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Lot 108
Sale 1301 - A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
Jan 30, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$2,858
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Lot Description
A Baseball Player's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug, Possibly Identified to Mickey Heath
Early 20th Century
depicting a group of baseball players in front of a grandstand, with the name Home Run Heath in gilt lettering, in possible reference to Mickey Heath's remarkable Minor League batting record.
underside marked Limoges France.
Height 3 1/2 inches.
Minor Wilson "Mickey" Heath (1903-1986) began his baseball career playing for the Hollywood Stars, a California Minor League Team in the Pacific Coast League. Over his seventeen Minor League seasons, Heath hit 247 home runs and helped his team clinch the championship title during his final year with the Stars. In 1931, Heath joined the Cincinnati Reds for one season, in which he played first base.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey