Download or read book A Baby Boomer s Guide to Collecting Comic Books and Baseball Cards written by Randy Louis Cox and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides an informative history of comic books and baseball cards, while furnishing a guide on what to collect and how much those collectibles are worth."
Download or read book Collecting Comic Books written by Thomas S. Owens and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide for would-be or experienced collectors of comic books.
Download or read book A Kid s Guide to Collecting Baseball Cards written by Casey Childress and published by Harbinger House. This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains to kids how to start, build, and care for a baseball card collection.
Download or read book Collecting Baseball Cards written by Thomas S. Owens and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides standards for grading the condition of cards, descriptions of rare cards, tips for cyber-collecting, and hints for hobby shows.
Download or read book A Beginner s Guide to Baseball Card Collecting written by Casey Childress and published by . This book was released on 1990-08 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes directions on how to organize your baseball card collection and store it, how and where to buy, sell, and trade cards and tips on getting autographs.
Download or read book Mint Condition written by Dave Jamieson and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson rediscovered his childhood baseball card collection he figured that now was the time to cash in on his “investments.” But when he tried the card shops, they were nearly all gone, closed forever. eBay was no help, either. Baseball cards were selling for next to nothing. What had happened? In Mint Condition, the first comprehensive history of this American icon, Jamieson finds the answers and much more. In the years after the Civil War, tobacco companies started slipping baseball cards into cigarette packs as collector’s items, launching a massive advertising war. Before long, the cards were wagging the cigarettes. In the 1930s, baseball cards helped gum and candy makers survive the Great Depression, and kept children in touch with the game. After World War II, Topps Chewing Gum Inc. built itself into an American icon, hooking a generation of baby boomers on bubble gum and baseball cards. In the 1960s, royalties from cards helped to transform the players’ union into one of the country’s most powerful, dramatically altering the business of the game. And in the '80s and '90s, cards went through a spectacular bubble, becoming a billion-dollar-a-year industry before all but disappearing. Brimming with colorful characters, this is a rollicking, century-spanning, and extremely entertaining history.
Download or read book A Collector s Guide to Baseball Cards written by Troy Kirk and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly traces the history of baseball cards, discusses the leading manufacturers, offers advice on building a collection, and assesses the investment value of baseball cards
Download or read book Comic Book Collecting written by Charles Glass and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Comic Book Collecting You loved them as a kid. Maybe you even taught yourself the basics of reading by association. Okay, so the educators might not agree. But plenty of folks cut their teeth on comic books. Now it''s time to turn that fun into a real hobby! As we said, the educators may not agree but I''d bet there are lots of folks out there who remember when Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Huey, Dewey and Louie were our favorite characters. How many of you can recall waiting for the Saturday afternoon when your Mom went shopping and you begged to tag along? The main reason was to head straight for the comic book aisle where you''d while away the hour or so perusing the latest adventures. If you were lucky enough to get a weekly or monthly allowance you''d have a dime clutched tightly in your hand to buy the latest adventure to add to your collection. Maybe you can even remember the occasional mishap. Something akin to leaving a window open during a rainstorm and having a stack of your comic books sitting too close to the window. Geesh! Who knew then that some day a few of them might have been worth the equivalent to what your Dad made in a week! Well, maybe not quite that much but valuable nevertheless. Some say that back then a stack of comic books was the equivalent of the television programs of today. Maybe they are right. It does seem like those comic books of old grabbed us and allowed our imagination to take flight in ways that kids today just don''t experience. We''d soar off to the planet Krypton to help Superman find a cure for his latest challenge with Kryptonite. We''d head off to the Amazon to help Wonder Woman beat back ruthless headhunters. We would even help Uncle Scrooge to get refill his coffers after the latest villain learned the secret pass word to his vault. Those were the good ole'' days, weren''t they? Are you one of those lucky people who had a Mom that was not only smart but who savored nostalgia in all its forms? If so and she saved those comic books in old cardboard cartons in the attic you might just be one of the luckiest people on earth! Years ago, comic books were a huge entertainment venue. Today, they are big business and especially so if you happen to have a stash of old ones. Even if you don''t have an instant inventory, comic book collecting may be just the hobby you are looking for. Living the frantic lifestyle that we do today, many people are finding that a hobby goes a long way toward reducing stress and adding a good balance to the pressurized life we lead. If you loved them as a kid, you might just find your stress reliever is collecting them. All you need is a little guidance. And, that''s where A Guide to Comic Book Collecting comes in. It is jam-packed with everything you need to know to begin collecting comic books. All the bases are covered. Not only will you learn all about how to buy and sell comics, you will also learn how to grade them. Not all comic books are created equal and you need to know which ones are worth more than others. There is an entire chapter dedicated to protecting your comic books and another that discusses the appraisal process. Another chapter discusses those heroes of old that we so admired and even some of your favorite evildoers are profiled. More information delivered in A Guide to Comic Book Collecting is a discussion on new software available to help you in cataloging and tracking your new avocation.
Download or read book Collector s Guide to Comic Books written by John Hegenberger and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides guidance and tips on how to collect comic books, what makes a comic valuable, and how to run your own auction.
Download or read book The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics 2 written by Robert M. Overstreet and published by Gemstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It doesn't matter if you're just starting out or you're a seasoned collecting: The Overstreet Guide To Collecting Comics offers insights every collector needs to know in order to collect more effectively. In an innovative blend of comic book storytelling and traditional text and images, the team behind The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide leads a deep dive into collecting by genre, creator, publisher, era, lost universes, and more. This book offers insights into understanding grading, buying, selling, forming a good relationship with a dealer, the warning signs a too-good-to-be-true offers, and more. It also gets creators, collectors, show promoters, and dealers to open up about what got them into comics in the first place and what kept them there.
Download or read book Baseball Cards written by Outlet and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1983-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comic Book Collecting for Fun and Profit written by Mike Benton and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1985 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Price Guide to Baseball Cards Worth Collecting written by Paul M. Green and published by McGraw-Hill/Contemporary. This book was released on 1994 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only price guide devoted to the cards that actually have value--or soon will. Of the hundreds of thousands of baseball cards produced, only a fraction will be worth more than their original issue value. This book is a must for any enthusiast, whether a beginning collector or a hard-core hobbyist.
Download or read book The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics written by J. C. Vaughn and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics written by J. C. Vaughn and published by Gemstone Pub. This book was released on 2012 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Warman s Baseball Card Field Guide written by Bob Lemke and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by one of the most respected and authoritative voices in the baseball card world, this handy pocket-sized field guide is the premium compliment to the reference library of the collector that is always on the go. Warman's Vintage Baseball Card Field Guide focuses on an era of cards most coveted by collectors--those issued between 1886 and 1980, a period when cards were first released as premiums along with another product (tobacco, for example), right up until 1980 when TOPPS lost its monopoly as the only major card producer. Baseball fans will delight in 100 years of card history! Readers will benefit from the top ten tips for collecting baseball cards and marvel at the top ten most valuable cards--including a Honus Wagner card recently selling for $1.2 million! Featuring the most rare and valuable cards in the hobby, this "take-anywhere" guide will be the topic of conversation at shows, auctions, sales, and markets.
