Lot 543

Vintage 1920s Winchester “AMERICAN CLUB” Model Leather & Metal Ice Skates

Estimate: $150 - $200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
In the 1920s, fresh off of lucrative World War 1 military contracts, the legendary Winchester sought to diversify from a manufacturer of solely firearms and ammunition to a broad-based gun, hardware, and sporting goods operation. This pair of Vintage 1920s Winchester “AMERICAN CLUB” Model Leather & Metal Ice Skates are in Fair Condition, with the end of the left leather heel strap having torn away long ago, some seam tearing to the upper sewn end of that left leather heel strap, moderate seam tearing to the upper back left leather heel, heavy surface cracking and tearing to the middle of the right leather heel strap, some scattered verdigris and spot patina to the metal heel strap buckles, heavy verdigris to the brass lacing grommets of the right skate, moderate scattered drying, darkening, crazing, and wrinkling to the leather bodies, moderate scattered patina to the metal skates, and with moderate overall age wear evident. Otherwise, the skates are in fair shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, they are fully mounted skates, certainly rarer than the clamp-on metal only skates more commonly found, sport tough brown leather bodies, brown finished brass lacing grommets along the insteps, and brown leather heel straps with metal buckles, and are stamped along the left sides of the metal skates with their model name, “-AMERICAN CLUB- / HARDENED”, the size, “10 1/2”, and their maker, the famous “WINCHESTER / -TRADEMARK- / MADE IN U.S.A.”. They are a correct left and right pair, and are an honest example of rare, original Vintage 1920s Winchester “AMERICAN CLUB” Model Leather & Metal Ice Skates.

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