Description: OFFERED HERE IS A ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE BASEBALL CATCHERS MASK. THIS IS AN ADULT MODEL CATCHERS MASK MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 10.5 INCHES TALL BY 9.50 INCHES WIDE AND 4.5 DEEP. A RATHER LARGE AND VERY RARE STYLE OF MASK. NOT SURE OF THE MANUFACTURER AS NONE FOUND? THIS MASK IS A RARE "BEADWELD" STYLE EARLY CATCHERS MASK. IT HAS 10 LARGE "BEADWELDS" AND TWO OF THESE 10 ARE KIND OF HIDDEN UNDER LEATHER AT CHIN STRAP. THE MASK HAS ALL ORIGINAL LEATHER PADDING ALTHOUGH WORN AND CRACKED IN SPOTS AND SLIGHT SEAM PULL AT BOTTOM OF CHIN STRAP ABOUT 2.5 INCHES LONG PLEASE SEE PICTURES. THE METAL FACE BARS ARE THICK AND ALL ATTACHED AND IN GOOD SHAPE. THE HEAD STRAP IS PROBABLY NOT ORIGINAL BUT THERE AND APPEARS COMPLETE. BEADWELD MASKS WERE SOME OF THE HARDEST TO FIND IN THE HOBBY AND WORN BY SOME PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS (SEE LAST PICTURE). THERE IS A PROFESSIONAL PLAYER WEARING THIS SAME STYLE MODEL IN THE LAST PICTURE. THAT PHOTO DOES NOT COME WITH THIS AUCTION. THE PHOTO WAS PULLED FROM THE INTERNET AND NOT INCLUDED. THIS MODEL HAS NO SPITTER OPENING ON IT BUT DOES HAVE EAR PROTECTORS AS SEEN. SPITTER MASKS CAME OUT IN APPROX. 1914 FOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. THE LOWER CHIN STRAP AT BOTTOM IS A LITTLE OFF CENTER A BIT PROBABLY NOT TIGHT ENOUGH BUT YOU BE THE JUDGE. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO MOVE OR TIGHTEN IT. I TRY TO DESCRIBE ALL ITEMS AS BEST POSSIBLE. PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS AND GLAD TO SEND ADDITIONAL INFO. No Returns accepted for any reason. Item is being sold in as is condition. I have been on Ebay since 1998 and have a 100% feedback.
Price: 297.21 USD
Location: Woodbridge, Virginia
End Time: 2025-01-12T10:40:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.99 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: NO MAKER
Year: CIRCA 1907-1917
Original/Reproduction: Original
