***Just a reminder to all those in the Reading Pa area- we will be setting up from February 29-March 2 at the Greater Reading Expo Center. We will be bringing hundreds of figural items for sale. We'll also be looking to buy. Our booth number is 402.

We have also just posted our latest auction which will end Friday April 4, 2008. Clcik on the Auction button above to see all the items.***

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KAIL BASKETBALL PLAYER 

If you've read this Blog, you know that we love the works of Fred Kail. His series of NFL team statues are incredibly detailed and much sought after by collectors. We recently obtained a nice sized collection of them, and plan on auctioning them off over the next few auctions.

You also may know that to a much lesser degree, there was also a line of Kail Major league teams. These statues can and usually do sell in the thousands of dollars. We have only seen original 60's examples of the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates. We believe there may be other teams made.

Now, what you may not know. The company producing the Kail figurines in the 60's also made a generic basketball player. He has the same style face and body type as the football abd baseball figures. We've only handled one in over 20 years in the hobby. Pretty cool- right?