*** I just got back from a week in Florida. Although the weather was not terrific, it sure does beat the freezing weather we came back to. The best part of the vacation was watching the Giants beat the Cowboys with my brother. This victory will go down as one of my favorites of all time. Watching "T.O." cry after the game was the "icing on the cake".

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KAIL BASEBALL FIGURINES

Most collectors of figural sports memorabilia associate the name Fred Kail with his fabulous series of football statues. The NFL series consist of 5 different pieces for each of the early 60's NFL franchises. There is a large and small size of both the standing lineman and down-lineman. There is also an ashtray with a stadium and small standing lineman for each team.

But there is also a much limited series of baseball statues that many collectors do not know about. We have only handled a handful over the last 20 years. Many years ago we sold a large Philadelphia Phillies and a smaller sized N.Y. Yankees that came on an ashtray. A few years back we had a large sized Baltimore Orioles statue that was made specifically for the then Orioles pitching ace- Milt Pappas (most famous for being traded for Frank Robinson). It was an early statue and was made of solid chalk-ware. We have seen only one other Kail baseball statue- it's of a large Pirate and it came with an attached ash tray. To say these statues are rare would be an under-statement.

Just as a footnote, there are generic Kail basketball statues too. There is also a relatively common series of bowlers.