Petitto busts

[laughlinfan]

Great article - thanks for finding that! 1949-1950 certainly seems to make the most sense based on the ones I have seen. The only ones I have on hand right now are a Ted Williams and a Ralph Kiner (that was supposedly from his personal collection, but not verifiable - still pretty neat). I had the Spahn and an Alvin Dark as well, but sadly, no more. And the plastic Jackie Robinson candy container that was also done by Pettito, of course. I did see a few others several years back - maybe I saved off a picture...

I have never seen anything about them as far as how they were distributed. They are not common, but being made of a plastic material, you would think they would have had to have lasted in a reasonable number proportionate to how many were produced.

I would love to see a pic of your Sain - be nice to get an idea of which ones are out there.

[perezfan]

Here is the Sain, along with 4 others.

L to R....

Robinson Candy
Robinson Non-Candy
DiMaggio
Sain
Felller

As stated above, the Feller and DiMaggio Busts are similar in composition, but appear to be made by a different company than Petitto. Maybe Brock will post his Ted Williams. If I remember correctly, it is missing the clear bottom tray portion... but is still a great display piece (and very rare).

[laughlinfan]

Sorry - this work stuff always gets in the way of a good conversation! Here's a pic of my Kiner and Williams. I actually saw another Williams a few years back sculpted with no hat. Seems like they did lots of players and multiple variations - surprised I don't see these more often - the plastic makes them fairly indestructible!

[BrockJacob]

Here is the Ted Williams version I have that Mark referenced

[laughlinfan]

Thanks for posting Brock! Lots of different styles on these, it seems. I have also seen an Alvin Dark and a Mickey McDermott, and one of Joe D's brothers (but I forget which one!)