Spalding Glove

[vintage10.11]

I recently purchased this Spalding glove. There is a tag and button with "AG Spalding and Bros" on it. If anyone could give me a ballpark on the age and value I'd like to hear it. Thanks

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[vintagesportscollector]

You have what appears to be one of the holy grails of glove collecting - a Spalding webless crescent glove, c. 1890s. If it is a true webless there would be no sign of any strip of leather ever beig present between the thumb and finger. I would like to see the spalding tag better, if it looks like what I think it does, I would put this at c.1900 - 1903. Can you post a pic of the tag?

It has some condition issues, but I would put the value of $1500 - $2000. Maybe north of that, but i am not sure of the condition issues. I could be off. There are some folks here who are true experts and can give you a better idea on value too.

Where did you get the glove?

[vintage10.11]

thanks Joe. The tag is a little hard to read I just put it under a magnifying glass and the date reads 1876 0r 78 leaning towards the 6. The button is in great shape and reads A.G. SPALDING & BROS. Can't take credit for the find my wife spotted it first, down in Harrodsburg KY.

[vintagesportscollector]

The 1876 is the founding date of the company and was on all tags during certain periods in the early 20th century. Based on the tag I would put the date as 1905, no earlier. The style also looks 1905. My problem is I am not sure Spalding made a webless crescent as late as 1905. I wonder upon closer inspection if you can see remnants of a web? If so, that would change things and put your value at $800 - 1200. Still a great glove. May I ask how much you paid?

[vintage10.11]

Joe, Thanks again for all the info.There is nothing to indicate that there ever was any webbing,as far as the price don't really know it was a gift from my wife.

[vintagesportscollector]

Vintage1011, did a little more research and found a few advertisements for crescent webless gloves from 1905 to 1910. Not Spalding, but Reach, but I believe Spalding owned Reach. They were all lower end boys/youth models. So my best guess is you don't have an 1890s webless, but rather a 1905-1910 webless crescent boys fielders model. Still a great glove and gift from your wife and Ill stick with the ~$800 value. Other glove experts may chime in with more info.