Distressed Baseball Glove: Chico Carrasquel Professional G32 Model by Nokona

Description

Distressed
Baseball
Glove
Sale
:
Over 40 years ago I met a gentleman who was purchasing a restaurant, and he wanted to decorate it rather unusually.  He was a sports fan, and he desired to furnish his restaurant with all kinds of sports items, mainly sports equipment, and mainly using baseball and football themes, with a little basketball, hockey, golf, etc., thrown in.  He did not wish to use "high-end" items because he did not desire to worry about patrons walking off with his displays.  Actually, he basically "destroyed" his furnishings because he was not reluctant to literally nail things to the walls.  (And I do not mean
framed
items; I mean he was basically going to nail the items themselves to the walls, just to create an atmosphere that fellow sports lovers would feel comfortable to eat and drink in his establishment, and talk sports while patronizing his restaurant/bar.  He was all about merely creating the "right atmosphere" as he called it.  He was not discerning at all; if an item fit the atmosphere he tried to project, he would nail it to the wall in the various table booths he had set up.  I was one of his "finders" as he called me.  When I had any sports items to discard, I could always peddle them off to Freddy.  It so happens I have a couple of "Freddy items" that I feel are not worthy of legitimately listing on EBAY because of their condition, so I have reduced the price to almost nothing, and see if any more Freddys are out there desiring some props as "wall hangers".  Here's one on them:
This is a
Nokona G32 Professional Model Chico Carrasquel
baseball glove.  Actually, I think this is a rather nice "Freddy item", but the flaws prevent it from being further used as a functional glove.  For one thing, the wrist strap button has been removed, rendering the wrist strap useless.  (Please see photos # 1, 2, 9, & 10.)  And on the inside tip of the thumb, there is a small hole in the leather in which one can see (and touch, if desired) the stuffing inside the thumb area.  A shame this old vintage glove cannot go to a "vintage glove graveyard" completely intact, but from a functionality standpoint, it just is not there for the future.
Chico Carrasquel was the Chicago White Sox shortstop when I first started following baseball as a youth.  This Venezuelan baseball player actually started his professional career in my old home town of Fort Worth, Texas, playing double-A ball in 1949.  Chico was a disciplined hitter and an excellent fielder.  He joined the White Sox organization in 1950, becoming the third Venezuelan to play Major League Baseball.  Chico was a four-time All-Star shortstop with the White Sox, and beat out Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees for his first All-Star election in 1951.  Chico was the first Latin American to ever start in an All-Star game.  As the first Venezuelan to become a star player in MLB, Carrasquel became a national idol and was an influential figure in his native country.
Thank you for viewing my EBAY-auction item.  (Please note:  I do
not
ship internationally.)  God bless.