Deerfoot of the Diamond

[Peter_Spaeth]

That's it for vintage pieces, pretty sure.

[rhettyeakley]

There are 2 different pins made of Sockalexis. The Cameo Pepsin style pin and another picturing him in a suit. Also in 1912 there was a postcard of an older Sockalexis made by an Old Town, ME producer (A.F. Orr).

Less commonly known is a team postcard, a group image postcard, and a postcard of Sockalexis alone made while a member of the Bangor Team in 1907.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That's it for vintage pieces, pretty sure.

For the major leagues, yes. Pretty sure anything else is minors, or maybe semi-pro.

[rhettyeakley]

The two pins both date to the time with Cleveland.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

The two pins both date to the time with Cleveland.

How rare are they?

[rhettyeakley]

Few examples known. Rhys owns both pins along with all other items that I described.

[Vintagedeputy]

I picked up this postcard about a year ago.

[davidb]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for sharing your postcard. There is much debate with no definitive result about whether the Cleveland ball club changed the name to Indians in 1915 to honor Sockalexis. His big league glory days were quite limited to two seasons and the bottle seemed to have derailed future stardom but what a grand story.