Helping a good lady....Red Sox sweater info...

[johnmh71]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Well, it would indeed help to see/feel it in person. Here it is in a recently terminated ebay auction...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1930...#ht_277wt_1178

Ebay auction was ended early, due to an error in the listing. I wonder if the "would be" Seller is the same woman as reached out to Leon? Perhaps she was tipped off as to the value (if authentic).

Same sweater IMO.

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by johnmh71

Same sweater IMO.

I'm pretty sure we all knew it was the same sweater.

[BigJJ]

I'm cracking up.

[BigJJ]

Great ebay find. The ebay listing is interesting in that it identifies the sweater as 1930s-1940s. Now it takes some research to come up with that I would think. If good, I do think it is likely to post date the others from the early/mid twenties. We need dates on those tags!

[Leon]

I was out of pocket for a while. Yes, that is the sweater in the ebay auction. She took it down when she got some really high offers so she could find out about it. I already told her it will need to be authenticated. Sweaters aren't my thing but I bet I can help her find someone to authenticate it. More to come I am sure....and I do hope it's real for her sake, but if not, then so be it.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by BigJJ

Great ebay find. The ebay listing is interesting in that it identifies the sweater as 1930s-1940s. Now it takes some research to come up with that I would think. If good, I do think it is likely to post date the others from the early/mid twenties. We need dates on those tags!

If authentic, it's definitely older than '30s - '40s. I personally think the quality is too good to be a repro. It would be very difficult to reproduce that, IMO. If it were properly stored (perhaps in a Cedar Chest) for all those years, it would explain the softer look and lack of stiffness. The sweater actually looks very thick and professional quality to me... but it's tough to tell from one dimensional pics.

I'm eager to hear what the Authenticator says. Perhaps it's mid-late 1920s, and just a slightly newer variant than those pictured above. That might also explain the Spalding Tagging vs. Wright & Ditson.

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by perezfan

If authentic, it's definitely older than '30s - '40s. I personally think the quality is too good to be a repro. It would be very difficult to reproduce that, IMO. If it were properly stored (perhaps in a Cedar Chest) for all those years, it would explain the softer look and lack of stiffness. The sweater actually looks very thick and professional quality to me... but it's tough to tell from one dimensional pics.

I'm eager to hear what the Authenticator says. Perhaps it's mid-late 1920s, and just a slightly newer variant than those pictured above. That might also explain the Spalding Tagging vs. Wright & Ditson.

I agree

[ksfarmboy]

I know they did produce repros of the Red Sox sweaters from this era. They quit making them several years back and they actually looked quite nice. Not saying this one isn't real but just to say they did make a replica. I think Mitchell and Ness made them.

[khkco4bls]

Obviously same sweater. Damn I'm now starting to get disgusted with repro sweaters, baseballs etc. Only going to get worse.