Red Stockings baseball bat stand

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Posted By: <b>brock</b><p>Hi<br />This is at a upcoming auction. I dont know anything about it, can any of you tell me what it was used for and also what the value would be around. Thanks<br /><br /><img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r147/yanks12025/fi54.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Mike H</b><p>It looks like the decal from Red Stockings Cigars. I have no idea what it is adhered to.

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Posted By: <b>brock</b><p>Hey, im lookign at a yankee stadium ticket box and it kinda looks like this red stockins one. But the yankee one has a top and two hands.

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Posted By: <b>Mike H</b><p>That sounds reasonable to me. The gozillion dollar question remains: Is the decal a vintage original or a reproduction?

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Posted By: <b>Mike H</b><p>Here is an original label.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2006/970.html#photos" target="_new" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2006/970.html#photos</a" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/auction/2006/970.html#photos</a</a>>

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Posted By: <b>brock</b><p>Hi<br />I have no idea if its real or not. I'll call them sometime this week and ask some questions.

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Posted By: <b>Mike H</b><p>The image you posted doesn't look like it has the border of the original. Also, the original is 5" x 5". If this piece is waist high, that decal may be a little big.

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Posted By: <b>brock</b><p>Maybe it was a bat tube that held the red stockings bats? Lets hope that Rob or Barry could chime in on it if they know anything. Mike i think its from that time period. thanks

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I've never seen it before, but my gut says it is homemade. I'll guess it is a reprint label glued on sometime in the recent past. Why would a bat stand have a cigar label glued to it?