Our board members' publications: a listing

[mikedenero]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

... #25- Photo Research

Geez Barry, one more and you tie the Yankees!

[ErikV]

It's already been mentioned on the board,
but I'll throw my name in the hat too.
Last month my book about the Philadelphia
Caramel Company was released. Don't
know if this counts, but quite a bit of
research also went into my Black Sox
website.

ErikV
www.PhiladelphiaCaramel.com
www.1919BlackSox.com

[Writehooks]

I wrote a monthly column for Canadian Sports Collector magazine from 1990-98, focusing mostly on hockey history and vintage collectibles. I've also contributed several articles to The Hockey Research Journal, published annually by SIHR, and was the contributing editor for vintage hockey and boxing autographs and publications for the third edition of SCD's Standard Catalog of Sports Memorabilia.

Murray

[ethicsprof]

many thanks for the new additions from Old Cardboard(Toy Town),monographs re: T206 and Philadelphia Caramels, and from key Canadian
magazines(hockey,boxing,collectibles foci).
what a fabulous variety of issues this fine board tackles.

are there others who have published in this vintage area?
please take a moment to add to this Net54 bibliography.

best,
barry

[Leon]

Hi Barry
Here are a a few...


I have contributed many of the current scans in the Krause SCD Baseball guide of some rare pre-war cards as well as shared information for use in it.

Provided information for the Beckett Almanac and am listed with a credit there.

Participated in many forming endeavors of OldCardboard magazine. Wrote an article or two also.

Wrote an article for the 19thCenturyOnly website when it still had feature stories on it.

Featured in Beckett Vintage magazine, with an in depth interview, due to various hobby activities.

Interviewed several times for perspectives on the hobby and subsequently published in different venues.

Contributed to Jon Canfield's wonderful book on cigarette packs.

[judsonhamlin]

I had a couple of articles in the old VCBC as well- T206 backs, 19th century stars not is the HOF and a review of the Philly show.

[ChrisStufflestreet]

I've written a few:

"Those Who Served: Baseball and the Military Through WW1." Old Cardboard Issue #2, Winter 2005, Pg. 29.

"The Third Major League." SGC Collector Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Summer 2005, Pg. 9.

"1973 Topps Photography: A Closer Look." SGC Collector Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Fall 2005, Pg. 16.

"Ballplayers on the Tube: The Story of the 1955 Bowman Baseball Set." Sports Market Report (SMR), May 2007, pg. 140.

(edited to add: only two of these were within the scope of Net54's main focus, and looking at them, neither was really about cards at all. One focused on players who served in the military and the other talked about the Federal League.)


Speaking with Lyman Hardeman after the Net54 Dinner last week, he told me that he still gets requests for that issue (and I've seen questions come through about it on SABR's military forum from time to time). We've discussed doing other articles but they've never come to fruition -- which was mostly my own fault, not trying to cast a bad shadow on Lyman at all.

The '73 Topps article was a lot of fun; I basically pulled out my binder, flipped through the cards and the piece virtually wrote itself.

[ethicsprof]

Leon and Judson, great variety. many thanks.
when you get a chance,it would be helpful to have the bibliographical information for the 2 from Old Cardboard Magazine (Leon) and for the 3
that you mention Judson. I know it's a bit of a pain but ole Barry Sloate
cranked them out!
Quite an impressive collection of pieces, Jeff O.---
and Chris S. you offer some innovative pieces with one in the works!

any others out there?
best,
barry

[tedzan]

Here are some of my sportscard related articles......

