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Anchor Brand
Professional League No.
50 Baseball |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1930's
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MANUFACTURER-
J. deBeer
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SIZE
- 5
ounce, 9
inches
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PRICE GUIDE
- $200.-$300.
Excellent-Near Mint
Condition
Because of the
scarcity of this
baseball and lack
of sales data the
value is estimated
based on selling
prices of baseballs
with similar
history and age.
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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J. deBeer and Son, Inc. was
founded in 1889 by Jacob deBeer, a
German Dutch immigrant tanner that
began making his own baseballs in a
converted barn in Johnstown, N.Y. The Anchor brand was
the J. deBeer trademark logo. The
company moved from Johnstown, N.Y. to
Albany in 1916 and the name was changed
to J. deBeer & son. At that point the
company started to use the Double
Header logo, but the Anchor brand was
still used for many years later.
There's not much catalog information available to accurately date Anchor
Brand baseballs, but the No. 50 can be
loosely dated to the late 1930's. This
Red & Green stitch Professional League Anchor
Brand baseball No. 50 was originally made
available for just 8 box tops of Quaker
Puffed wheat. In a 1936 ad, 10
box tops of Muffets, or 2 box tops and
.25 cents. Without
catalog information it cannot be said
for sure if the No. 50 premium
baseball was exclusive to the Quaker
Oats "FREE BASEBALL GIFTS"
Babe Ruth offer, but
there was No. 80 Professional League
Anchor Brand baseball, that was more
likely produced for the retail market.
There was also a De Beer No. 50 Double
Header Logo baseball sold in 1938.
The earliest Anchor Brand baseball logos, have "J de Beer" inside the
anchor. Later Anchor Brand baseballs
feature "J. deBeer & Son," sometime
after the move to Albany. The Racol
symbol, Registered Trademark ®, first
introduced in 1947, was added to the
Anchor Brand logo around 1955. The
green thread on these baseballs
are commonly found faded.
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Anchor Brand No. 50 &
No. 80 Professional League
Baseball |
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| Anchor Brand No. 50 Professional League Baseball |
Anchor Brand No. 80 Professional League Baseball |
Anchor Brand No. 50 Professional League Baseball |
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1930's Quaker wheat Baseball
Gifts ad |
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