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Rob/ooo-ribay...Yes that Argentor catalog is from my library…you have a very good eye…it’s insanely rare…never seen or heard of another…got it out of Istanbul…I speculate many jewelery stores in Vienna and other occupied regions during WWII that had them were plundered and shuttered by the Nazi’s and few of these catalogs survive…I have four or five sports statues that are in it…Speed Ice Skater…Motorcycle rider…that swimmer…a wrestling group…and I think another I forget… Matt/Kzoo…Agree…turn over every rock is my policy… Jim H / jimtigers65...Last Sacramento fair was weak you didn’t miss much…I did a pre-arranged trade for this large color tinted 1925 yachting photo…I’m sure it was taken on San Francisco bay…but exactly where I won’t know till I can get time to research it…The Golden Gate Bridge was opened in 1937 and east of it the Bay Bridge opened in 1936…so this photo of the bay would pre-date both…I’m thinking that might be Alcatraz on the left and Mt. Diablo on the right in the far distance…to be confirmed though…the only other thing I got was a ski trail sign…crazy I know but may fit in good with my Alpine antiques… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/qzR6n8.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/zDSvA0.jpg Joe Hunter…thanks glad you like the 04’ Big Game poster… |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/7BZxev.jpg As you all know one of the most exciting things in collecting is finding something you’ve never seen before…I stumbled onto this c1940 souvenir napkin dispenser on eBay recently and bought it. I had never seen one before so knew it was rare…So how do you date something like this?. You start by looking for an expert long time Indy collector…I learned there is a collector group called The National Indianapolis 500 Collectors Club. I located a former president of the club president John Darlington…part of the conversation below…. Question from Carlton: Have you seen other examples? I’ve been collecting 35 years…never seen one…Can you tell me the year it was made and sold. Anything else you can tell me would be great to know. Answer from John: I too got one of these off of eBay about 15-20 years ago for less than $50 but, it was missing the holder in the back and the condition is a bit worse (see photo). Including yours and mine I've seen one or two others. Based on the style of car depicted this is ca. 1940 and as to what it cost then, a program was 25 cents and tickets were $1 and up so maybe in that ballpark - 50 cents? $1? Guess if you could afford a ticket you could afford 50 cents or $1 for a souvenir. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/TPj0U1.jpg The fact John had only seen three including his own confirmed my intuition how rare it is…The only marking is a transfer ware label partly worn away. Fortunately you can make out “Souvenir of Indianapolis “ “ “” I would speculate there was a “500” after Indianapolis…as it’s the only thing I can think of that would fit the space left…. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/HyQGrX.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/s426mb.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/VFpKNN.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/akyOp5.jpg Below are other Indy 500 things from my collection https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/jIF8lf.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/OUiQKt.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/gTfNG4.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/lk1wIn.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/8XRBtb.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/NcdAlF.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/021nYW.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/FoPzg3.jpg |
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If you were a mother living in the suburbs west of Boston you knew about the Carter's store in Needham. It was about the size of a Kohls if I remember correctly. My mother took us there many times in the late 60's and early 70's. The original family was bought out in the 1990's. Here is a link from the Needham Historical Society about them: https://needhamhistory.org/walk/carter-company/ |
Carlton you never cease to amaze -- that Indy napkin dispenser is off the charts!
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Must be nice to have the space for all this.
The size of many of your collectibles are amazing Keeping sharing your pictures |
Carlton.......I'm a huge racing fan and that 1911 panoramic is incredible. What's the backstory on it? Where did you find it? I love the 3 distant cars coming down the front stretch with a cloud of dust being kicked up behind them....and of course, the whole track surface back then consisted of bricks, hence the 'Brickyard' nickname. Great stuff!
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As a nearly lifelong resident of Indiana, I must say that the Indianapolis 500 souvenirs, are absolutely amazing. I love seeing history preserved.
