Recent Flea Market Finds

[cjw]

I don't assume that this is a desirable glove, but would still love to know it's approx. collectable value...and also, how to clean it properly?

It is a Rawlings (St. Louis tag) "PMM" "Stan The Man", Autograph model with "The Playmaker" and "Hinged Pad".

Any help would be appreciated...thanks!

[cjw]

Sorry..mean't to type that I assume that this ISN'T a desirable glove....but still would like your feedback...thanks!

[cjw]

Hi...also found this today. Couldn't find a similar ball on line. Is this a late 1960's ball? San Diego Chargers? Many autographs, but each one is quite faded.

Any feedback on the team...and collector's value would be appreciated...thanks!

[mjkm90]

It is a nice glove. Heavy leather piping, solid bold patch. Clean it up and it's a $75-$100 glove

[cjw]

I would love to know more about this Keith Lincoln Spalding ball. Thanks!

[Eric]

It's very very hard to make out any of the names. Can you email me anything that looks legible on the ball? I'm at ecky3@aol.com
Eric

[both-teams-played-hard]

Game Used, cards, photos or publications on the second hand market? Anywhere besides eBay. I've seen eBay listings where sellers say they have found some true relics!

[Dewey2007]

This doesn't count as necessarily a yard sale but when I was a kid I got my 1930's Hayashi Florist and 1937 Kono All-Star Japanese American flannel jerseys when my neighbor was cleaning out her garage. She said I could have whatever I found in there. Also found some old 1957 Topps and a store model Ben Chapman bat.

[sarahsdad]

I picked up Jorge Posada's game used Yankees helmet at a pawn shop in Miami in October. Incredibly coated with pine tar, still sticky and wet. #20 number on the brim, size 7.5. I have not tried to photo match it because I suck at stuff like that. Don't really have the eye for it. I asked the pawn shop guy about it and he said someone came in with a bunch of Yankee stuff during the summer and all of it had sold but the Posada helmet. I don;t usually have that kind of luck but even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.
Sarahsdad

[GoTigers]

My best find was what introduced me the hobby.. a Hack Wilson game used bat.. I found it in a small trash at an antique mall, along with some other store model bats. They were asking $60, but I talked them down to $50 because of the cracked handle. I had no idea that it was anything other than an interesting old bat, and had no idea of the value, or I would have gladly paid the asking price. Since then, I have found an old Dazzy Vance glove at an antique store (it is apparently a nice find to glove collectors) I sold it for bat money. I have also found some "common" GU bats at flea markets.