1991 Dumouchelle auction --Book collector interest

[baseballart]

I have a copy of the auction catalogue (such as it was) and a price realized list. It's buried somewhere , but send me an email at baseballart@gmail.com and I'll pdf you a copy when I dig it out.

As I recall, aside from the signed items, many of the books would be selling for less today then they did in 1991. Oh, the humanity of it all.

M

[CarltonHendricks]

Originally Posted by baseballart

I have a copy of the auction catalogue (such as it was) and a price realized list. It's buried somewhere , but send me an email at baseballart@gmail.com and I'll pdf you a copy when I dig it out.

As I recall, aside from the signed items, many of the books would be selling for less today then they did in 1991. Oh, the humanity of it all.

M

Max, When you say the books would sell for less today...Would that be because of eBay?...i.e. stuff considered rare before eBay...came out of attics and more plentiful eBay?...

[baseballart]

Carlton

Yes, eBay is one factor,probably the main one, books that some thoughtswere rare show up with frequency,

some booksellers on sites like www.abebooks.com have had books for sale for fifteen years at outrageous prices,

There is also the factor of fewer collectors of baseball books.

[slidekellyslide]

Speaking of former baseball book collectors, where is Barry Sloate? and why did he stop posting?

[bigtrain]

Barry wrote a great article on Baseball Books about 20 years ago that I still refer to all the time.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Where was that article written Tom?

[bgar3]

Barry! Great article is in issue #3 Sept 1995 Vintage and Classic Baseball Collector, and Max has a great article in the winter 2010 issue Collector magazine.