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COPIED FROM A 2019 FACEBOOK POST: http://www.sportsantiques.com/golf_stuff.htm The Lord blessed me with some really great pieces recently….A few years ago a guy from Atlanta emailed me asking if I wanted to sell a rare Bobby Jones golf poster that I got back in 1994…I think he’s a neurosurgeon…I wasn’t interested and declined…about a month ago he emailed again wanting to buy it…again I essentially said thanks but no thanks…and that was it...just a courteous exchange… I guess I had a lot on my plate and wasn’t thinking…because I remember about a week later it dawned on me I didn’t ask him if he had anything for sale…which you always want to do when you meet a fellow collector…it’s called shaking the bushes…So I emailed him back the following: Sent: Friday, March 29, 2019 4:02 PM Subject: Bobby Jones exhibition poster Hello again sir…By the way…tell me about your collection…would like to see some photos…do you just collect Golf?...attached a recent pickup… -carlton So he writes back that he just collects golf but had some pieces in storage…One was this NASCAR sign…said he got it out of Leland’s about 10 years ago....said he saw it while looking for golf stuff in the back of the catalog...and as much that he knew it was important and got it…plus he told me about two other racing pieces he had…two large panoramic photos of the Indianapolis 500 race…one for the very first race in 1911….the other for the second race in 1912…I got the 1911 pano and the NASCAR sign…. The guy told me the frame was later…but when I got it I could see it was about same period as the photo c1911…and the glass is wavy…which is a big deal with me…and on the NASCAR…wow…I sort of have a piece of the old south….as NASCAR was sort of born out of good’ol boys running moonshine…has very southern roots…This sign must have traveled with the NASCAR emergency crew from track to track…NASCAR started in the late 1940’s and I think this sign is from the early 1950’s…extremely rare….I doubt there is another one… https://lelands.com/bids/the-first-i...otograph--1911 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/eiWrA5.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/VDQirl.png |
As others have said, a tour of Carlton’s museum would be awesome. So much to see!
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Michael B….thank you so much for that information…I knew a little about the Carter Company but that really supplies a lot…even that William Carter’s son, William Henry, was a cricket player there in Needham Massachusetts…Here’s another example of Carter’s employing basketball as an advertising vehicle...a magazine print ad…that renown basketball collector Rob Lahammer was kind enough to send me…Interesting that basketball was invented in Springfield Massachusetts about 85 miles away from Needham Massachusetts where Carter’s was headquartered… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/IA5EZe.jpg |
1893 Yale Calander
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Here would likely be my last significant pickup of 2021…although you never know…in 35 years collecting I don’t recall ever seeing one of these…That’s not surprising though….considering how fragile it is…how many could survive at 17 7/8” x 13 ¾”, on cardstock. It even retains its original hang string…Subjectively it’s probably the best sports calendar I’ve ever seen…The way it’s laid out has me…with the angled team photos perched on all four corners…and iconic athletic structures…that’s Yale Field top left…the Yale boat house top right…At bottom center is the Old Yale Gymnasium that had just opened in 1893…which preceded the current Paine Whitney Gymnasium…Then there’s Yale’s bulldog mascot Handsome Dan bottom right…and a football player resembling Amos Alonzo Stag leaning on the iconic Yale Fence…presumably pictured for nostalgia’s sake since the beloved Yale Fence was removed in 1888…And as a special bonus I think that's the great Frank Hinkey second row down on the far right of the football team photo...looking meaner than everyone else... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/E1kCbh.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ndUHzt.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/c3q0PL.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/yzTR3y.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/2FCsM2.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/CxCqIA.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ptoZcw.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/VPLzxD.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/04G9zt.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/8F9yjg.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/IcwZw3.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/PAPy1A.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/vbDsvd.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Lcib15.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/dZNDV2.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Y6lzA9.jpg |
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Auburn & Wright Indian Motorcycle Spark Plug Crate
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I just received these two piece and unpacked them the other day…The wooden crate is from about 1913 era…The Auburn & Wright company was subsidiary of the New York Mica & Manufacturing Company…as indicated on the viewers left side of the crate (see N. Y. M & M Co.)…Mica was a mineral used in making spark plugs similar to porcelains use in that it acted as an insulator… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/b68ply.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Q4LWVZ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/jqFyft.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/uEtQoY.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/sSmQxy.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/KwGCC6.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/6Jy4GQ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/OsNuGA.jpg I got this out of an auction with a ton of great motorcycle memorabilia….pennants, jerseys, posters, about a dozen helmets, and all sorts of great stuff…there was a lot of things I’d have liked to have gotten but I had to decide what had priority…after studying everything carefully I decided this crate was the end all and I had to have it…Auburn & Wright appear to have been around from about 1913 to 1917….that was right when motorcycle racing was just taking off…So I knew this crate was an incredible piece of history and to just let the other stuff go…It’ll go perfect with my motorcycle stuff… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/JD3m0p.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/wfYJyf.jpg I bid on four items in the auction...the crate, and this Cromwell racing helmet…Of all the helmets…and there were some great ones…This one stood out for me because of the number and name on it and the blue color was unique…I lost a footboard to an Excelsior…and a v cool flat track hot shoe with worn red paint… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/zBAPkI.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/QMlUAp.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/sKBKUI.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/GiTnem.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/rwSes3.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/HTL7vs.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Uc1kBW.jpg |
Excellent as usual, like the Indian association.
