Frank Slocum's Classic Baseball Cards book

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Posted By: John H.

I received a copy of this beautiful and monstrous book in the mail yesterday and I was wondering how many of you have it or are familiar with it. It seems like an invaluable tool for the serious vintage card collector.

I had taken it out of the library a couple of times several years ago so I thought of it after discovering this forum. I checked eBay to see what I could come up with and found a terrific bargain.

John

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Posted By: Mike

I've had it since it came out in 87. The only problem with it is( and it's very minor) is fitting it on the bookshelf. It is quite tall. Kidding of course. It is a great book. Fun to glance through once in a while. I quite frankly haven't looked at it in years. But it makes for a nice reference guide. A lot of additions and finds since it's inception. But fun none the less. Sometimes it's fun to look through , to look for the funniest cards, or the strangest cards. Some very odd photos, and poses taken over the last century. A nice addition to your baseball library

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Posted By: Paul

I've had it for years and think it's fantastic. The Bowman cards at the end are a little small, but that would be my only complaint.

I've also thought it would be terrific if the folks on this forum could collaborate to put together a book (or maybe a CD) that covers the sets omitted from Slocum's book. Wouldn't it be great to see a complete set of E107s in a book? Or how about pictures of a few hundred W600s, or a few dozen G&Bs, or as many Four Base Hits or Just So's as we can get our hands on? And the Latin American cards too. Combining the collections of everyone on this Board, we could put together some nice pictures.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Paul- you just may be on to something, but if it were done today it would probably be digital. Doesn't Joe D. have a museum of images that he is putting together? You would need a lot of cooperation from all the collectors who have these massive collections, but it could be done.

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Posted By: steve f

Okay, but I expect a check before authorizing use of my R302 scans.

I'm gonna have to find that book now. Thanks John

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Posted By: Jeff Drum

I absolutely love the book. Mine is kind of collection keepsake as well. Since I have had the book I have notated in the margins of each card in the book that I have acquired where, when, from who and how much paid for each one.

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Posted By: T206Collector

I received this book as a Christmas gift when it came out in 1987. My step-mother bought it for me, after realizing that I enjoyed collecting 1987 Topps cards. She was always trying to show me that baseball cards could actually be considered works of art -- when the Met made a poster of the Burdick Collection, she bought that for me, too.

Though I picked up a few 1933 Goudey's in the late 1980's, it was many years before I began collecting T206 cards in earnest -- 1997 to be exact. By then, the book had lost its spine, and I had marked up some of the pages. It was falling apart. I decided to remove many of the pages and player images from the book and matte them and frame them. The T206 cards of Mathewson, Cobb, Tinker and others from that book are now framed and hang on my children's walls. I even managed to sell a few framed clippings from this book on ebay a few years back -- mostly the 1800's images.

Of course, before I could cut apart my beloved book, I purchased a nice new-looking one on ebay. I keep it lying awkwardly (big as it is) under some books on a standard book shelf. I hardly ever open it, for fear that I may damage the spine.

In short, this book was a true inspiration behind my collecting vintage baseball cards. Indeed, I specifically recall thinking as a kid that Tinker's hair looked cool -- I still do.

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Posted By: Steve M.

Please post a link to the e107 website for Paul. It's a dandy!

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Posted By: Paul

There's an E107 website???????

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Posted By: robert a

Paul,

I totally agree with you.

Maybe I'm old school or whatever, but I would prefer to see this in book form rather than on a cd.

It would be great to have a book that was a comprehensive, color picture checklist of complete sets.

Rob

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Posted By: Steve M.

there is. It is Deluxe. I don't have the link here at the office so if Richard does not post the link I'll do so when I get home. It is amazing.

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Posted By: jackgoodman

I've also had it since it came out originally. Always fun to look through. And Mike, I solved the "tall" problem by trimming the book .

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Posted By: Mike

Jack, did PSA detect the trim job before they slabbed it?

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Posted By: Steve M.

Paul, here's the link:

http://e107bernhard.tripod.com/e107referencepage.html

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Posted By: RayB

I have a lot of BB Card reference material. Not sure what book is referred to here. Scan of the cover anyone?
RayB

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Posted By: JimB

I have also had it since the early '90's. It is enjoyable to flip through every now and then. I like the idea of another volume with tougher issues like the 19th century issues mentioned above.
JimB

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Posted By: Rick McQuillan

This is a great book with wonderful photos. Many complete sets are shown, but I happened to notice that only 480 or so T206's are shown. I have been wondering why some of the T206's were left out when most of the sets seem to be complete?

Rick

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Posted By: Paul

That E107 website is terrific.

Leon, can you add it to the Vintage Links section?

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Posted By: Richard

Better late then never. Here is the link for the E107 Reference website.
http://e107bernhard.tripod.com/e107referencepage.html

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Posted By: MVSNYC

i have had the book for many years...such an amazing reference...EVERYONE who collects vintage should have it.

MS

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Posted By: leon

I will get this added to the links section. That is a GREAT E107 resource. best regards


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