NY Daily News: Lew Lipset plans to publish another book (plus Bill Mastro update)

[WhenItWasAHobby]

I was just reading another Michael O'Keeffe article about Bill Mastro and I noticed in a letter linked to the article Lew Lipset mentioned in passing he plans to write a book "My Life With Baseball Cards". I have his other books so this should be a good read.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/ite...ntry-1.1757083

P.S. There's an update with the Bill Mastro fiasco. Strangely enough he still hasn't been sentenced and won't be until two other related cases are completed.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I guess this wasn't the type of letter to the court Mastro was hoping for.

“I was in the hobby/industry for 35 years,” Lipset wrote last year in a letter to Judge Ronald A. Guzman. “I have never met anyone as despicable as Bill Mastro.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/ite...#ixzz2z4dNHQno

[D.P.Johnson]

Thanks. Good read.

[the 'stache]

Thanks for the heads up, Dan. I'm pretty late to the party, as I just got the first three volumes of Lew's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards volumes 1-3 in the mail yesterday, but I am really enjoying his writing and his meticulous attention to detail.

What other books of his do you recommend?

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Thanks for the heads up, Dan. I'm pretty late to the party, as I just got the first three volumes of Lew's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards volumes 1-3 in the mail yesterday, but I am really enjoying his writing and his meticulous attention to detail.

What other books of his do you recommend?

I have those three volumes also and thoroughly enjoyed reading through them countless times. He may have other publications. Perhaps someone else can enlighten us.

[calvindog]

“I was in the hobby/industry for 35 years,” Lipset wrote last year in a letter to Judge Ronald A. Guzman. “I have never met anyone as despicable as Bill Mastro.”

If I had a dollar for every time I heard this....

[Leon]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

I have those three volumes also and thoroughly enjoyed reading through them countless times. He may have other publications. Perhaps someone else can enlighten us.

He (hi Lew) also put out the Old Judge Newsletter for several (3-5) years. It was kind of like a "paper" chat board. It was great and there was tons of information about all kinds of cards. There was also a lot about things going on in the hobby too, if I recall correctly. It's a must read for vintage baseball card hobbyists (there were around 50 Newsletters I believe)... I have a full run somewhere in my library of hobby stuff.