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Lot 859
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Lot Number: 859
Description: Rare and unique “Cap Dibble” intact baseball equipment collection and traveling suitcase c. 1915-25. Captivating lot obtained directly from the family of Cap Dibble who played for the semi-professional Oneonta, NY baseball team in the period. Offered is Dibble’ wicker mesh traveling suitcase intact with his various sports equipment to include: Oneonta baseball uniform (jersey, pants, hat, and socks). Jersey retains orig. lettering on front and Horace Partridge Co. label in collar, hat is matching maroon with no mfg. markings and socks are also maroon (moth damage). Jersey and pants are fairly clean with only minor usage wear, hat has some wear to interior. Lot also includes pair of Spalding cleats (Have some wear incl. small hole); (2) pairs of quilted sliding pads; Pair of Spalding canvas athletics shorts; leather belt, Oneonta mini pennant, baseman’s mitt (heavy usage wear), single leather knee pad, Collis ankle supporter in orig. box; photo postcard of the 1906 Oneonta baseball team; 1921 baseball illustration by Dibble, and a great homemade mechanical scorer (painted tin exterior with numerals painted on revolving wooden discs). Unique grouping providing a window in time of how the game was played in the first quarter of the 20th century: Range PR-EX/MT
Estimated Price: $1,500.00-$2,000.00
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