October pickups

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Just picked this up for a friend. I collect SF Giants...my buddy collects Giants and Niners. I'd like to get your thoughts...

The seller listed this as "salesman's sample." Strangely enough, another popped up on ebay a few days later. That seller is calling his a "showroom sample." Well, I watch enough Antiques Roadshow to know about salesman's samples. Thing is, those samples tend to be furniture or machinery. Would a bread company really put out a "sample"? Wouldn't they just wrap their bread in whatever and send it out to stores? Would General Mills test the waters on commemorative Wheaties boxes or would they just send them out?

I will say, the paper seems vintage. It does not seem like someone printed it out recently. The paper feels like it is wrapped around a block of foam. What do you guys think?

Whenever I have seen loaves like that, they've been vintage new old stock bags/labels and someone inserted a block of foam inside to make it aesthetically pleasing like a loaf of bread.

[JLange]

1951 BBWAA program honoring Bob Feller as the Cleveland Chapter’s Man of the Year. Cover drawing by Lou Darvas. This was an annual occurrence in Cleveland from at least the mid 1940s well into the 1970s and perhaps longer. The programs feature the chapter’s annual pick for man of the year and are highly collectible (by me). Several other years and honorees on eBay right now.

This Bob Feller program has been on my want list for over a decade. Very happy to finally find one!

[eastonfalcon19]

Picked up a few bats including 2 side written Spalding bats. A 1950s post career Babe Ruth bat and a Andy Harrington Detroit Tigers professional model bat.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

Whenever I have seen loaves like that, they've been vintage new old stock bags/labels and someone inserted a block of foam inside to make it aesthetically pleasing like a loaf of bread.

Have they all been Sunbeam/49’ers or have you seen others?

[sayhey24]

Wow, what a cool bat haul Ron!

Greg

[GrayGhost]

Got this cool broadside advertising upcoming games, seemingly in South America. 1912. So fragile, but so cool too.