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Who was Tim Callahan
This was always one of my favorite posts...so I'm rehashing it here
Originally posted February 25th 2014 <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/LSTimCallahanD_zpsb9769e8c.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo LSTimCallahanD_zpsb9769e8c.jpg"/> I picked up this Lucky Strike trolley car sign this last November from fellow board member WillowGrove, thank you Peter!....I actually had seen it about 6 months prior on eBay and when it got past $100.00 or so I bailed because of the condition...mostly forgot about it until one day I saw it in the Net54 BST section...Peter and I arm wrestled over a month I think it was...and we finally made the deal...It was a partial trade and cash deal but the total dollar amount was quite a bit more than the $100 I bowed out at on eBay...but it just kept speaking to me...Regardless of the condition where would I ever find another Lucky Strike trolley with an Ivy League football player from 1919...it really was my kind of piece...So what the hay I finally bit the bullet... It wasn't like there was a lot of background on Callahan...I had to do some digging...Once I found the Times Square photo below I started thinking...who is this guy...20 years old...has his mug plastered on Times Square!...Employed as a national advertising vehicle...Yes he was the Yale football Captain but I couldn't find anything really extraordinary...then when I read about his blue blood Boston heritage and all...dating Rose Fitzgerald (later Rose Kennedy)...I think maybe he was just hooked up with the right crowd...Then I was curious what ever happened to him...Went on to a career lawyering first for the Justice Department fighting for prohibition...then later with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a prosecutor...So now I just have to get it restored!... <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/LuckyStrikeTim_zpsc39c0dd8.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo LuckyStrikeTim_zpsc39c0dd8.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/LuckyStrikeTimCallahanSignCloseRed_zps4dfc6b33.jpg " border="0" alt=" photo LuckyStrikeTimCallahanSignCloseRed_zps4dfc6b33.jpg "/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/JohnT1_zps20e3209b.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo JohnT1_zps20e3209b.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/CallahanBrothersYalevsPrinceton_zpsd50d5c6b.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo CallahanBrothersYalevsPrinceton_zpsd50d5c6b.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/TeamBlue_zpsce002f79.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo TeamBlue_zpsce002f79.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/Scores_zps0aabae6c.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo Scores_zps0aabae6c.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/FloridaSighting_zpscbe7073d.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo FloridaSighting_zpscbe7073d.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/1_zps389a3a13.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 1_zps389a3a13.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/2_zps82ab8a38.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2_zps82ab8a38.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/3_zpsa9de9c1c.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 3_zpsa9de9c1c.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/R1_zpsf7a86bbc.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo R1_zpsf7a86bbc.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/R2_zps3f7a3c7c.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo R2_zps3f7a3c7c.jpg"/> <img src="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/CarltonHendricks/R3_zps6589917c.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo R3_zps6589917c.jpg"/> |
^^^^ Would Tim Callahan have been able to endorse Luckys while at Yale or would that sign have been made shortly after he graduated?
