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[Baseball Glove Collector]

Good for you Jonathan for writing a book to share with the hobby. I wish more people would write books on collecting or equipment or anything. There are so few baseball equipment focused books out there and I wish I could get my hands on more. This one has a special place in my library. The new pieces are simply incredible and so is the photography. You did well.

The collection is evolving nicely and I can appreciate your reasons for change. I’m sure everyone hits that collecting crossroad at some point and it would interesting to hear if/why other collections changed over time.

Here’s my post-baseball card collecting story. I started by collecting gloves and mitts in off-brands. When they kept appearing, I had to get more focused because my funds wouldn’t allow the purchase of so many gloves. Then, I concentrated on only 1” webs and full webs in off-brands. I amassed nearly 100 different brands and then those started to dry up (I swear, people would tear labels off of old clothing, sew it to a glove and sell it to me as a rare off-brand in the early days). I couldn’t add many more as my collection got more advanced so it got stagnant. Then I got bored. Then I had to go in another direction. Hmmm. Novelty gloves? That was fun and hard. 19th Century – love ‘em but too expensive. I'd have to part with too many cherished gloves. Tough decision. Then, after all these years, I went for what I truly believe is the pinnacle of the hobby, boxed gloves. There’s nothing better than getting a nice example that you don’t have to upgrade. Check it off the list forever and trade off the dupes and placeholders. For example, I have owned well over 50 Joe Gordon gloves but to get them in the box was the ultimate for me. It seemed finite and a direction in which I couldn’t let get out of control. Well, boxes are bulky and take up a lot of room but I love ‘em as it keeps me from buying multiple examples of the same glove. Now I just try to go for the best one to be done with it. Don’t know where the road will lead to next.

So, I understand what it means to be at a crossroads in your collection. Jonathan does too. Sometimes we all just need a kick in the butt or a spark and Jonathan just provided it.

Great book and worth the read if anything to reflect on your own collections. Support a fellow collector and pick up a copy for your library today.

JD
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