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Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

The Standard Catalog.

It is well worth buying one. A fellow would do well if he were armed with The Standard Catalog; Mr. Lipset's Encyclopedias; a later edition of The American Card Catalog; the 3rd or 4th edition of Mr. Sugar's Sports Collectors Bible; Mr. Horne's Zeenuts 1911 - 1938; Mr. Egan's Handbook to U.S. Early Candy and Gum Baseball Issues; Scot Reader's work on T206s; and The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company by Mr. Miller, Mr. Gonsowski, and Mr. Masson. Those eight works would get a fellow a long way down the road of old ballcard knowledge. Then throw in all of the old issues of The Old Judge, for good measure.

Originally Posted by Leon

It's the "Big Book" as it is commonly referred to. It's the Krause Standard Catalog of Baseball cards that comes out once a year. It has to be the #1 book to have if you are into vintage collecting, imo. There are others but no other one has this breadth of information. Lemke and company have done a great job with it. regards

Thanks both for answering my question, and supplementing it with further advice. When free time permits, will be sure to pursue those references.
--S