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Show your hat boxes...here is probably the best I've ever seen...saw it tonight in an old 2013 National story linked above...it was in the Springfield Antiques Center in Springfield Ohio...probably should have bought it...priced right and all, I just didn't want to deal with getting all the way home...plus the size...hat boxes....cigar boxes....that crate I just bought...take up a lot of real estate...nevertheless I should have bought and had them ship it...never seen a better... Carlton, Those Springfield, OH antique centers are pretty extensive. There are 3 good ones within two exits on Rte 70. I stopped at them on my way to The National last summer. I found a certificate signed by BB HOFer Morgan Bulkeley and an item signed by one of the original photographers from the 1896 Olympics, Burton Holmes. I sort of skimmed the display cases since I still had a little bit of a drive to Indianapolis. Seeing 15-20 rows of 8 foot tall glass cases is pretty impressive. I saw a lot of Ohio State items and other sports memorabilia. If you wanted to look real close in every case you could spend a day in each one. |
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Here's my latest boat stuff...I struck gold recently...picked up these two pieces back to back...I was on the lookout for one of these air intake cowls a long time...passed on ones I later wished I'd gotten...when I was still learning stage...but recently I got this one that blows the others out of the water...I wasn't expecting to find one this good....in person it's stunning...practically looks like a statue in my collection... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/6LTKt7.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/tGVlwL.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/jDy6uf.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ZcKXPY.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/fGsdbp.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/R1vDH4.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/r3CVQm.jpg And then...there was this boat steering wheel...best boat steering wheel I'd ever seen...guesstimate about c1920...Paid more than I wanted to go but good ones like this just don't show up so went for it...it's my third one... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/87JgZT.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/ZoFNbB.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/cvOMTz.jpg |
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Scott…oh my gosh what a hoot…you really got a laugh out of me…I need a get-up like that…
Ron…Thanks for asking that…I always ask the same question with these steering wheels…I’ve yet to find a wheel with markings you could research…so there isn’t any science to it…no one has published on it…I’m still learning the ropes but basically you have to ask questions as to where it came from…and gather as much intel you can before buying…As for this one…There’s no makers marks to prove its from a Gar Wood boat but the engraving is very unusual…and over-all it has an unusual look….intuition said I could regret not getting it even though it was pricey….seller told me later that the collection he got it from was in Springfield Ontairo Canada…which is right there in the Great Lakes region, sort of the motherland of early powerboating…Gar Wood…Hacker…Chris-Craft…Dodge… were all there in that region…Not to mention the renown Canadian boat builders of the Muskokas region of Ontario… Port Carling, Ditchburn, Minett-Shields, Greavette, and Duke…As for the difference between an automobile and boat steering wheel…I asked one classic boat authority this question about my wheel: Is there any way to tell for sure it’s from a boat?....He wrote back: “Many boats used automotive wheels, so it probably was from a car manufacturer. Whether or not it was ever in a car, who knows”…I could see that in some instances…but for those high end powerboats that went to the mega-rich of the day…I might speculate special wheels were made…After this post you’ll be noticing every antique steering wheel you see LOL… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/JApSAG.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/C6bCCM.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/0wv4Lt.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/3U6EoG.jpg |
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the lesson is if u are not sure ask someone that may know more than u the one pic of the garwood top left corner with the 4 spoke wheel makes sense as to why this may be from a garwood |
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Seeing these recent posts reminded me of visiting the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY on the St. Lawrence River. It is an absolutely fantastic museum and you can actually take rides on the river in one of the wood boats they have restored.
