The Glove Library is a comprehensive source for Vintage Baseball Glove information like manufacturer catalogs, patents and articles. Login to read glove collecting articles, research manufacturer’s catalogs and glove patents.
Glove Articles
- $14,100 For a Baseball Glove
- 1905 Sporting Goods Dealer - Production of Gloves/Baseballs at Reach Factory
- 1950 Rawlings Roundup magazine
- 1950's Game-Used Gloves No Routine Pickup
- 19th Century Baseball Equipment
- A Collector's Glove Affair
- A Game of Catch
- A Glove Affair
- A Glove Full of Memories
- A History of the Bill Doak Glove
Glove Catalogs
- A.F. Seeberger & Co. 1888 Catalog 1
- A.J. Reach 1886 Catalog 1
- A.J. Reach 1886 Catalog 2
- A.J. Reach 1887 Catalog
- A.J. Reach 1890 Catalog
- A.J. Reach 1891 Catalog
- A.J. Reach 1892 Catalog
- A.J. Reach 1893 Catalog
- A.J. Reach 1894 Catalog
- A.J. Reach 1895 Catalog 1
Glove Hobby – Historical
- Boys of Summer Fall 1997 Catalog
- Boys of Summer Fall 1998 Catalog
- Boys of Summer Spring 1998 Catalog
- Boys of Summer Summer Summer 1997 Catalog
- Bruce Weaver Sale List
- David Stebbens Sports Memorabilia List
- Drunks in the Bleachers Fall 2001 Catalog
- Drunks in the Bleachers Spring 2000 Catalog
- Drunks in the Bleachers Summer 1999 Catalog
- Drunks in the Bleachers Summer 2001 Catalog
Glove Patents
- 1878-01-01 - Austin C. Butts
- 1883-12-25 - Austin C. Butts
- 1885-09-08 - George H. Rawlings
- 1887-03-29 - John Blomstrom
- 1887-08-09 - Edmond Redmond
- 1887-08-23 - Edwin Loucks
- 1888-07-10 - Joseph W. Sauer
- 1888-08-24 - Frederick G. Fischer
- 1889-08-06 - Paul Buckley & Earle Harry Decker
- 1890-04-15 - George C. Kohler