For sale -
Vintage can and jar of Oriole Brand Pine Tar! Says North Carolina on the label, but also in small print says packed & distributed Baltimore, MD. Both appear to have been opened and used at some point, but both have plenty of pine tar still in them. Smells like the dugout and baseball season!
The same brand pine tar used by the likes of Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, DiMaggio, George Brett and all baseball legends through the years!!!!
May date to the 1920's or 1930's - this ebay link below used to pull up and show an advertisement from 1924 with the exact same labeling as these (although they could have used the same label for 20 years, who knows), but it no longer pulls up, the Ebay item# is on there if anyone knows how to pull up old item number, I do not:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1924-AD-Eagl...-/310621435085
These have sold at auction for $355.00 - a single bottle (Hunt also says circa 1930):
https://huntauctions.com/phone/image...08&lot_num=170
Another auction from last year I recall, but can't find link yet, but one also sold for $300 plus. Pretty sure the last person who bought one of these from me a few years back consigned it and made a nice profit, so if you want to do that again go for it.
The same brand pine tar George Brett used in the famous Pine Tar Game:
http://www.si.com/vault/1995/05/22/2...ball-treasures
"The actual can of
Oriole Pine Tar from which George Brett took the glop he smeared on his notorious pine tar bat in 1983 is in a case along with the pine tar ball Brett hit into the right field stands of Yankee Stadium, as well as the ticket stub of the fan who caught it and the signed business card of Orest V. Maresca, the magistrate who made the initial ruling in the ensuing controversy. Halper had the pine tar bat, too, but Brett wanted it back. So the Sultan swapped it for Brett's pine tar uniform and the bat he wielded to hit three homers for the Kansas City Royals against the Yanks during Game 3 of the '78 American League playoffs. (K.C. fans will be pleased to learn that Gossage inscribed the pine tar ball, Barry, I threw the #@$%-ing thing.)"
If you are a bat collector you need this to accent your bats! Awesome side piece! Or nice addition to any baseball collection as they have a great look and smell to them.
Can $125 - Jar $150 - or Both for $250 - Paypal friends and family preferred