Ballpark value on these baseball silks ?

[Centauri]

I am with others as to how cool that is, though I think you guys are way underestimating the value. I could see it go as high as $1000 or more, and would sell in minutes at $500.

[buymycards]

Did the old sewing machines have these types of zig-zag patterns, or is it hand sewn? Perhaps this was pieced together well after 1911?

Rick

[ctownboy]

buymycards,

I hope you don't decide to ruin some felts (especially sports) to make one of these for yourself. If you look around you can find these already completed.

When I was looking for felts and silks in the 1990's, most of the ones done with cross stitching like this were hand sewn and not machine stitched. I certainly hope that someone has recently done this and taken valuable silks and decreased the value by sewing them onto this piece of cloth and making it appear old in hopes that they could get big dollars from it.

David

[bbcard1]

My rough guess would be a minimum $660, thinking of each silk as being worth $10 a throw. I have "disassembled" a not nearly as nice piece before with some success, though the puncture marks from the needles clearly show and has the net effect of being like a card having a small hole it it. They are also very susceptible to unraveling, especially after they have been sown.

[bigfanNY]

Very Nice display item and with the Cobb and Matty I think that the $1,000 -$1500.00 range is retail on this. As Leon pointed out as single silks (Really Satins) they have more value. But it is rare to come across one that is all baseball as others have said many of these (Quilts) were made up of a variety of actresses generals indigenous people etc. Nice Item that looks great displayed. Good luck with it.

J

[ctownboy]

When I looked for these in the 1990's. I usually found them at antique stores or shows. I once also went to a quilt show.

A person there had some individual pieces that she said she would sell to me but later, when I called her, she had decided to sew them into a project she was making .

At one antique show, I found a dealer who owned a LARGE quilt that had over 130 B 18's blankets sewn around the edge with other, different types of felts sewn towards the center piece (which was a large American flag). I bought that for $600 dollars and was going to keep it for display. However, once I got it home, it was too large for the wall I was going to hang it on. So, I decided to sell it (and made a really good profit off it).

At another, smaller show, I found this pillow cover. Nice condition, smaller and easier to display and store, plus it has Joe Jackson....

David

[swarmee]

Put me in the camp that says "Over $500".