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Just unpacked this terra cotta tobacco jar of famed English horseracing jockey Fred Archer 1857-1886…Over the years I’d seen stevengraphs and I think maybe tobacco cards of Fred Archer, but never knew much about him...But I was attracted to this because it was figural…once I got it unpacked and displayed I was glad I got it…has some cracks but for a buck fifty I can live with it…came from England. A tragic figure but great at what he did… Frederick James "Fred" Archer Born 11 January 1857 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Died November 8, 1886, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom Fred Archer, also known by the nickname The Tin Man, was an English flat race jockey of the Victorian era, described as "the best all-round jockey that the turf has ever seen". Delirious from wasting and the loss of his wife during childbirth, he took his own life at the age of 29. alchetron.com https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/0bfMis.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/fwDkne.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/OI3b9H.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/L1L6B6.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/gv8li2.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/5MZYBR.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/gWT7JS.jpg |
Evinrude
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As always, one of my favorite threads on N54, keep em coming Carlton
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Everitt Race Car Photo
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I initially saw this photo at the Nov. 2021 Grass Valley Old West show…I bought a bunch of stuff that weekend and had to pass…but four months went by and it was still on my mind…but I couldn’t recall the dealer to see if he still had it…I saw him set up at the San Francisco Book and Paper fair in February…He didn’t bring it but said he still had it…problem was he lived 5hrs away in Three Rivers Calif near Fresno…So last week he texted me he would be set up a the Gas City Saloon show in Stockton April 16th….So finally I went and bought it… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/aI5uwI.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/WCuGe0.jpg The Everitt was manufactured from 1909 until 1912 by the Metzger Motor Car Company in Detroit…there were quite a few cars made in Detroit back then by different companies you’ve probably never heard of…Personal and jobbing out were all very intertwined…bodies made to order for other companies…seats and interiors jobbed out…and a lot of buy outs…Chrysler buying dodge…etc..etc…it was kind of the wild west of manufacturing…as the automobile was selling like hot cakes… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/3lRNHd.jpg I’ve had it two days and still can’t sort it all out…Not sure where the track is…It looks perhaps like it was a practice run....as I don’t see any other cars…For me several aspects make it exceptional…First the 30” x 12” size is rare for that early…I’m all about big photos…The frame looks original from the 1910 period and the glass is wavy so I’m convinced it was produced in the same era it represents….so it’s “old”…Then you have the wide angle view…almost panoramic….The image says a lot…look at that stream of dust coming out from behind the front right wheel…then look at the cloud of dust extending all the way around the track…That’s good photography…good capture…The three gentleman standing in the track are interesting…they don’t look like fans….more like company principles very interested in how fast it can go…the one on the right looks like he may be holding a stopwatch… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/EYomyp.jpg It’s all about the clues with photos like these…little tell-tale nuances that help you figure out the who what where…In this instance there really isn’t a lot to go on…But having the EVERITT on the hood is certainly cornerstone…There is a number 1 on the grill…that’s interesting….implying it was in races...where is yet to be learned…And then I hit some pay dirt…on the back is a sticker…DENVER is very clear…That’s certainly interesting…so I spent a lot of time trying to trace the sticker…after a lot of detective work the sticker says: J. Gibson Smith Art Dealer 322 17th St. Denver https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/fGmt6G.jpg Essentially…it sounds like J. Gibson Smith was a picture framer who sold art at some point…So either the photo was taken elsewhere than the Denver region and brought in for framing…or it was taken in the Denver area…I found one photo of the…but that’s just a bunch of hunches…I have some iron in the fire waiting to hear back… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/6QmHPo.jpg |
Eddie
That would be cool if it was Eddie Rickenbacker driving that car being that he had teamed up with Barney Everitt and gang...
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That's a fantastic photo!
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still think you should pitch a reality show about your hobby and exploits
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Carlton...........Awesome photo. I would not have walked away from that piece the 1st time, no way! Glad you were still able to get it. Very cool.
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Woolworth Trophy
Thanks Shawn, Paul, Jeffrey, and Matt for your kind words on the Everitt photo...Jeffrey sir...yes a T.V. show would be nice...maybe I should start pitching something...Mike Wolf said he pitched his show for five years before he got it started...Don't think I haven't thought about it...it's just that it's everything I can do to work a full time job plus hunt this stuff down...and I'm having so much fun!!!!...
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As you can see it’s called the “Woolworth Trophy”...many of the younger generation may not recognize the Woolworth name…But there was a time when everyone knew Woolworth’s…or the official name F. W. Woolworth Company Five and Dime…The founder Frank Winfield Woolworth 1852-1919 pioneered the retail the store in that he put products out on the floor for customers to choose from…Before he started in business typically customers would come to the counter and request something and the clerk would bring it to the counter…I am not an expert on Woolworth’s…I just have a little knowledge from reading up….so fact check me…I could easily miss-up something…But generally from what I read Frank was very particular how his stores looked and operated…and he worked hard to fashion them his way… F.A. WOOLWORTH I KNOW....BUT WHO'S F.M. WOOLWORTH So back to this trophy…as you can see, prominently inscribed on the Trophy…It’s titled “The Woolworth Trophy” and was provided by “Mrs. F. M. Woolworth”…Ok so I knew it must be somehow connected to the Woolworth stores…a little research and I learned F.W. Woolworth stood for the founder Frank Winfield Woolworth…So who was “F. M. Woolworth”…A little digging and I learned it was Frank’s cousin “Fred Moore Woolworth” 1872-1923…In 1909 Fred went to England to start Woolworth stores there…about forty four of them…and was very successful…you can read up on him on this page linked here…But he died at fifty one years old, possibly from over work…His wife who gave the trophy was Velma Bailey Woolworth 1875-1934....I believe she was originally from Maine and returned there after her husband died…Fred and Velma had a son Norman Bailey Woolworth 1901-1962…From my cursory review…I think Norman may have given a different Woolworth Trophy for outboard races around 1949-50… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/F0p3xu.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/jwQUc3.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/tuZAzx.jpg <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QMJy4nKgh1U" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Shvt8s.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/hduxQN.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/bIcORW.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/lzCYXx.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/cblGTg.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LD05Nr.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/dwn5jo.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/2BexgN.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/a5MY3l.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/8b38fg.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/5qhKQu.jpg |
Sorry you lost out, Carlton. At least two people got you and it wasn’t the (my) usual of “one friggin’ guy on the whole planet” syndrome. I feel a little better coming in 3rd or 4th than second.
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Thanks Rob...yeah on the Evinrude I already decided it's too important not to restore...I haven’t decided who to use…anyone have suggestions?
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Valiant attempt, Carlton...
I really hope that Woolworth Trophy makes its way to you some day. What a beautiful artistic piece, and just perfect for your great collection! |
Carlton,
I love the passion, the effort, and the fact that you share all of these amazing things and stories with us! Thank you! |
Carlton - Why didn't you just put another zero before the decimal. Guaranteed to win, right ? :D
Seriously, I enjoy your collecting passion so much. See you at the shows. All the best. |
Gar Jr.
Thank you all for the kind words...here's an interesting pick up from today...I thought I recognized the trophy in this press photo...checked my files and sure enough...Dealer was asking more than I wanted to pay when I saw it in 2013...I see him around at shows still...last I asked he still had it...but now...not only is it only Gar Wood's son...now I know it's missing the top...
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….and the top is pretty damn cool. :cool:
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Grass Valley
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Yesterday I went to the Grass Valley Old West show....Towards the end of the day I didn't think I was going to find anything more than a couple small pickups, a 1921 Excelsior Motorcycle catalog...and a damaged but very early French penny toy of a motorcycle...paid a record amount for the penny toy...$10.00...It's probably the least expensive thing ever sold at that show....In the early 20th century they sold penny toys of many themes on the street in big cities in the United States and western Europe...New York, London, Paris, etc....But anyway at the end of the day as I was about to leave the show bronze dealer Chuck Morgenstern offered me this Vienna Polo Bronze for a price I had to bite...so worked it into my cabinet... It's amazing the mallet is original...never broken off....And the horses body is suspended by only the back legs...the two front legs don't touch the base...So though it's unsigned I would speculate whoever the sculptor was they were seasoned...I'd like to think it was done by Franz Bergman, the king of Vienna bronze sculptors...But far as I know I think his pieces were usually signed...The three conjoined soccer/Euro football players to the left of the polo is a Bergman...Maybe the baseball batter catcher is too I can't recall...I would speculate there were number of studios in Vienna who produced Vienna bronzes other than Bergman at the height of their popularity... I'll throw in some other shots of the show too at the bottom... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/5hzJBB.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/UnoJZb.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/gcPOJB.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/gsUUnI.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/sLpsCA.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/tZIjMX.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/UTYbeN.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/59fwXr.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/bntTHO.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TsmVv7.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/kKcbr8.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/l7vhZg.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/c8QUmp.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/BCfqJU.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/naQ0ep.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/dRrNUL.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/qrvVMo.jpg |
I really dig the Excelsior catalog!
