Let's See Your Legendary Winnings - Photos/Memorabilia/Autographs

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Mike,

I have been asked about a "Volume 2" of the baseball book in the past by other collectors. I am leaning toward doing it for several reasons, among them are the omission of pins in sets (because they have been previously described verbally if not pictorially) and additional pins have surfaced since the book was published. The major reason for my doing so is to create a record as to what is out there to collect. We will never codify pins as cards have been codified, but it is fun to try to bring some informational structure to what is a rather chaotic area of baseball memorabilia.

A reason for not doing another volume is the day the manuscript goes to press, it is too late to include any "last minute" arrivals that could be presented. As such, the need for a "Volume 3" begins immediately, and so on. If I were to do another volume it would be in some electronic fashion (about which I know very little). If it couldn't be continuously updated, at the least it would be easier to produce subsequent volumes compared to hard books. However, I am old-school, and like the feel and heft of a real book. I would rather flip pages than scroll on a computer screen. But that is the direction the publishing world is moving toward, and I guess I would rather do an electronic book than no book.

Long story short, I don't know what I will do. I plan on retiring soon, and it is a project that I look forward to contemplating, if not doing. If I make the decision to do it, I will tell the Net54 folks first. By the way, because the book ("Volume 1") is getting on in years, I am now selling it for half price
($42.50) by contacting me directly.

Mike, your description of the relative irrelevance of condition to value with pins (especially compared to cards) is absolutely spot on. In a previous post Al described how scarce some pins are, with some being (apparently) unique. It is difficult to give much weight to condition when there is a single surviving specimen.

And thank you for your kind words about the value of my book to collectors.

Paul