What information is available for an odd Christmas gift from Bud Fisher to Ed Barrow?

Answer 1

This question has not been answered for so long, I had to take a shot at it.

First thing I had to do was look up to see who Bud Fisher was? Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher- An American cartoonist who created the first successful daily comic strip in the United States. 'Mutt and Jeff."

Mutt and Jeff I know. What I don't know is what the odd Christmas gift was? Ed Barrow managed the Boston Red Sox to the World Series before the "Curse of the Babino", then left for New York. As general manager of the Yankees, Barrow organized and developed the farm system that helped build the sport's strongest dynasty. From 1921 to 1945, New York won 14 pennants and 10 World Series.

My guess is that Bud Fisher drew up a personal cartoon for Ed Barrow, that had something to do with the Red Sox, Babe Ruth, and the Yankees, tied in with "Mutt & Jeff? If you contact me with the details of this "odd Christmas gift" I might be able to help.

Either way. If it is an original piece of artwork or a life time pass to the play to "No, No, Nanette" the play Red Sox owner Harry Frazee produced, sold babe Ruth to the Yankees to help finance the production, (in New York) and also recommended Ed Barrow to the New York Yankees :-) ....What ever the gift, the stronger the provenance tracing the "odd Christmas gift" back to Bud Fisher, and Ed Barrow, the more valuable it will be. The value will rely on the strength of the provenance. If the gift is tied into anything that has to do with the Red Sox, and or Yankees even higher.

Provenance is the history of ownership of a particular item. It allows the buyer to secure additional insight as to the origin or chain of custody of the item. A letter of provenance from a family member or party close to the source will hold more weight than a letter from a collector that will hold little weight if any.

Without the provenance the "odd gift" will be valued as a common collectible item, or in the case of an original piece of artwork; be sold as such, and valued accordingly. The people at the television show "History Detectives" on PBS have been in touch with me researching an Item. Oddly enough an original piece of artwork by Sporting News artist/ illustrator Willard Mullin given as a gift to Zack Wheat. This "odd Christmas gift" might be an item they would be interested in researching? Get back to me. Contact me with the details, and I will try to help you out further. You may contact me through the message board by clicking on my WikiAnswer profile or through my website link below.