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outbid again
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Got outbid on this today…bummer I really had my eye on it…weird German auction on liveauctions…huge two day affair…tons of Porsche memorabilia…from ephemera to car parts….v little antique stuff like this…never seen an auction quite like it…and of course being in Germany started at 1:00AM Pacific Time…watched it all week I was the only bidder…whole thing was kind of weird…very sparse description...condition wasn’t even addressed…one dark photo to go on… Description Quote: early '20s, trophy motorist support himself on a wheel and tire with laurel in the hand, in a dress that is typical of its time , on a marble base, height: 29cm So I dinked around all week with a minimum opening bid of 440 Euro…then yesterday…kept upping it...till about 3 this morning I put one last bid of 600 euro and went to bed...it was only 50 bids away and I was the only bidder but I wasn’t going to stay up for it….then I wake up and it says I lost it and it went for 600 euro…wha the…Only thing I can figure is someone left an in-person top bid of 600 Euro directly with the auction house prior to my bid...and that topped my internet bid…What's strange though is all those "COMPETING BIDS" in the bid history below...I think those were all my bids...so I don't know what to think... At about 11 ½” including the base…I don’t ever recall seeing anything quite like it….bummer… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/wITnM7.jpg |
Cactus II
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I’m not a big postcard guy but this one of the Cactus II yacht caught my eye…I like ones like this that are advertising… The company that issued the postcard and made the yacht was the Williams-Whittelsey Company, of Long Island City, N.Y…There’s a Wikipedia page about them that is a little sparse….but to have a Wikipedia page they must have been somebody…Anyway…the boat was so sleek and cool looking…I bit… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/CXOmVe.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/SQdY26.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/1Z1g03.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LlqihJ.jpg One of the principles of Williams-Whittelsey Company was H. Newton Whittelsey…I think he designed this yacht…he had a long career in marine architecture…I found references to the yacht being owned by C.E. Proctor…my first inkling was he was probably the Proctor in Proctor and Gamble…however…I couldn’t connect him…so kept plugging away…and found a C.E. Proctor of the Proctor Furniture Company of Knoxville Tennessee… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/KYpEmE.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/fv5A4L.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/RO9SMP.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/PGz1Z2.jpg Great looking boat…One thing about yachts and ships is there are usually surviving records of them…If I went looking I could probably tell you the whole life story from who and where it was built…to all the succeeding owners…to where it was sunk or scrapped…but it’s just a little postcard… Wealthy…middle-class..or poor….when men and their toys get together they often get competitive…and yacht owners were right in there…seems they often couldn’t just enjoy cruising…they inherently wanted to race each other…I’m still learning the ropes on all this boating stuff but I think, other than the America's Cup which was for the big dogs...the major yacht race for average rich guys was from New York to the Bermuda Islands…can be a pretty grueling race…and I think once a yacht did that race it took on the moniker of “a Bermuda Racer” from then on…like a status… I never found any reference to Cactus II as a Bermuda racer…but in the flurry of cursory researching I think I saw a reference to Cactus II in some races…the races were called regattas…sometimes “water carnivals”…typically put on by a yacht club...and there were many... |
June Alameda
Here's my Alameda folk art pickup from last Sunday...made of steel no plastic...guesstimate c1930's...Have to make a stand for it...Then the motorcycle painting at the bottom...oil on board...looks like a flat track race the way they have their foot out...I'm not a mid century collector but the art quality and condition had me...
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Sat Evening Post Cover
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I like the bronze, Carlton. If you like the Univ of Penn poster football image you might find one of these. Nov. 14 1908 Saturday Evening Post.
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Thanks Hoy...I'm guessing you are referring to the auto racer statue...not actually bronze but spelter...A friend in the Netherlands sent me a bunch of photos of Euro statues with the same pose...see below.... https://www.sportsantiques.com/PurdueNWBBPost.htm Yeah that Saturday Evening Post cover was one of many that the artist Joseph Leyendecker did monthly for the SEP...including an occasional sports illustration...I had one that had the same kicker...for a high school...I did a story back in 2010 which addresses it...which seems to point to Leyendecker shrewdly getting his monies worth from his work by allowing that image to be used for a high school...link to story above... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/YOBu85.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/6tPeqV.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/AMG6Ri.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/aaxY18.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/uZMv1j.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/Jo12fl.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/DpZwMK.jpg |
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Carlton - sorry, new to the forum and late to this thread... I was referring to the "Two Strikes" Vienna bronze you posted a couple of years ago.
