Dugout Treasures Site Updated- 19th Century Additions

[jpop43]

Hi All,

It's been quite some time...many months, in fact... since I had the opportunity to sit down and go thru my website to delete items that were sold and traded, and add all the new acquisitions.

After purging over 25 items and updating it with at least that many more, our site...www.dugouttreasures.com ...is once again up to date.

Many of the new additions are to our 19th Century Era holdings and reflect the trends and trajectory that our collection is taking. If interested, please check us out and let us know what you think.

Although nothing is technically "for sale" we're always open to talking trades and deals particularly for 19th Century bats, balls, gloves (yea, right ) and equipment related memorabilia.

Here's the new 19th Century stuff:

http://www.dugouttreasures.com/product.cfm?sID=4

Best Regards to All,
Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[jpop43]

Guess I could have placed this in the "Sept. Pick Ups" thread but these pieces fall so much in line with my last post, I thought I might just pick it up here...

1. Circa 1850's/ 1860's era Belted or "H Stitch" Ball
2. Circa 1880's / 1890's Figure 8 Style Base Ball

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[jpop43]

A recent pick up, this late 19th Century Era bat has been decorated with gold and red rings and inscribed..."Eagle Prize Bat"..."Brooklyn Writers Nine".

Through concerted research and consultation with SABR's 19th Century / Early Bklyn Base Ball experts we're confident that this piece was awarded as a prize to a team of writers from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle sometime in the 1880's.

One source feels its possible that, given his track record with this sort of thing thru the 1860's and 1870's, Henry Chadwick himself "might" have had a hand in the issuance of a prize bat of this kind.

One can dream!!

Jonathan
www.dugouttreasures.com

[khkco4bls]

Jonathan what's the length of the bat

[jpop43]

The bat is 33" long and was clearly not game used...it's style, condition, and decor point to its creation as a trophy/presentation piece.

[perezfan]

Beautiful and amazing pickups... especially that Bat!