History of Cuban Baseball Book and Paper conservation question

[Jason19th]

Max

There was a 1907 and 1908 edition of the book- the 1949 is a stated 3rd edition- I would be shocked if any of the earlier editions were still around

A scanning question for you- do you use a regular flat bed scanner or do you have some sort of hand held device that you can run over the pages or have you just gotten really good at using a digital camera?

[baseballart]

Jason

I use a flatbed scanner for the book covers and dust jackets. I haven't gotten any good at using an SLR with a macro to photograph interior pages. There may be hand held scanners that do a pretty good job on books that don't open completely, but I haven't checked that out

Thanks for the point on the earlier editions.

Max

[scgaynor]

I have seen one of the earlier editions, but only one if I remember correctly, although another must exist someplace.

Scott

[barrysloate]

Max- Jason answered your question about the 1907 edition. For some reason I feel I've seen one of them, but I may be imagining it.

Scott made a good point about all Cuban memorabilia. Ten years ago when Cuban cards and publications first began circulating in the hobby they were very rare and exciting. But in the ensuing years, as entry into Cuba became easier, all this material was bought cheaply and resold in America at high prices. Now much of it is more readily available. There are also many more collectors so the market has held up reasonably well.