1983....BASEBALL CARDS magazine...."Mysteries of the 1949 Bowmans Explained" (6 pages)

1984....SCD...."Exploring the Mysteries of the 1948 Bowman FB set" (2 pages)

1985....SCD...."1952 Bowman Large Football set" (6 pages)

1986....BASEBALL CARDS magazine...."1953 Bowman color set" (5 pages)

1997....VCBC...."1949 Bowman Pacific Coast League set" (co-authored with Mark Macrae)

1998....VCBC....1949 Bowman Color Variations" (2 pages)

2001....VCBC...."1888 Goodwin Champions set" (4 pages)

2006....Old Cardboard...."1949 LEAF GUM BaseBall set" (8 pages)


T-Rex TED

[brian1961]

In January of this year, I submitted my first article to Sports Collectors Digest. I entitled it, "A Tale of Three Mantles." It comprised three regional/food issue cards of Mickey Mantle---1962 JELL-O unfolded box, 1960 Post Cereal, and 1954 Stahl-Meyer Franks. I was pleased SCD seemed to like it, but they kept putting it off. Naturally, I was getting nervous.

Finally, their managing editor, Tom Bartsch, a swell guy and very young, revealed to me that they liked it so much that they were saving it for this year's National in Cleveland, to give it more attention, as they were giving out that issue for free there. In actuality, only the first segment ran in that August 14, 2009 SCD (Issue #1503). The editors also changed the title to "A Tale of Three Treasures."

I wasn't sure if I was doing anything really worthwhile, or if my approach was stupid. After all, Mickey Mantle articles abound. My nephew-in-law, a college English prof, wanted me to tear out all my creative stuff, I could've chucked the whole thing. I called our Leon, read and sung a few portions to him, and bless his heart, he seemed to enjoy it.

Whilst I am well aware that this is not a pre-war article, and perhaps have wasted your space, at least the newest card I discussed is 47 years old. Take care guys, and you few ladies, too.
--Brian Powell

[Leon]

Originally Posted by brian1961

. After my nephew-in-law, an college English prof, wanted me to tear out all my creative stuff, I could've chucked the whole thing. I called our Leon, read and sung a few portions to him, and bless his heart, he seemed to enjoy it.

--Brian Powell

Brian- I have to admit it had been a while since I was sung to. (maybe forever). That being said it did add some flavour to the prose. Very nice work indeed.

[ethicsprof]

Brian,
great work and fabulous story.
Leon can be helpful in countless ways!!

now we're at 20 Net 54 scholars and 203 publications!!

any more?!!!

best,

barry

[drc]

Two sports-memorabilia books currently in print

Guide to Sports Photographs (Hamerweit Books)
Judging the Authenticity of Early Baseball Cards (Hamerweit Books)


Assorted Sports Articles:

"Collecting the Photographs of George Burke"-- Beckett Graded Card Investor
Science Meets Football: Harold Edgerton and Wes Fesler-- Gridiron Greats
Sports Card Counterfeit Detection 101: Direct Comparison—MEARS Articles
Tips for Identifying Altered Posters, Signs and Sports Cards-- MEARS
Collecting Sports Prints by The Masters: How and Where to Do Your Homework—MEARS
Cycleback’s Authenticity Quick Tips Part 1 & 2—MEARS
Black Light: A Tool for Identifying Fake Paper Memorabilia-- MEARS
Looking at Sports Cabinet Cards-- Game Used Universe Expert’s Corner
How to Identify Old Judge Reprints—Game Used Universe Expert’s Corner
Short Topics on Baseball Cards and Photos—Game Used Universe Expert’s Corner.

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Non-sport, but the only articles I would put on my resume are the sections I wrote for the British Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Photography. The humorous part of the job is the editor sent me a guide on how to write in English— as in English English, not American English. This included the proper way to name my country, a name not in normal or common use by Americans or in the United States, and one I had never used before.

[ethicsprof]

many thanks, David.
very helpful works that are known to many in the hobby.

21 Net 54 scholars and 206 publications!

please keep them coming.

best,
barry

[tbob]

Barry- Tim Newcomb had a two part survey on the T207 set in VCBC and a recent article on the M116 Sporting Life set in Old Cardboard.

tbob

[toppcat]

These are post-war but covered the Fifties:

"Topps First Decade of Baseball Cards, Part 1: The Regular Issues of the 1950's", Old Cardboard #12, Summer 2007 pp 16-23.

"Topps First Decade of Baseball Cards, Part 2: Novelty & Test Issues of the 1950's", Old Cardboard #13, Fall 2007 pp 23-29.