July 2012 Pick-ups

[CarltonHendricks]

25 1/2" tall x 17" wide


c1870, 7 1/4" tall



http://sportsantiques.com/fohbc_reno_show_7_27_12.htm
I picked up the two items above at a bottle show this weekend. I don't recall the Dodgers vs Yankees banner before. It's an eye catcher at 25 1/2" tall by 17" wide. The seller tapped it to the backing and shrunk wrapped it....and I'm reluctant to take it out to examine it displays so nice. There seems to be a looped edge at the top which would have likely been for a pole to slide thru I suppose.

It's very interesting it's was made after the Dodgers won their league championship but obviously before they went on to sweep the series...so it's a very ephemeral piece that would have been used a very short while before the Series began...I'm out of my element with it since it's so later than I collect. I can see fold lines like it was folded up about 8" x 6"..that's probably why it's in such good shape. It doesn't feel like a commercial piece...that is like something that hung in a magazine stand...more like a souvenir sold at the park..

Below some close in shots

http://sportsantiques.com/fohbc_reno_show_7_27_12.htm
Actually it wasn't just any bottle show...it was the National Convention of the FOHBC...Federation Of Historical Bottle Collectors....held in Reno NV...I made the 3 hour drive and stayed two days Friday and Saturday..you can see 200 photos I took in the link above (100 up now of Friday, 100 to come of Saturday). I posted photos of the bottle on Antique-Bottles.net which I belong to and it's getting the deserved scrutiny...that community is the
net54BaseBall.com of the bottle world...link below to the thread
http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum...-536973/tm.htm



shot on location in sellers booth