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12-23-2013, 01:59 PM
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1916 New York Giants Player Trophy....
...to pitcher Fred Anderson, for helping set a team record at the time of 17 straight wins, of which Anderson was credited with 4, while some joker named Mathewson only got 1 of the 17. Of course that was Christy's final season and his arm was dead, but I'm sure he got one of these trophies as well, pretty cool..
So I could find only one other of these that went in Leland's back in 2007: http://www.lelands.com/auction/Aucti...o-George-Kelly As, you can see mine is in need of a face lift to say the least, so I'm in need of opinions. Thanks to fellow Net54er Mike for letting me know these can be silver re-plated. Never knew that of trophies. So after calling around and getting quotes I can do a total silver replating & restoration for about $350-$400 (not sure I want to spend that much), or I could get a general cleaning and the base refinished for $130, but it won't have that new shine and will look more pewter/gray. Any thoughts? Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 12-23-2013 at 02:21 PM. 
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12-23-2013, 02:18 PM
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Ok...to me this is an investment grade piece. The silver looks like it's completely gone other than the crest...agreed? I would have silver restoration guys pull off the crest, re-silver the cup, re-attach the crest. You can remove the wood base, paint it black, re-attach it.
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Always buying baseball trophies, figural pieces, glassware, as well as Cubs and Tigers pinbacks and pennants.
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12-23-2013, 02:36 PM
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Thanks Mike
What also is pretty cool is underneath the cup is stamped "Makers, Dieges & Clust."
Wiki: "Dieges & Clust were jewelers established in 1898 by Col. Charles J. Dieges and Prosper Clust. They produced many medals, including the Spanish-American War Medal, the 1904 Olympic Medal, The Eagle Scout medal (from 1916–1920), the Medal of Honour, and the Titanic-Carpathia Medals (at the request of "The Unsinkable" Mrs. Molly Brown). They made baseball's first Most Valuable Player Awards and many Baseball Press Pins as well as Lou Gehrig's farewell plaque. They also cast the Heisman Trophy (in New York and later Providence, Rhode Island) from its inception in 1935 through late 1979 when the company was sold to Herff Jones (a division of Carnation) on January 1, 1980. Perhaps the height of Dieges & Clust's production were the 1920s trophies known in sports collecting circles as "The Five Figural Spalding Baseball Trophies". The various trophies depict a baseball player pitching, catching, batting, playing first base, or playing in the outfield. The proportions of the figures and the detail (of the faces, fingers, stitching in the baseball gloves and shoelaces) are remarkable. They fetch up to $5,000 at auction, relatively high for a silver-plated trophy on a wooden base."
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12-23-2013, 06:51 PM
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Quote:
Last edited by Shoeless Moe; 12-23-2013 at 06:51 PM.
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12-23-2013, 07:05 PM
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