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- Circa - Unknown
- Advertiser - A.G. Spalding & Bros.
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- Size - 2-3/4" x 5-1/2"
- Price Guide - No Collectors Value
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Often included with advertisements,
ink blotters, like trade cards, were a
good way to attract potential
customers. Because people kept them on
their desks, the advertiser’s message
would always be in front of them, and
generate way more advertising
‘impressions’ than many of the
conventional trade cards. Ink blotters
were popular in the days of fountain
pens. They are typically thicker than
your standard trade card as they were
used to help wipe the excess ink from
the tips of the pen.
Most collectors consider sports themed ink blotters as a type of a trading
card like this one issued by Spalding
Sporting Goods in 1938. The titled
slogan at the top reads; "Players- It's
a Homer!" Below illustrates the
Spalding trademark logo next to a base
runner about to slide. To the right,
center, is a picture of "Henry Louis
Gehrig" and reads "Spalding's
Merchandise" below, then "Prices are
wholesale to clubs."
The far right features a May, 1938 calendar with red numbers marking the
days of the week, blue numbers for
Sundays, and Monday May 30, Memorial
Day. The bottom feature the phases of
the moon.
Reproduction Alert! - This item is a
FAKE. The picture used
for this 1938 calendar ink blotter was taken on May
2, 1939. (see Below) It appeared in
a May 3, 1939 Newspaper article "Lou
Breaks String At 2130 Games."
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Spalding Lou Gehrig Calendar
Ink Blotter |
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| May 3, 1939
Newspaper Photo |
!938 Ink Blotter
Calendar Photo |
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1938 Calendar |
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