Need Help Dating Vintage A's Ticket Stub

[btcarfagno]

Was told it dates to August 30, 1929, which would make sense as the A's played the Red Sox that day and it was game 127 of the season. Just don't know if anyone knows what regular season A's tickets from 1929 look like.

Thanks for any help.

Tom C

[vintagesportscollector]

I believe what you wee told is correct - looks right to me.

[Darner]

Having Thomas Shibe's signature on it, I don't think it's from 1929.

A few months ago there were two scrapbook pages of Athletics tickets sold on Ebay. One page had undated regular season tickets along with 1930 World Series tickets. Since they were displayed together, I'm assuming they were all from the same year and all were marked "C McGillicuddy, manager".

The second page had a similar group of tickets with 1931 World Series tickets. The regular season tickets on that page was a mix of McGillicuddy and Thomas Shibe examples which suggests that the first Thomas Shibe tickets are from 1931. The Shibe tickets also showed an increase in grandstand price from $1 to $1.10. Thomas Shibe was President of the Athletics until he died in early 1936 so I think your example dates between 1931 and 1935.

[Darner]

I found I saved the scans of the pages from Ebay.

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by Darner

Having Thomas Shibe's signature on it, I don't think it's from 1929.

A few months ago there were two scrapbook pages of Athletics tickets sold on Ebay. One page had undated regular season tickets along with 1930 World Series tickets. Since they were displayed together, I'm assuming they were all from the same year and all were marked "C McGillicuddy, manager".

The second page had a similar group of tickets with 1931 World Series tickets. The regular season tickets on that page was a mix of McGillicuddy and Thomas Shibe examples which suggests that the first Thomas Shibe tickets are from 1931. The Shibe tickets also showed an increase in grandstand price from $1 to $1.10. Thomas Shibe was President of the Athletics until he died in early 1936 so I think your example dates between 1931 and 1935.

Ed, possibly, I was just guessing since it seemed correct - but I don't think it's as definitive as you make it seem. The As didn't play Boston in game 127 of any of those years (if 127 is the game number). In the scrap book pages there are also no bleacher tickets for comparison. Also I think the price was always a $1.00 plus $0.10 tax. Seems more logical that it is 1929, but you could be right.

[Darner]

According to this NY Times article, the Federal amusement tax wasn't added until 1932:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/sp...pagewanted=all

Also Chris Counts had a hand dated 1929 ticket in the BST section to a preseason game between the Phillies and the Athletics. I know it's not a bleacher ticket but it shows Connie Mack's signature and no added tax.

[vintagesportscollector]

Oh..that's great info. Good research. I guess the tax then may be key to dating this, in which case I guess it couldn't possibly be as early as 1929. Would explain why they stamped a new price on the ticket for the new tax. Ticket would have to be 1932 or later.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

Was told it dates to August 30, 1929, which would make sense as the A's played the Red Sox that day and it was game 127 of the season. Just don't know if anyone knows what regular season A's tickets from 1929 look like.

Thanks for any help.

Tom C

Hi Tom,
Unfortunately, the number 127 on an early A's ticket has absolutely no bearing on the game number.
I've observed that the number and letter codes on these games appears to be completely random based on my experience of collecting baseball tickets for over 43 years .
It's doubtful that this ticket is from 1929, as the Bleacher ticket price of $.55 and printing font would probably indicate 1930 or later, FWIW

I hope this helps!