19th Century Trophy Balls

jpop43 · #1 08-12-2021, 03:10 PM

My example from 1867 is of the H-Stitch variety...

aelefson · #2 08-12-2021, 06:55 PM

Paul, Wow! That is really cool and has to be one of the earliest documented figure eight style balls! Jonathan, great H stitch.

sphere and ash · #3 08-12-2021, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by aelefson

Paul, Wow! That is really cool and has to be one of the earliest documented figure eight style balls! Jonathan, great H stitch.

Thank you. The Hall has the Reach display of baseballs which I believe is from the 1876 exposition. If only they would remove the Heubach figurines or, even better, remove the balls from the case. There was also a very early Reach figure eight ball in a MEARS auction a few years ago. I was the underbidder and it’s whereabouts are unknown, at least to me. If you know where it lives, please let me know.

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