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Circa 1920's Diamond Mfg."BINGLER" H.H. Harry Heilmann decal-Antique-Vintage bat
$ 184.8
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Description
Circa 1920’s BINGLER 100 H.H. DECAL BAT
Bat shows sign of use, game used? Not sure, but shows cleat marks and where oil, or pine tar was used on the back (see pics).
Bat appears to have been cleaned and about 20-30% of decal remains. No cracks.
Harry Heilmann
(H.H.)
(August 3, 1894 – July 9, 1951), nicknamed "
Slug
", was an American baseball player and
radio
announcer. He played professional baseball for 19 years between 1913 and 1932, including 17 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers (1914, 1916–1929) and Cincinnati Reds (1930, 1932). He was a play-by-play announcer for the Tigers for 17 years from 1934 to 1950.
4× AL Batting Champion (1921, 1923, 1925, 1927)
Excerpt from 1923 Advertisement
The Diamond MFG.
Bingler bats
are the Combined Results of Suggestions of some of the Big-League Expert Batters; They Embody All the Good Features Essential to Hard and Scientific Work; Their Driving Power is Unsurpassed; We Use Nothing but the Best Selected Straight Grained Second Growth Ash; Open Air Dried and Thoroughly Seasoned Before Turning; All Timber is Hand Split (Not Sawed), Thereby Preserving a Continuous Grain; Each bat is Hand Turned to Gauge; used by Professional Ball Players.
Weight – 32 ounces
Length – 33 ¾”
This "RARE" antique
baseball bat is a great example of one of their earliest styles. The logo is clear, just a FANTASTIC antique baseball bat.
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