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mrkrab
02-18-2015, 01:16 PM
Is this a real Brooklyn bum nodder?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brooklyn-Dodgers-Bum-Hobo-Clown-Mascot-with-Pennant-Paper-Mache-Nodder-Bobble-/321602150249?pt=US_Baseball_Fan_Shop&hash=item4ae0fb5f69
ooo-ribay
02-19-2015, 10:18 AM
Hmmmmm......I've never seen it :confused:
JayZim13
02-19-2015, 11:57 AM
I have never seen this before. Nor have I ever seen the bum looking like that. Maybe a bobbin head but NOT a Brooklyn Dodger
perezfan
02-19-2015, 12:30 PM
Gee, it's not at all deceiving to surround the nodder with Brooklyn Pennants and even to place one in his hand.... How convenient!
The sad thing is that someone a bit less seasoned and more impressionable will probably buy this. I am 99% sure that the hand originally held one of those "Tied Handkerchiefs" on a stick. Hobos like this were big in the '60s, and were portrayed in cheap paintings, bed sheets, underwear, pajamas.... virtually everywhere. This is almost certainly a generic Hobo Nodder, magically transformed into a baseball piece. :mad:
lefty147
02-19-2015, 01:28 PM
They have been selling those for years. No telling how many they have.
Duluth Eskimo
02-19-2015, 02:02 PM
Just a generic piece like others have mentioned with no ties to the Dodgers whatsoever. Like Perezfan said, nice props in the background.
mrkrab
02-19-2015, 02:48 PM
So this is probably fake to. Looks so real with his backdrop!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brooklyn-Dodgers-Baseball-Mascot-Hobo-Bum-Porcelain-Figurine-Figure-Statue-/221684673460?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item339d6fabb4
Duluth Eskimo
02-19-2015, 10:29 PM
I don't believe the nodder is a fake, I just don't believe it has any direct ties to the Dodgers. It is probably vintage, but post Brooklyn.
mrkrab
04-24-2015, 02:31 PM
dated 1962
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wooden-Japan-Clown-Bobblehead-/271848119896?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=rDwWYXtfTZ4yqF6jHUOu4xk4pXo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc