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All Quilting, All the Time

Jay Jaffe — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:06:00 +0000

I’m pleased to report that the “My Favorite Baseball Stars” quilt made by the late Clara Rothmeier fetched $62,500 at auction on Saturday. One of the other quilts, commemorating an early 1950s Cardinals team, went for $10,200. Both quilts feature autographs of players which Rothmeier then embroidered. The “Stars” quilt has over 300 of them, ...

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Best. Quilt. Ever. Now Up for Auction

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:45:00 +0000

On Saturday, February 20, in Union, Missouri, a unique and amazing collection of baseball memorabilia will be auctioned off. Baseball fan Clara Schmitt Rothmeier, who passed away last June, created several baseball-themed quilts, the most famous of which, a piece called “My Favorite Baseball Stars,” was exhibited by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in ...

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Say Hey, Kid!

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:03:00 +0000

When I was maybe 11 years old, my parents took me to a giant supermarket expo down at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, where none other than Willie Mays was putting in a personal appearance and signing autographs, one of several athletes to be making appearances at the show. Though too young to ...

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My Favorite Baseball Quilt

Jay Jaffe — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:45:00 +0000

I’ve never attended a perfect game, but back in the summer of 2003, I attended “A Perfect Game,” an exhibit at the American Folk Art Museum devoted to baseball. I was so taken with it that I wrote a lengthy review, which included this bit about the image above: One of the most prominent pieces ...

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Further Adventures in Bobbleheadhunting

Jay Jaffe — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:48:00 +0000

Slowly but surely, I’m settling into my new apartment in Brooklyn, but I’ve yet to unpack many of my baseball books or knickknacks, including my collection of about 20 bobbleheads. Among those is a special one I’ve been meaning to write about for over six months. In the summer of 2006, in anticipation of Tony ...

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