Carlton World

[CarltonHendricks]

Thanks all for the kind words…

Rob/ooo-ribay...Yes that Argentor catalog is from my library…you have a very good eye…it’s insanely rare…never seen or heard of another…got it out of Istanbul…I speculate many jewelery stores in Vienna and other occupied regions during WWII that had them were plundered and shuttered by the Nazi’s and few of these catalogs survive…I have four or five sports statues that are in it…Speed Ice Skater…Motorcycle rider…that swimmer…a wrestling group…and I think another I forget…

Matt/Kzoo…Agree…turn over every rock is my policy…

Jim H / jimtigers65...Last Sacramento fair was weak you didn’t miss much…I did a pre-arranged trade for this large color tinted 1925 yachting photo…I’m sure it was taken on San Francisco bay…but exactly where I won’t know till I can get time to research it…The Golden Gate Bridge was opened in 1937 and east of it the Bay Bridge opened in 1936…so this photo of the bay would pre-date both…I’m thinking that might be Alcatraz on the left and Mt. Diablo on the right in the far distance…to be confirmed though…the only other thing I got was a ski trail sign…crazy I know but may fit in good with my Alpine antiques…





Joe Hunter…thanks glad you like the 04’ Big Game poster…

[CarltonHendricks]

As you all know one of the most exciting things in collecting is finding something you’ve never seen before…I stumbled onto this c1940 souvenir napkin dispenser on eBay recently and bought it. I had never seen one before so knew it was rare…So how do you date something like this?. You start by looking for an expert long time Indy collector…I learned there is a collector group called The National Indianapolis 500 Collectors Club. I located a former president of the club president John Darlington…part of the conversation below….

Question from Carlton:
Have you seen other examples? I’ve been collecting 35 years…never seen one…Can you tell me the year it was made and sold. Anything else you can tell me would be great to know.

Answer from John:
I too got one of these off of eBay about 15-20 years ago for less than $50 but, it was missing the holder in the back and the condition is a bit worse (see photo). Including yours and mine I've seen one or two others. Based on the style of car depicted this is ca. 1940 and as to what it cost then, a program was 25 cents and tickets were $1 and up so maybe in that ballpark - 50 cents? $1? Guess if you could afford a ticket you could afford 50 cents or $1 for a souvenir.



The fact John had only seen three including his own confirmed my intuition how rare it is…The only marking is a transfer ware label partly worn away. Fortunately you can make out “Souvenir of Indianapolis “ “ “” I would speculate there was a “500” after Indianapolis…as it’s the only thing I can think of that would fit the space left….









Below are other Indy 500 things from my collection

[Michael B]

Carlton,

If you were a mother living in the suburbs west of Boston you knew about the Carter's store in Needham. It was about the size of a Kohls if I remember correctly. My mother took us there many times in the late 60's and early 70's. The original family was bought out in the 1990's. Here is a link from the Needham Historical Society about them:

https://needhamhistory.org/walk/carter-company/

[sayhey24]

Carlton you never cease to amaze -- that Indy napkin dispenser is off the charts!


Greg

[mrreality68]

Must be nice to have the space for all this.

The size of many of your collectibles are amazing

Keeping sharing your pictures

[Kzoo]

Carlton.......I'm a huge racing fan and that 1911 panoramic is incredible. What's the backstory on it? Where did you find it? I love the 3 distant cars coming down the front stretch with a cloud of dust being kicked up behind them....and of course, the whole track surface back then consisted of bricks, hence the 'Brickyard' nickname. Great stuff!

[MK]

As a nearly lifelong resident of Indiana, I must say that the Indianapolis 500 souvenirs, are absolutely amazing. I love seeing history preserved.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Kzoo

Carlton.......I'm a huge racing fan and that 1911 panoramic is incredible. What's the backstory on it? Where did you find it? I love the 3 distant cars coming down the front stretch with a cloud of dust being kicked up behind them....and of course, the whole track surface back then consisted of bricks, hence the 'Brickyard' nickname. Great stuff!

Hi Matt...thanks for your interest in the1911 Indy 500 pano...Below I copy and paste a facebook post I did shortly after receiving it...


