ambitious. Rhett however knows a LOT about many things :-).

That is good to know about the Lillian Russell silks in that set. My comment was that not too many people around today will have ever heard of Lillian Russell or know who she is, which is absolutely true. Meanwhile, almost everyone, young and old, should know who Billie Burke is and have seen her on the screen performing. Plus, from what I've seen, the actress silks go for only a few bucks, at best, and I know that holds true for Billie Burke silks as well. I have never seen an actual Lillian Russell silk up for sale or auction though and thus, didn't have a clue as to how rare and valuable they are. Just out of curiosity, how valuable would you say a Lillian Russell silk is?

I'm also waiting to see if someone will admit they don't know who Billie Burke is (without Googling or searching online) and ask who she is!

[rsst206]

I collected Blossom Seeley who was married to Rube Marquard from 1917-1920
and preformed a vaudeville act together.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by rsst206

I collected Blossom Seeley who was married to Rube Marquard from 1917-1920
and preformed a vaudeville act together.

Hey Ron, that's a good one, didn't realize that. Nothing different back then from what they're still doing today. Verlander and Kate Upton are a similar example I would think.

Ron, Merry Christmas by the way.