Vintage Yankee Stadium Chair

[sports-rings]

I don't know much about Yankee chairs but think this would look great in my basement.

can someone please verify that this is an authentic Yankee chair? or is it possible it could be from another stadium.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:RTQ:US:1123
thanks,

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[batsballsbases]

Yes it looks to be a nice restored Yankee Stadium Wall mount seat. I did a set that I restored and they came out very nice. They were a set of floor mount box seats. That is a nice seat and the start price is in line from what I have seen. Good luck!

[frank461]

Those curve back seats were used in the box seats area and were installed in the late 1940's. Good luck.

[sports-rings]

thanks Guys,

I apprecaite your help!

[Jim VB]

What Frank said is correct. In the original Stadium (1923), most of the seats were straight backed. The box seat area actually had folding chairs for years.

In the mid-1940's (I think 1943, but I am not positive) they replaced the folding chairs with the curved back seats.

During the 1970's remodel, they sold off the wodden seats, both curved and straight, for $7.50 and 5 empty Winston cigarrette packs (crush proof boxes, only!)

Here is one site that specializes in Stadium seats:

http://yankeestadiumseats.com/

This is also a copy of the Winstons for a seat ad, and a pic of my seat, which my sister bought me for my 19th birthday.

[mcgwirecom]

How much did they charge for the shipping? $7.50 seems cheap even then, but shipping must have been a lot?

[khkco4bls]

here is my 23 seat with most of the orig. green paint, and my bleacher section that was buried in my neighbors woods.