COPIED FROM A 2019 FACEBOOK POST:
http://www.sportsantiques.com/golf_stuff.htm
The Lord blessed me with some really great pieces recently….A few years ago a guy from Atlanta emailed me asking if I wanted to sell a rare Bobby Jones golf poster that I got back in 1994…I think he’s a neurosurgeon…I wasn’t interested and declined…about a month ago he emailed again wanting to buy it…again I essentially said thanks but no thanks…and that was it...just a courteous exchange…

I guess I had a lot on my plate and wasn’t thinking…because I remember about a week later it dawned on me I didn’t ask him if he had anything for sale…which you always want to do when you meet a fellow collector…it’s called shaking the bushes…So I emailed him back the following:

Sent: Friday, March 29, 2019 4:02 PM
Subject: Bobby Jones exhibition poster
Hello again sir…By the way…tell me about your collection…would like to see some photos…do you just collect Golf?...attached a recent pickup…
-carlton

So he writes back that he just collects golf but had some pieces in storage…One was this NASCAR sign…said he got it out of Leland’s about 10 years ago....said he saw it while looking for golf stuff in the back of the catalog...and as much that he knew it was important and got it…plus he told me about two other racing pieces he had…two large panoramic photos of the Indianapolis 500 race…one for the very first race in 1911….the other for the second race in 1912…I got the 1911 pano and the NASCAR sign….

The guy told me the frame was later…but when I got it I could see it was about same period as the photo c1911…and the glass is wavy…which is a big deal with me…and on the NASCAR…wow…I sort of have a piece of the old south….as NASCAR was sort of born out of good’ol boys running moonshine…has very southern roots…This sign must have traveled with the NASCAR emergency crew from track to track…NASCAR started in the late 1940’s and I think this sign is from the early 1950’s…extremely rare….I doubt there is another one…

https://lelands.com/bids/the-first-i...otograph--1911

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Carlton,

If you were a mother living in the suburbs west of Boston you knew about the Carter's store in Needham. It was about the size of a Kohls if I remember correctly. My mother took us there many times in the late 60's and early 70's. The original family was bought out in the 1990's. Here is a link from the Needham Historical Society about them:

https://needhamhistory.org/walk/carter-company/

How does that place tie in with Carlton’s collection?

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

How does that place tie in with Carlton’s collection?

See post #73. Highlandville, MA was a section of Needham. Now known as Needham Highlands.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Michael B

See post #73. Highlandville, MA was a section of Needham. Now known as Needham Highlands.

Gotcha.

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Carlton,

If you were a mother living in the suburbs west of Boston you knew about the Carter's store in Needham. It was about the size of a Kohls if I remember correctly. My mother took us there many times in the late 60's and early 70's. The original family was bought out in the 1990's. Here is a link from the Needham Historical Society about them:

https://needhamhistory.org/walk/carter-company/

Michael B….thank you so much for that information…I knew a little about the Carter Company but that really supplies a lot…even that William Carter’s son, William Henry, was a cricket player there in Needham Massachusetts…Here’s another example of Carter’s employing basketball as an advertising vehicle...a magazine print ad…that renown basketball collector Rob Lahammer was kind enough to send me…Interesting that basketball was invented in Springfield Massachusetts about 85 miles away from Needham Massachusetts where Carter’s was headquartered…

[CarltonHendricks]

Here would likely be my last significant pickup of 2021…although you never know…in 35 years collecting I don’t recall ever seeing one of these…That’s not surprising though….considering how fragile it is…how many could survive at 17 7/8” x 13 ¾”, on cardstock. It even retains its original hang string…Subjectively it’s probably the best sports calendar I’ve ever seen…The way it’s laid out has me…with the angled team photos perched on all four corners…and iconic athletic structures…that’s Yale Field top left…the Yale boat house top right…At bottom center is the Old Yale Gymnasium that had just opened in 1893…which preceded the current Paine Whitney Gymnasium…Then there’s Yale’s bulldog mascot Handsome Dan bottom right…and a football player resembling Amos Alonzo Stag leaning on the iconic Yale Fence…presumably pictured for nostalgia’s sake since the beloved Yale Fence was removed in 1888…And as a special bonus I think that's the great Frank Hinkey second row down on the far right of the football team photo...looking meaner than everyone else...

[bgar3]

Great piece as usual Carlton.

[ooo-ribay]

Yet another incredible find!