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LOT 1837
Early Leather Baseball Catcher's Set
CIRCA 1900-1960S A.D.
9 7/8 - 10 5/8 in. (1 kg total, 25-27 cm).
Comprising an early wired 'spider' catcher's mask with leather padding and buckle strap and elasticated headband with Schwarz NY sporting label and handwritten owner name; later leather Del Crandell catcher's glove with embossed signatures. [2]
ProvenanceAcquired separately, USA, 2016.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
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LOT 1837
Early Leather Baseball Catcher's Set
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Merryweather Brass Fireman's Helmet and Hose Nozzle
Circa 1890-1920s A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £94
With rosettes over the ears, crests displaying dragons in relief, crest to front and remains of leather chin strap and lining; hose engraved '5/8' 'John Morris & Son Ltd Salford Manchester' 'A & P' 'Fire Engineers' 'Morris Coupling'. 2.65 kg total, 25.5-38 cm
Acquired from Graham Currie Militaria, UK, 2016. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of invoice and details for helmet. -
WW2 James H Parker Typed Tank Crew Manuscript Memoir
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A typescript soldier's memoir pencil signed 'James H Parker' on the last text page, running from 1940 to 1945 from induction into the British Army Royal Armoured Corps and Matilda tanks, via the D-Day invasions and across Europe until VE Day on 8th May 1945 at Linteg, Germany, with reference to a visit at Stalag 10b and a comment upon the conditions of the prisoners held there; with a number of poems, mostly with pencilled 'JHP' initials to each page of these; pages held in a small format ring binder. 405 grams, 22 x 18 cm
Private UK family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs PR of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Victorian Silver Baby Rattle with Whistle
19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The body decorated with foliate scrolls; articulate attachment loop to reverse; stamped 'GU' in a rectangular cartouche to underside of mouthpiece; coral stick and bells absent. 18.1 grams, 51 mm
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members.
Traditionally accompanied by a teether of red or white coral, such teethers were both practical aids and examples of sympathetic' magic, symbolising blood or bone.