BOOKS/HISTORY/value

[bigtrain]

Barry,
I still keep a copy of your book article from VCBC on my desk for reference even though its nearly 20 years old. I suspect that many collectors got interested in baseball books through that article. Many thanks.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

Barry,
I still keep a copy of your book article from VCBC on my desk for reference even though its nearly 20 years old. I suspect that many collectors got interested in baseball books through that article. Many thanks.

You're welcome Tom. I wrote quite a few articles for VCBC but that one was always my favorite.

[bgar3]

I want to add my thank you to Barry for the article also, and I hope this keeps going. I apologize for not having a working scan to illustrate points, but all the books so far are great. One aspect i would encourage, is to check the books for prior ownership signatures etc, many times I have found that the book was owned by someone involved in baseball in some notable way. My particular interest is in when they annotate the book in some interesting way. if anyone has examples like that, i would love to see them.

[baseballart]

Baseball book collecting can start with the ABCs

[baseballart]

Most early baseball fiction is completely unreadable. However, the covers, and especially the dust jackets, are as beautiful as any card or photo of the era.

The paintings for many book covers were also used in magazines. Here's one example

[bgar3]

max, just sent you a book cover for your opinion. if you did not get it let me know. the ABC is terrific, funny, mine is even worse condition.