The final installment of the Uni Watch Power Rankings is now up and running. Thanks for a fun week, everyone. Meanwhile: Our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are running their …
Category: Collectibles/Memorabilia
NHL Draft Road Trip Report
…or: the one where the Pirates let us down while winning an exciting ballgame on a dazzling Saturday afternoon in Pittsburgh ~~~~~ [Editor’s Note: Phil here, subbing for Paul on …
Auction Action
As you’ve probably noticed by now from the ad in the left sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions recently came out with another catalog’s worth of good stuff. Here …
Fat Men, Baseball, and Early Twentieth Century Postcards
By Phil Hecken As many of you know, one of the semi-recurring features on the weekend Uni Watch entries is a fabulous section called “Colorize This!,” which features readers (artists, …
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What you see above is the Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat Award crown that was awarded to Ted Williams for having MLB’s highest slugging percentage in 1957. Ya think Teddy …
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Click to enlarge The image shown above is from a 1918 circus poster, and it’s probably the most bizarre animals-playing-sports illustration I’ve ever seen. I especially love that the elephants …
Auction Action
. Mike Hersh has been combing through the new listings at Mears and Legendary Auctions and has come up with a ton of cool stuff. Without further ado: • I …
Uni Watch Profiles: Shawn Kennedy
By Phil Hecken Last weekend I did a mini-review of the new University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football uniforms, which prompted this E-mail from reader Shawn Kennedy (he’s the guy …
Auction Action
As you’ve probably gathered from the ad in the left sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions have another catalog auction taking place. This one’s a bit smaller than many …
Christmas Comes Early to Uni Watch HQ
. That NFL style guide that I wrote about last week is just one of several excellent items I’ve recently scored on eBay. Another is the wool jersey you see …
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Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, as I did. In between bites of turkey and stuffing, my brother informed me that he’s become a soccer fan, which was a bit …
Auction Action
As you may have noticed from the ad in the left sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions have a bunch of new items up for bid. Here are the …
Key to the City — Or at Least to the Stadium
. What you see above is season pass that the New York Giants issued to select VIPs in 1921, which is up for bids in the current SCP Auctions catalog. …
Summer Woolens: A Trove of Flannel Antiquities
The increasingly indispensable Mike Hersh recently turned me on to a site I hadn’t been aware of before, Antique Sports Collector. It’s filled with excellent photographs of some really nice …
Auction Action, Basketball Edition
As you may have seen in the right sidebar, our friends at Grey Flannel Auctions are currently running their annual Basketball Hall of Fame induction auction, and I’ve taken the …