Vintage Baseball Split Finger Softball Glove Full Pinky Crescent To Thumb N.

Listed last week the buyer bailed when it came to making the payment, therefore the item is relisted. The following text remains the same to inform new viewers to the auction about the source and how I came to have this glove."Vintage Baseball Split Finger Softball Glove c 1940 Full Pinky Crescent to Thumb Near Mint.Soft supple and almost appears and feels as new. Acquired as a gift over thirty years ago. No name found. There seems to be a brand mark in the pocket but faded. The number... mark is as follows, "SG38". Photos do a good job of describing its physical and visual condition.  The story and the other glove, which is also up auction is added below.Both gloves came together in a Spalding box also up or auction.Vintage Baseball Glove Split Finger "Joe Cronin" / "Chuck Klein" Spalding Lefty Model Pristine, with Chuck Klein fancy burned in signature on the pinky. I received this glove about 30 years ago with another a softball glove(?) also split finger, in a 1940s Spalding box indicating a different model number. They came as a gift from my uncle who had box seats to the Phillies from 1950 until the early 2000s when he passed away. I sat with him in Shibe Park as a kid, then at Vets and finally at Citizens Park. He was at most games as a fixture. He was a dentist and as such ingratiated himself to the team and players trading his work skills for baseball memorabilia and mementos. He became friendly with the equipment manager and things came his way. It wasn't unusual to see Pete Rose, Rueben Amaro, or Bud Harrelson on his couch. Simply baseball was his life. One of his treasures now long gone was one of Eddie Waitkus's 1950 Phillies uniform. He was the player who inspired the book and movie, "The Natural". The glove up for auction came as everything else he had from personal connections with the team and individual players. As far as the "Chuck Klein" autograph, I have checked and only see a similar autograph printed on a 1936 Goudey baseball card where the "E" in Klein is capitalized. The story I was told was that the my Uncle acquired it in the 1950's at a bar in Kensington, in Philly, that Klein owned. Who incised the autograph name and whether this was common to fans or friends is unknown to me and why it is on a Joe Cronin (Boston Red Socks player/manager) is also a mystery?? It is also too late to ask any questions.  S+H, USPS ground, $12.95 take a look at the other auctions of the softball glove and the Spalding box.

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