2013 Natiional Sports Collectors Convention Story

PART 1

2013 NATIONAL SPORTS COLLECTORS CONVENTION

Net54Baseball.com Dinner

The Three Bills Room

Corey Leiby Collection

PART 2

2013 NATIONAL SPORTS COLLECTORS CONVENTION

POST-CON ROAD TRIP

John Gennantonio Collection

The 2013 National

By Carlton Hendricks

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WALK THRU - SHARED BOOTH OF BROTHERS

RHETT YEAKLEY OF STARS OF THE DIAMOND,

AND RHYS YEAKLEY OF RMY AUCTIONS

Next up, Mark Lodolinski of Johnstown PA had a very rare tabletop pinball type game featuring Tommy Bridges, star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in the 1930's, who later slid downhill from drink after retirement...Ralph Berger did a very good story on him you can read on the SABR website did. Dave Czuba of Dave's Sports Collectibles from Duncansville PA had a worn and little dirty 22" x 21" piece of carpet from Mickey Mantle's restaurant, signed by Mantle. It came with a letter of authentication from PSA/DNA Authentication Services, $5,000.00. It was a National kind of piece...interesting!


Shared Booth of Brett Lowman left, and William Peebles right

Next we come to one of the strongest booths of the show...That of the shared booth of Brett Lowman from East Granby, CT, and William Peebles from Norwell, MA...Right as I got into their booth I spotted what turned out the regret of the show...regret I didn't get it that is....Brett had a great English biscuit tin with great graphics of rugby and soccer stars of the 1890's...and it was big, 7" tall by 7" wide by 4 1/2" deep....So I'm looking it over and knew immediately it was rare...I had never seen it before...It was pretty worn but still completely intact...But here lie the problem...It was about 9:00AM and I'm not a morning person and couldn't quite focus on what I was dealing with...In turn I was having a hard time deciding to buy it or not...Brett quoted me $175.00...I thought it was cool but the condition had me doubting if it was the right move...So I said to Brett, what's the best you can do....Like the total gentleman he is, he goes...for you $150.00...So I probably would have gotten it at that price...Then just as I'm standing there thinking about it, my friend Ryan Sims walks up....I thought, great I'll get a second opinion...Ryan will likely understand this piece...So I look at Ryan and motion to the tin....what do you think...should I get this?....Brett said he'd take $150.00...Ryan was mum and his face was pure disappointment...Dude he said..."I had that in my hand looking for Brett to get a price but couldn't find him"...I hesitated but he obviously wanted it bad....I said alright then you get it....As the day wore on and I woke up I sure regretted not pulling the trigger before I saw Ryan...

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Even the next day it was still on my mind. Finally that night in my hotel room I figured I'd get to the bottom of just how rare it was...I emailed Jan Goedhart in Holland...I met Jan years ago on eBay...he's probably the world's most knowalagble person on European tins....eBay handle tincollectors...Below our exchange:

To: tincollectors
Sent Date: Jul-31-13 21:36:00 PDT

Dear tincollectors,

Hi Jan, Carlton Hendricks here in California...we've discussed sports tins before...Say I was at a show yesterday and I missed out on a tin I've never seen before...See it attached....how often do you see this tin?...

by the way...there is tin of track runners on a V shaped tin...how often do you see that one?
Thanks -Carlton

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Hi Carlton,
Good to hear from you..the Rugby tin (an English biscuit) is very, very rare. I have seen it but not had it before.The V shaped tin is a Huntley and Palmers biscuit tin from the 1890s. Also quite rare. In good condition $500 and up. I don't have one for sale.

Cheers, Jan
- tincollectors

When the world's leading authority has only seen it, never had one...It's rare!....In all likely hood the greatest rarest Rugby tin on the planet...and it was in my hand for a measly $150.00....AARRGGHH! I'd have had a hard time squeezing it in with the rest of my sports tin collection...but I'd have figured something out.

Tin collection of Carlton Hendricks

Ok so enough with that...let's take a look at the rest of what the BrettWill's had. First up was a c1910, 16 ¼” tall by 13” wide composite photo with oval portraits of baseball team members. Was a pretty special photo in that the portraits surrounded a photo of a very nice trophy in the center…plus the portrait at bottom center was a dog…no doubt the adopted mascot…very cool. The players had W on their collared jerseys. Brett advised it may have been a Pennsylvania team. Water stain in backing at top right, $95.00..lotta bang for the buck. Next was a 20 1/4" wide by 16 1/2" tall composite photo of the 1933 season Cleveland High School football team in St Louis MO., see photos below. The portraits surrounded a photo of the Yale Bowl Trophy which was given by the Yale Alumni Association of St. Louis. Research reveals they won the right to display the trophy at their school permantaly that year...click below for more details. $95.00...Had I known it's history when I saw it I'd have likely gotten it!

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Next was a well worn crescent fielders baseball glove, $550.00. Next, an eight spoke football helmet by Stall and Dean, great condition, great logo, $1,600.00. The helmet actually belonged to Corey Leiby, Brett was selling it for him. Next, an eight spoke football helmet with unusual wooly padding $1,200.00. The helmet belonged to Rob Mucha from Southern Cal. Rob said he was selling it to trade-up to another eight spoke. Next was a c1910 "sewn web" YMCA baseball glove, $850.00. Brett said it was his favorite find out of the May 2013 Brimfield. See below

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c1910 "sewn web" YMCA baseball glove, $850.00

Brett's favorite find at May 2013 Brimfield

Next Brett had a 9” tall x 7” wide heavy cardstock picture mat with an oval picture opening. The mat featured an illustration of a Columbia flag on a flag pole in the top left corner. At the bottom right corner was an illustration of three football players in action wearing union suits, one kicking the ball. Opposite the football players at bottom left was the inscription “Ray Ray Ray C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a”…seemed like it should have said Rah Rah Rah but what the ray…I mean hay…$125.00. Next up was a purported golf hat that had my attention. I thought it may have been a baseball cap, as it seems I've seen pictures that looked like it...possibly from the 1860 era. It had the number 15 sewn on the front, which seemed odd for a golf hat, $275.00. Next was a c1910 canvass and leather dog ear football helmet, Really nice condition, belonged to Rob Mucha, $700.00. Next up was another canvass and leather dog ear football helmet. Had the initials WDF written inside, may have been a little earlier than the former, $1,100.00. Next was another item from Brett's booth that kind of had me going...a framed vintage color print of a racehorse named Shimonese. Really nice colors and big. I was kind of considering getting it but ended up leaving it....and now that I have time to look it up I see Shimonese won the Queen's Plate race in 1909, the biggest horserace in Canada...And guess what...I have a huge c1900 Queen's Plate poster put out by Seagram's that it would have great with...That is of course, if I could find a place to hang it...

Next up a c1920 baseball team photo, nothing really standout about it but it did have a black player on the team...maybe the catcher as he's sitting next to the catchers equipment, 23 1/2" by 19", $95.00. Next up was another baseball team photo, this one a little nicer, team was wearing nice uniforms with pillbox caps, and PMA on their chests, 29" by 24", $125.00. Last mention in Brett's booth could have been the first as it was kind of the centerpiece...a great c1920 yard long style color football print titled "Touchdown?", signed by J.D. Whiting. Was a real head turner, featured an exciting scrimmage scene of a player laying on the ground at the goal line with the ball right on the line, 45 1/2" wide by 15 1/2" tall, $900.00. I'm pretty sure I saw it earlier in the Three Bills room., see below

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"TOUCHDOWN"

By J.D. Whiting, 45 1/2" x 15 1/2", Offered by Brett Lowman, $900.00

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