106.    $100

Muller “Ball Players” reproduction iron-front, ca. 1876.  This is not one of the few original Nicholas Muller examples of this highly valued clock; if it were, I would be asking thousands of dollars for it.  This is a spelter reproduction, a very good reproduction, of the original American Clock Co. iron-front.  At the top are two boys thought to be watching a game from a roof-top; in the middle are two 1870’s ball players (Bob Ferguson and Bobby Mathews), and at the bottom are Henry Chadwick (a famous sportswriter of the day) and Alexander Cartwright, the father of modern baseball.  The spelter metal has been painted gold and has some roughness, as you would expect of a recasting.  The dial is glossy paper behind a brass bezel and glass; the 30-hour time-and-strike movement is unsigned and there is no label (not surprisingly).  It is running but the strike chain needs attention.  A clock for baseball lovers.  $100-$250.