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Runscott
05-17-2014, 10:29 AM
I forgot to bid on this before it ended yesterday - has got to be the weirdest baseball-related cabinet card I've ever seen:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFg2NjY=/z/QuAAAOxyi-ZTbX5h/$_57.JPG?rt=nc
SikSyko
05-17-2014, 10:38 AM
It is weird but I like it for some reason.
pariah1107
05-17-2014, 10:41 AM
"It's all for you Damien" The Omen (1976)
ethicsprof
05-17-2014, 10:59 AM
I'm glad that you forgot to bid on this scary thing.
Weirdest, I've ever seen---in baseball.
best,
barry
khkco4bls
05-17-2014, 11:02 AM
Luv it. Strange but great doll.
1880nonsports
05-17-2014, 11:16 AM
although mounted photo might be more appropriate. I'd guess 1908 or perhaps a skosh earlier? I'm no expert. I really like it. I used to buy doll photos and circus or black themed photos to sell on feeBay in the mid 1990's to feed my own habit of women base ball players cabinets. I figured as long as I was going to photo and ephemera shows AND ebay was just being born..... After 3/4 years doll collector's interest in them leveled off like much of what was old and new after they were exposed to the medium - the market matured and corrected with the internet. Circus oddities and african americanna seems to have remained as it was. I kept a few examples of each genre.
That being said I might have developed a strange attraction to unusal doll photos as a result of my travails :( A weird shot like yours will always hold it's value - I've never encountered one with a base ball uniform and the overall spookyness draws the viwer in. I'd keep it - but if not - you can shoot me a number......:D
didn't see you slept the auction. Sorry about that....
seattlerainiers
05-24-2014, 01:06 PM
Here's a postcard (AZO arrows up back) of the same early AL "Chucky" doll:
perezfan
05-24-2014, 07:30 PM
It's circa 1914-15.
The first 3 links show the Federal League version.
The 4th link describes the American League version as pictured above (thankfully, no picture). There was also a National League variation...
http://www.lelands.com/Auction/AuctionDetail/21242/December-2004/Sports/Ernie-Davis/Lot1400~Federal-League-1915-Baseball-Composition-Doll
http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2007/886.html
http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=92047
http://legendaryauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=1210
perezfan
05-24-2014, 07:46 PM
And an even freakier, more nightmare-inducing doll...
http://www.huntauctions.com/LIVE/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=27&lot_num=296&lot_qual=
Here's an apparent match to the one posted by Dave, as evidenced by the two little teeth, mitt-like hands, and the widely spaced belt loops...
http://www.huntauctions.com/LIVE/imageviewer_online.cfm?auction_num=37&lot_num=845&lot_qual=
And finally found the NL Doll.... Pricey!!
http://www.huntauctions.com/LIVE/imageviewer_online.cfm?auction_num=16&lot_num=898&lot_qual=
asoriano
05-24-2014, 08:04 PM
And an even freakier, more nightmare-inducing doll...
http://www.huntauctions.com/LIVE/imageviewer.cfm?auction_num=27&lot_num=296&lot_qual=
Nightmare-inducing is right! :eek:
1880nonsports
05-24-2014, 09:42 PM
and share - thanks for taking the time as it's appreciated.