Great Stuff Cartlton. Fantastic story, which is half the fun of collecting.
I would have caved, like Barry mentioned, much earlier than you for fear of losing such a great piece with apparent provenance. While it's not sports, but beer, my dad and I ran into a fellow at a show over the summer with a c. 1900 reversed glass sign in his trunk. After putting our eyeballs back in there sockets, he quoted us the price. Cash was flying as fast as we could get it in his hands before anyone else walked by. Some stuff just never shows up.
Great piece. Please post a pic of it when it's all polished and mounted.
greg
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