Stanford Pottery

[Wymers Auction]

Great pickup!!!

[mjkm90]

Holy Cow!!! Let's hear the stories behind the real scarcities please

[Rob D.]

Love 'em. Nice job.

[perezfan]

Incredile pickup, Bob... sooooo rare, and a gorgeous piece. Congrats!

You should find the remaining two with little effort, if you are inclined to "complete" the set.

Of course (if one wanted to nitpick) there are two additional pieces, but I'm not sure if they really count...

1. Generic Manface (No Tigers on chest- just a plain jersey)
2. Albino Pirate (It's all white, and not very attractive, IMO)

The "Albino" Pirate turns up often enough, that I think it warrants inclusion in the set. Perhaps not, though... guessing there's only a handful of people out there who would really care

[Rob D.]

Not to pile on but rather to follow up on Mark's thoughts, there's also a smaller, prototype version of the Cleveland Indian. All a matter of personal preference.

[perezfan]

Great point, Rob... I forgot those prototypes. I have the Braves, which is different from traditional Stanford Pottery in a number of ways...

1. Slightly smaller
2. Chalk composition instead of Ceramic
3. Not as glossy
4. No coin slot in back

Or is it a razor slot? (I have heard opinions both ways)

I have also heard that these may have been Salesmen Samples?

Here's a pic of mine.... hope others will post/add to this thread as well

[perezfan]

Here's the Tigers Man-face, for anyone who's interested. By far the biggest/tallest of the Stanfords...

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Or is it a razor slot? (I have heard opinions both ways)

The company definitely marketed these as -- among other things -- depositories for used razor blades. Here's an original tag that hung around the neck of the Indian at the point of sale.