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Posted By: Dan Bretta

There are a lot of reasons behind the scarcity of vintage basketball memorabilia...first being that not nearly as many people played basketball compared to baseball in prewar times...less uniforms per team means less surviving to today, only one basketball was needed for an entire season...basketballs were relatively expensive and less likely to be owned by kids and if they did when the bladder tore or wore out the ball was probably just thrown away. Baseballs, bats and gloves are more durable and thus more likely to be kept.

I do have an old basketball uniform if you're interested...I think it's more 1950s though than prewar...send me an email if you want them.

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