September Pickups Thread

[BrockJacob]

Just got this in today. Something I've wanted for a while and was very pleased with the price.

[khkco4bls]

nice piece, but it looks faded. where was it purchased.

[thekingofclout]

1930sMIBcatchersglove.jpg

[perezfan]

That Denkert Mitt is pristine.... makes you wonder how it withstood all those years, untouched by time.

Here's one that I picked up in Mears... not Mint like Jimmy's, but still in great shape considering its age. It's a turn of the century Buckskin Workman's glove. Rare to find these still in tact, without the asbestos lining chewed to shreds (or missing completely...)

[rickybulldog50]

Absolutely thrilled to pick this up! I've always wanted a photo box! Great gloves guys!

[base_ball]

Love that Stevengraph, Brock. It looks much better than it appeared in its online depiction...in fact, I can say with, ehem, great authority that the underbidder would have cost you even more money if he knew it was so nice. True, it's a bit faded and not perfect, but these are quite hard to come by. Nice pickup.

[Mr. Mitt]

Originally Posted by perezfan

That Denkert Mitt is pristine.... makes you wonder how it withstood all those years, untouched by time.

Here's one that I picked up in Mears... not Mint like Jimmy's, but still in great shape considering its age. It's a turn of the century Buckskin Workman's glove. Rare to find these still in tact, without the asbestos lining chewed to shreds (or missing completely...)

It's a nice looking glove, but a full-web about 10-15 years past turn of the century, and definitely not a workman's glove (who's time of production was long over by the time the turn of the century came along). I hate the semantic games sellers and auction houses play in descriptions. The definition of "turn of the century" is open ended, but a decade after, to me, is not 1900. More importantly, "workman's style" is NOT a workman's glove. Workman's gloves do not have webbings of any kind. MEARS' photo, it appears, tried to hide the fact that there is a full web on this glove. I truly hope you noticed this and weren't fooled by the camera angle.

The other misrepresentation that's too prevalent in glove descriptions (though not in this case) is calling any crescent glove a workman's. Workman's gloves do not have crescents, they predated them. The chronology of glove production through the early part of the century is:

Fingerless
Workman's (no web and no crescent)
Webless Crescent
Crescent with a Web
Full Web (no crescent)
One Inch Web

Even this outline could be further defined. Webless crescents are perfect examples. Earlier specimens are narrower and taller compared to squatter, shorter models that followed.

In any event, be careful with auction descriptions as they don't always correctly represent the the item. The MEARS write-up was not untruthful, but semantics were played with to make the glove appear more desirable than it truly is by loosely throwing terms around.

[Mr. Mitt]

If that were a true workman's glove, given it's condition and having a patch (the earliest manufacturer's patch on a glove appeared on webless crescents), it would have been a steel 10x higher than its hammer price. It likely would have approached five figures.

[perezfan]

Well, I suppose Bushing and Kinunen should have known better than to portray it that way. Still, I like the glove for what I paid. I switched over to that one after Ricky outbid me on the Hornsby w/Box...

My finger was on the key to bid again on the Hornsby, but I switched to this one, and refrained. Even if it's not a workman's glove, its a nice full-web from a rare manufacturer.

Ricky... please tell me you would have gone another increment higher on Hornsby, so I don't have to see that damned thing in my sleep tonight! I thought it was a great piece for that money...

[BrockJacob]

Originally Posted by khkco4bls

nice piece, but it looks faded. where was it purchased.

The silk itself is a little faded. I figure its to be expected after some 120-130 years. But the mat is in really nice shape and still has the original advertisement on the back.
And it came off ebay.