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two c1930 14 1/2" tall Football Player Statues - One Broken in Shipment
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c1930, 14 1/2" tall, plaster cast <a href="http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/?action=view&current=2427c174.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/2427c174.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/?action=view&current=c3f187dd.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/c3f187dd.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/?action=view&current=c89770a0.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/c89770a0.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> I just spent about forty minutes unpacking two football statues I got on eBay....the one with his arms wide open had a cracked left arm when I got it...but I was really surprised when I found it had significant additional damage, a broken off foot, and additional cracks in the right arm and below the knee...I don't think I've ever seen a pack job that overkill....and the shipping box is in amazingly good condition...hard to figure how it could happen there was so much padding.....When I piece it back together it stands fairly stable...see above....then see below how it looked in the eBay listing...At least the other one with hands on thighs is fine. <a href="http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/?action=view&current=33912b37.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/33912b37.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Before shipment as appeared in eBay listing <a href="http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/?action=view&current=87c1e789.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/87c1e789.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Before shipment as appeared in eBay listing The good news is it's plaster and hopefully easy to restore. I'm very happy with them, in person they look even better that I expected....very WPA 1930ish. I've been hunting antique figural sports pieces a long time and these are very rare...the size at 14 1/2" tall is monster!!!...I know they aren't for everyone....I sent photos to my friend John Gennantonio and told him I knew he would hate them....he replied back don't waste your money on that yard art!!!...I think if he saw them in person he'd "get it" though. I have a little grouping of other white plaster football statues that these will fit in perfect with....the tall one below in a stance has his nose broke off and I intend to get it fixed...reminds me of the Sphinx in Egypt...purportedly some soldiers were having fun with a cannon and shot off the nose back in the 19th century I believe...I got it from Keith Tower in Berkeley Ca...When I spotted it at his house I knew it was something....He had no idea their history...but I speculate a UC Berkeley student may have made it in an art class back in the day....I think I paid about $350.00 for it....then later I flipped him an incredible 1930's large color illustrated U.C. Berkeley baseball poster he still talks about...found it out at Alameda and just wasn't for me but I knew it had Keith written all over it...I sold it for $300.00 I think it was and there was no lag time, he bought it no haggling... <a href="http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/?action=view&current=30b9da70.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/30b9da70.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Lineman in stance 21" tall <a href="http://s213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/?action=view&current=69326ac8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/69326ac8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> |
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