A few days ago I received a package in the mail from an older family member. Inside was an old Dutch Masters cigar box filled with old newspaper clippings and various other stuff I really didn’t know why they wanted to send me. Near the bottom of the box I discovered a really old Irving Trust Co. baseball patch. Irving Trust Co. merged a long time ago with The Bank of New York, and I haven’t been able to find anything on this baseball patch. On eBay, I see a lot of older baseball patches but nothing quite like this. I know there are many vintage baseball patch collectors and people that collect old bank memorabilia. I wonder if this thing has any value? I might give it a try on eBay and see what happens.
Lets just hope someone doesn’t buy it to make fake patch cards 🙂
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That’s really cool ! It would be nice to find out the history surrounding it.
I love stuff like this too. Its great that it was packaged in an old cigar box, that would have been enough for me.
I’ve sent the patch to eBay land. I’ll see what happens. If it doesn’t sell, I’m keeping it cause its kinda cool.