Notebook Covers as Collectible Issues

[Jacklitsch]

I collect them and think they easily fit the criteria as a collectible.

Each of these is a complete notebook.

[calvindog]

Steve, those are nice. What is written in the pages of the notebooks?

[Jacklitsch]

Thanks Jeff.

The Brown and Cobb have blank pages. The Matty is full of imaginary 1911 games between what appear to be a couple of youngsters

[Dustanh1]

Those are really nice.

I would count them as collectibles, and even go as for as to disagree with you about newspaper articles. While they aren't as obvious as other collectibles, I think a nice readable newspaper article about a moment in baseball history would be of great interest to a lot of collectors.

[ullmandds]

I don't dispute the "collectible" value of these oversized "collectibles!?" I love the detail in the photos...many of which are shared on many mainstream card issues. But...I personally don't like the size...for storage reasons. And newspapers are just that...newspapers...definitely a little window to an event in time...which is fantastick...but slabbing newspapers...I think not!

[timzcardz]

I think that those notebooks are spectacular!

A real step back in time, especially where some kids have recorded there own games in the one.

Thank you for sharing these.


Edit: Collectible? Absolutely!

[Matt]

I tried to word the question carefully - of course they are collectible - as are newspapers. What I'm not sure about is should they be treated like "collectible issues." In my mind, usually that requires a catalog designation, or recognition that something wasn't known at the time the catalog was printed and therefore is logged as a "UNC."

To put a finer point on the question, if you would be collecting issues of a particular player, you might pick-up an attractive notebook cover of your player if you saw it for sale, but would you include them on your checklist?

[Ladder7]

Like the big mutha Premiums. Notebook covers are a large collectible, but nailing a production date for them frustrates me a bit. As there are very few and frequently trimmed, slab authentic only.

Though eventually it could happen. News paper articles, paper cutouts, Spalding catalog photos and Baseball Mag. covers shouldn't be slabbed. -In our lifetime at least.

A recent practice that is upsetting... BVG has slabbed and incorrectly given numerical grades to many trimmed Prems.

Some little brat wrote all over the cover, and included his name and address. I tried doing some digging but couldn't locate any family or aquaintances;

[calvindog]

Surely notebook covers are collectibles; they're just differently sized and a different sort of item from what we're traditionally used to. But so is plenty of memorabilia of the day. I think Steve's notebook with period writing inside is akin to a postcard containing writing about a game just seen -- both enhancing the item.

[Matt]

Jeff - see my post above; we can probably all agree that they are collectibles. What I was trying to ask is different - Are you after all of Cobb's notebook covers as part of your Cobb collection?