Here are two other SEP illustrations, both baseball. The bunting batter looks poised for a broken finger or thumb! But I still love these. Found a treasure trove of old SEPs magazines at a road side book store in WV last fall. These were the only sports covers (plus an automobile one I don't have displayed). -Hoy |
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Just to show I'm not only about boats...here's a pickup from earlier this year...this hit the gotta have it level...only example I've ever seen...
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Fort Sutter Motorcycle Swap Meet
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Last Friday June 17th 2022 I attended the Fort Sutter Motorcycle Swap Meet held at the Dixon Calif fairgrounds…put on by the Fort Sutter Chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America…This was the second time I had gone to it…the last was in June 2019…and this was the first one since then because of covid…WOW the Lord blessed me and I scored big…picked up a c1930’s Indian jersey…in thirty five plus years going to every kind of antiques show I’ve never seen one of these surface…It was essentially a virgin/first up the food chain find…an older gentleman had it hanging on one of the posts of his tent when I spotted it…It got a lot of attention carrying it around before I it out to my truck… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/psxj82.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/QmzO12.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/jNGidr.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/IQSMYZ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/6Hw4Ty.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/u7zkZr.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Ilb2uB.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/NZh9l4.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/2tkW3g.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/ZlAhG4.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/iA6yut.jpg |
Great finds, Carlton! Mike Wolfe of American Pickers is a big vintage American motorcycle guy and I’ve seen him geek out and pay pretty decent money for similar jerseys.
I grew up not too far from Newark, OH (it’s about 40 miles east of Columbus). Back in the day, we made fun of Newark and called it “Nerk” (like the hick locals did). These days, like many former farm towns in Ohio, I think it’s gone a bit upscale. |
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Below is a 1956 NY motorcycle plate I stumbled on today in an antiques store... goes good with the 1956 Calif plate I got last November...collecting motorcycle plates seems to be pretty popular...I believe there are serious collectors out there that go after them like baseball cards...I'm more relaxed about it...they're nice to add to my other motorcycle stuff when I run into them...I think the serious collectors are into condition...I'm not...I prefer them worn...especially since I think they're knocking out re-pops... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/SgPSce.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/SVkfzU.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/XmWAgB.jpg |
As always great stuff.
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Thanks Jeffery...yeah there's even a facebook group "Motorcycle License Plate Collectors of the world" I joined...one member recently posted a 1911 Ohio plate that was really something...here's my other two plates... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/EoJpv4.jpg |
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Here’s a cool tin I picked up today…It's a little worn but the illustration of the goggles is remarkable and in nice shape...and I like the green color…never seen anything like it…and it’s American made in Chicago…early motorcycle racers wore them and aviators…I found a military site that had close in photos of the goggles I’m including… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/VaXEer.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Hf6Hk8.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/kGKP6Y.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/cKCBs0.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/yn2Oog.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/lnmWFH.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/9HZ60h.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/CQ7VYS.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/ONjcci.jpg |
Another great display piece! Now, you gotta find the goggles.
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1878 Rowing Related Theater Program
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Just picked this up...I don't buy a lot of programs...it’s not even a big name crew...but the graphics had me...the crossed oars with whaling spear between...imposed with flags, a rudder and wreath...the NBC monogram at top...and the array of classic 19th century typefaces...Lastly the four man crew vignette at the bottom... The play titled: “Shylock…or Much Ado About a Merchant of Venice”…was a musical burlesque take off of Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice"...which was a popular comedy in the 19th century…It’s important to remember the theater was huge then…The Nereid Boat Club that put it on...who I believe was in Brooklyn...would have been one of a plethora of boat clubs in 19th century New York City vicinity…It was common then for sports teams to put on plays and shows to raise money for their club…I've seen similar theater and musical programs for the benefit of college sports teams... http://nereidbc.org/history/ There is a Nereid Boat Club today in Rutherford NJ…their history on their website says the club started in Nutley NJ in 1868…no mention of Brooklyn NY twenty miles away… where the Nereid Boat Club of this program seems to be associated…So it’s puzzling how there could have been two Nereid Boat Clubs… Anyway...as a side note…from what I read up…the character Shylock in the “The Merchant of Venice”…which the play satirizes was often played by Edwin Booth…who was the brother of John Wilkes Booth who shot president Lincoln in 1865… https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/JdbvhL.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/vbl23d.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/66Ki8O.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/nVnxZs.jpg |
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