Vintage Detroit Tigers figural ashtray

[lefty147]

Great piece. I would agree 30's or 40's. Found one in a Hunt Auction.
http://www.huntauctions.com/phone/im...110&lot_num=51

[sporteq]

I had seen the offering on eBay myself.. I think mid 30s It looks to be in great condition.

Albert

[Tigerden]

Very nice pick up and looks much better the sellers photos. I believe the signature has shown up on a few other chalkware figurals. A tough one for sure and could be from the early 40's. I believe the seller stated this came from an estate of a player in the Tigers organization and he had sa few other items from the person. One would assume this should date from the time he was active with the team. Congrats!!

[ksfarmboy]

Mine came from Ralph Winegarner who played in the 30's. I always assumed it was from the 30's.

[mjkm90]

Great piece. My snipe didn't go through and I'm sorry I missed it!

[perezfan]

There is also an identical Pirates version, which is even neater, IMHO.

In retrospect am very sorry I let mine go about 15 years ago. I'd just started collectong figural baseball pieces, and never realized at the time that these would be so scarce. Seems like one turns up only every 8-10 years!

I was thinking late 30s - early 40s on the timing. Wonderful pickup, yet too bad about the snipe misfire, Mike. I switched to Gixen about 6 years ago, and have never missed a bid. All things considered, I'd like to have seen the real market value of this one!

[ooo-ribay]

Snipe? What's a snipe?

Great pick up!