Items you buy over and over again

[Runscott]

I've bought 'Who's Who in Major League Baseball' three times now. After a year or two I always sell it, then a year later I have to have it again. Anyone else do this?

By the way (and I'm not selling one), it's the perfect sidekick to the '33 Goudey set.

[sycks22]

Can't get enough of the big league chew. Also have bought the '52 Bowman Mantle in multiple grades multiple times.

[hammer]

58 Mantle's are my downfall will buy and then sell and buy then sell it's a revolving door.

[Deertick]

1973 Topps #615

I have probably had 20 of them, never more than 2 at any given time.

I am currently sans.

[springpin]

There is a Reds pin from the 60s that I love. Not all that scarce or valuable. I must love it, because I have four of them, and if I found another, I would buy it.

Paul

[perezfan]

Paul:

Is it one of these? I'm a sucker for Mr. Red as well...

[Runscott]

Just wasted 2 hrs figuring out the following. I have a spreadsheet if anyone is interested. If nothing else, it can be sorted by last name.

• Players from '33 set in the book: 179
• Players from '33 set NOT in the book: 33
• Additional players in the book: 181
• Additional former stars in the book: 31

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I've bought 'Who's Who in Major League Baseball' three times now. After a year or two I always sell it, then a year later I have to have it again. Anyone else do this?

By the way (and I'm not selling one), it's the perfect sidekick to the '33 Goudey set.

Scott, when I saw the title of this thread I thought, "yes, I do have something I buy all the time....1933's Who Who in the Major Leagues."

Little did I expect......

I currently own 4 copies in varying conditions including a copy owned by former MLer Max Bishop. I would still like to find a copy with a solid dust jacket.

[Runscott]

A dust jacket would be nice. A board member was going to make me a hi-res scan of his, but at one point I thought I might sell my copy (yet again ), so I told him not to go to the trouble.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by Runscott

A dust jacket would be nice. A board member was going to make me a hi-res scan of his, but at one point I thought I might sell my copy (yet again ), so I told him not to go to the trouble.

I have heard his scanning abilities are suspect at best

[springpin]

It is the Mr. Red pin with the inscription from the 1961 WS.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by WillowGrove

Scott, when I saw the title of this thread I thought, "yes, I do have something I buy all the time....1933's Who Who in the Major Leagues."

Little did I expect......

I currently own 4 copies in varying conditions including a copy owned by former MLer Max Bishop. I would still like to find a copy with a solid dust jacket.

Peter

I would guess you have both the red and purple boards. There is also a ~60 page salesman's sample which has the same cover as the dj. I have a dupe in dj but is probably fair to good at best.

As for my multiple purchases, I have 5 different editions of Brooks's Our Baseball Club and 4 different editions of Everett's Changing Base


Max

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by baseballart

Peter

I would guess you have both the red and purple boards. There is also a ~60 page salesman's sample which has the same cover as the dj. I have a dupe in dj but is probably fair to good at best.

As for my multiple purchases, I have 5 different editions of Brooks's Our Baseball Club and 4 different editions of Everett's Changing Base


Max

yup max, I have both. 60 page salesman sample sounds interesting. As long as we're talking about one of my favorite books, about 10 years ago I got to spend some time with Tiger pitcher Elden Aucker and at the right time I took out Who's Who and he flipped each page and gave me some editorials on each player.....Dale Alexander was a great hitter but he was too slow, Firpo Marberry lost his arm literally, late in life when he had it out the window as a truck went by, and more than i wish i video taped. It was great watching Elden turn the pages and acknowledge basically every player he saw. Great day. Great book.

[baseballart]

[WillowGrove]

Okay so is that the cover of the salesman's sample and/or the regular issue? (probably both?)