I was going through my mess today looking for something and I came across this, which I had completely forgotten I owned. I bought it years ago when I was buying up lots of antique and vintage sporting kit, intending on building a "sports bar" in my house and using it all as decoration. Well, the bar never got built and a lot of the equipment got sold off on ebay, but I had forgotten all about this.
Obviously, it is an old baseball mitt. The thing about it though, is it says it is made in AUSTRALIA which, I'm guessing, makes it a very rare beast indeed. Baseball is seldom played here today, let alone when this mitt was made.
So, I guess my question to the Americans in the audience is; does this thing have any value? Is there a market for this sort of stuff? And, unlikely though it might be, could anyone shed any light onto the history of it. A vintage Australian baseball glove? That's like finding vintage Iraqi ice skates.
Obviously, it is an old baseball mitt. The thing about it though, is it says it is made in AUSTRALIA which, I'm guessing, makes it a very rare beast indeed. Baseball is seldom played here today, let alone when this mitt was made.
So, I guess my question to the Americans in the audience is; does this thing have any value? Is there a market for this sort of stuff? And, unlikely though it might be, could anyone shed any light onto the history of it. A vintage Australian baseball glove? That's like finding vintage Iraqi ice skates.
I can't see for the life of me,why baseball fielders need gloves to catch a ball that is lighter and softer than a cricket ball.
