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Originally Posted by Blitzu
Wanted to see if I could get some assistance with the following baseball uniform advertisement I picked up at an antique store the other day. It looks to be 1910 era, has Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson and I believe Johnny Evers on it. The reverse has 7 of the 8 pieces of original Silk used to make the uniforms. The only other thing I can find that’s similar is an eBay listing for a page that is similar but not identical to mine. They’re is page 28 and mine is page 38 from looks what to be a large book, and theirs doesn’t have any of the original fabric on the back and had 9 pieces instead of 8.
Can anyone shed some light on this piece? The printing looks to be 1910 era lithograph, and I love how it still has the silk pieces on the back.
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Great pickup and really cool piece! This is similar to pages from several other salesman's sample oversized books I've seen over the years: Royal Tailors, Crack-A-Jack uniforms, etc. Is the manufacturer named anywhere, I can't read the printing? I've always thought they made great display pieces, and have had several featuring WaJo over the years. I'd put the value at somewhere in the $500-$1,000 range.