[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by springpin

I have created a nice display professionally mounted in a shadow box. It features a wooden bat (about six inches in length), a mini ball, a catcher's mitt, a first baseman's mitt, and an infielder's mitt. I agree the term "salesman's sample" has been misused. Over the years some people have told me these types of mitts that hang as dangles beneath pinbacks as dangles were salesman's samples. They are just adornments. My mitts run about 5-6 inches and have high quality stitching. The final two items are the scarcest: a home plate (replete with the maker's name and address) and a catcher's mask. The only problem with the display is proportionality. The three different types of mitts are all bigger than the home plate.

It took me about 20 years to find all the pieces. If I ever learn how to connect a picture taken with a camera to an email, I will send it in.

springpin, Well you've got my curiosity up...Would like to see the ensemble...Especially the catchers mask...and the home plate...you say the home plate has a makers name and address...sounds like it could well indeed be a legit salesman sample...which would be very cool...twenty years putting it all together sounds very interesting.

When you say "a picture taken with a camera" are you speaking of a digital camera or old school with actual film? If old school you can take a photo of the photo with a digital camera and it can come out reasonably well...Either way sounds like you need to Google a tutorial on YouTube on how to do it...If I can help you're welcome to email or PM me thru this site...If you get hung up on anything I could even try to help you by phone.