Your oddest memorabilia

[perezfan]

Great piece! It’s neither Ruth nor Wagner, but is a terrific and pretty rare figural piece from the dead ball era. Nice to see that yours has the original striker. Of the few that have surfaced, only about half seem to have that piece in tact.

Cool post… eager to see more rare and oddball stuff!

[perezfan]

My pics would likely post sideways too. So here’s a brief video clip of one of my favorite oddballs. It’s an early Baseball Whistler Statue that still (barely) works!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iCbNfP71eD0

[ksfarmboy]

Here’s an early to mid 1920’s sweater with the first inception of the Pitt State Kansas Gorillas mascot. Looks more like Sasquatch🤣.

[Exhibitman]

This mailer was intended to be hung on doorknobs of newsstands to solicit sales of a newspaper special on the fight. Someone saved this circular all these years...

Honorable mention:




From the same fight. This is an entirely illegal betting slip. There was no State of New York Betting Commissioners. Great art for a bookie's device. I've been collecting others too, from other sports and other fights. Here are a pair of 1959 betting slips for football and basketball:

[Vintagedeputy]

I have the signed construction contract and sub-contractor payment checks for the house that Phillies Whiz Kid Granny Hamner and his wife had built in 1958 in Richmond, Va.

[Writehooks]

1915 brass watch fob commemorating Jess Willard's dethroning of Jack Johnson for the world heavyweight championship. Shaped like a boxing glove, the 2-inch design has Willard's name and likeness flanked by two American flags on the front, while the inscription on the reverse reads: "Redeemer of the White Race, April 5, 1915, Havana, Cuba."