Reach and Spalding Pages on ebay

[ethicsprof]

I hate to see the books used for any purpose other than for being read as a book. I've bought up quite a few of the spalding and reach in recent months to
help save these jewels of baseball of history and for my own personal research needs.

all the best,
barry

[Runscott]

The argument by sellers, any time you see these pages being sold here or on ebay, is that they are only ripping up otherwise worthless books. This may be true for some, but it's also a lie coming from others.

One thing I can tell you with certainty: if you buy a cut out page, regardless of the condition of the book it came from, it encourages sellers to do it to good books.

[glynparson]

however if people keep buying them and the sellers properly identify them I feel they should be allowed to do it. I do not see it as an activity that should be considered illegal. I am not sure if properly disclosed i would even consider it unethical. I would prefer they stay intact but if there is demand for properly identified pages being sold then who am I to stop someone from buying it.

[Runscott]

Glyn, it is certainly not illegal, and it certainly can't be stopped - if you want to personally support the activity, then either buy cut out pages, or, as you have done here, defend others who are doing it.

[Econteachert205]

This type of stuff has gone on with Gustav Dore book engravings etc. forever in the book world. Would never buy one myself.

[bnorth]

I do not collect them but I am on the side of if you own the magazine you can do what ever you want with it. As long as they are listed properly I have no problem with people cutting up any magazine/book they own and selling the pages.

I have this opinion because a much older friend owned a small used book store. He barely made enough money to keep it open most years and sometimes had to take a night part time job delivering pizza. The last 4-5 years he was open he found a wholesaler who bought magazine pages and it really helped his business stay open without having to have a second job to support the job he loved.

[glynparson]

but that seems to go over some peoples heads. I just do not see where it is our place to act so high and mighty and tell others what to spend there money on. If it does not hurt anyone I do not see the point of bringing this up every month. I have never bought a page and probably never will, but I have cut up bazooka panels and strip card sheets and panels in my life. Some see that as horrible, I was doing it at the time because the items sold for more that way and cards were my job. Again to make it clear I do not support this but at the same time feel it is not my place to judge someone else on their collecting habits. As I have stated if the item is clearly stated and their is demand for the items why is it so wrong. If you people that have such a tremendous problem with it then buy all the guides, as Barry has suggested and is doing, as opposed to being a whiny little b!^#@ like Scott.

[glynparson]

Trying to figure out why some judge it so much differently than Harper or other woodcuts, of which I do have a few single pages . I am much more bothered by individuals like the guy with the fake $200 wagner or people that try to pass off the spalding pages as cards.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

This type of stuff has gone on with Gustav Dore book engravings etc. forever in the book world. Would never buy one myself.

I had this discussion with a friend very recently. I choose Dore over Blake when it comes to The Divine Comedy and apparently so do others because I have yet to find a version missing Blake's drawings, but often find them missing Dore engravings. As for the topic of this thread - I'm not for destroying books in any condition. Kind of like chopping up a Cobb bat or Gehrig jersey for a card(relics?).

[glynparson]

with very few known has extreme historical significance a book with untold amounts of copies still floating around is not. If it were the value would be too large to take this risks of buying and cutting them up. Look at it as maybe a good investment if you truly feel so many are being cut up that it will effect the supply greatly buy some intact books and forget about them for a while.

[bbcard1]

Chandy Greenholt, who is as ethical and passionate guy as you will ever meet, got literally a milk crate full of these that he was selling for $1 a page. I bought a few including a Ruth ad that I might frame up nicely one day, but they were "broken when he got them."