Bill Mastro Auction Catalog

[calvindog]

Many of my clients find God usually right before they're sentenced.

Edited to add: if I hear that Doug Allen found God I'm going to hide my wallet and get a new alarm system for my house.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Many of my clients find God usually right before they're sentenced.

Edited to add: if I hear that Doug Allen found God I'm going to hide my wallet and get a new alarm system for my house.

LOL

But seriously more sad than funny. My lifes lesson (some time ago) - where there is money - there is greed. Where there is greed there is too much temptation for some to act unethically.

[bobbvc]

A couple of the items I'm looking at have had "minimal restoration". By the catalog writer's standards, I'm sure Michael Jackson also had "minimal restoration".

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Max and guys- I found it interesting that they listed the Putnam series complete without THE UMPIRE STORY by James Kahn.

I have always and will always consider it part of the series?

[barrysloate]

I always considered the Putnam series complete at 16, one for each team.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Barry- I think the Milwaukee edition with different title and dust jacket is a significant addition. I like the Gehrig, McGraw and Umpire editions being added. I sat in on a SABR discussion on this very topic many years ago and that roundtable agreed that all 19 should be included. As a collector I also think the 1958 Yankee update is different enough to warrant inclusion in a library. That edition appears to be listed in lot 335.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Barry- I think the Milwaukee edition with different title and dust jacket is a significant addition. I like the Gehrig, McGraw and Umpire editions being added. I sat in on a SABR discussion on this very topic many years ago and that roundtable agreed that all 19 should be included. As a collector I also think the 1958 Yankee update is different enough to warrant inclusion in a library. That edition appears to be listed in lot 335.

Mike and Barry

I've never thought of Gehrig, McGraw or Umpire as part of the Putnam team histories, but have considered Milwaukee and 1958 Yankess as part of the set.

With ebay, all titles in the set now appear regularly, and Washington and the Phillies can no longer be considered "rare". Only Baltimore seems hard to find in high grade, with the spine on the dj normally found faded due to the original orange.

I'm working on a signed set, as all the authors seemed to be regular signers. (Warren Brown must have signed 50% of the White Sox and Cubs).

Max

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Barry- I think the Milwaukee edition with different title and dust jacket is a significant addition. I like the Gehrig, McGraw and Umpire editions being added. I sat in on a SABR discussion on this very topic many years ago and that roundtable agreed that all 19 should be included. As a collector I also think the 1958 Yankee update is different enough to warrant inclusion in a library. That edition appears to be listed in lot 335.

I've never considered the Putnam team histories to included Gehrig, McGraw and Umpire, but to include Milwaukee and the 1958 Yankee update.

Since ebay, the Putnams (including the three) are now easy to obtain, with the harder titles like the Phillies, Senators and Reds show up on almost a weekly basis. The Orioles is hard to find without the spine of the dj being sunned, but it shows up in nice shape often enough.

I'm trying to complete a signed set. Some are easy to find. Warren Brown seems to have signed every other copy of his books. Lieb was also a prolific signer (although I haven't seen any Baltimore copies signed), and Shirley Povich also seems to have signed a lot. Graham, Kaese and Allen are available, but perhaps not as common (are there any other authors?).

I've got a couple later printings in their original shipping boxes--now that will be a hard collection to complete ...

Max