Download or read book The Last Baseball Card written by Renee Krotche and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex and Zac have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Even though they were very different, they had one special bond between them – their love of baseball. While they were growing up they collected baseball cards and dreamt of the day when they too would be major leaguers and have their picture on a baseball card. When they were eleven they were finally chosen to play on the same baseball team. It was a season in which all of their dreams were coming true until the last game. During that game, something happened that changed of both boys forever. Alex must learn to cope with what has happened. As he tries to find a way to cope, the most unlikely appears and is able to help him.
Download or read book Mickey Mantle the American Dream Comes to Life written by Mickey Mantle and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cardboard Gods written by Josh Wilker and published by Seven Footer Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilker marks the stages of his life through the baseball cards he collected as a child. He captures the experience of growing up obsessed with baseball cards and explores what it means to be a fan of the game.
Download or read book The Modern Baseball Card Investor written by Jeff Hwang and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the wake of the great baseball card bubble of the late 1980s and early 1990s - a time period in which new baseball card issues were wildly overproduced - everybody knows that modern baseball cards are worthless, and that valuable cards are strictly a vintage thing. And yet, many of the most valuable cards of the last 40-50 years have been printed in the last five to ten years ... Indeed, the investment profile of the modern baseball card and sports cards in general has improved dramatically over the past 20 years. In The Modern Baseball Card Investor, Jeff Hwang explains why, and shows you how you, too, can get in on the game"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Mint Condition written by Dave Jamieson and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington Post When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the “investments” of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and cards were selling for next to nothing online. What had happened? In Mint Condition, his fascinating, eye-opening, endlessly entertaining book, Jamieson finds the answer by tracing the complete story of this beloved piece of American childhood. Picture cards had long been used for advertising, but after the Civil War, tobacco companies started slipping them into cigarette packs as collector’s items. Before long, the cards were wagging the cigarettes. In the 1930s, cards helped gum and candy makers survive the Great Depression. In the 1960s, royalties from cards helped transform the baseball players association into one of the country’s most powerful unions, dramatically altering the game. In the eighties and nineties, cards went through a spectacular bubble, becoming a billion-dollar-a-year industry before all but disappearing, surviving today as the rarified preserve of adult collectors. Mint Condition is charming, original history brimming with colorful characters, sure to delight baseball fans and collectors. “Jamieson explores the history of card collecting through an entertaining cast of characters . . . For anyone who can recall being excited to rip open their newest pack of cards, Mint Condition is a treat.” —Forbes
Download or read book The Top 100 written by Paul M. Green and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball cards are America's hottest collectible. Yet, thousands of cards go down, not up, in price while others make only modest gains that fail to meet their owner's expectations. Follow the expert ratings of Paul Green and Kit Kiefer and find insights into the 100 best cards to own.
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 Sport Americana Series written by James Beckett and published by Edgewater Books. This book was released on 1990-03 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists all of the baseball cards printed for each professional baseball player, including minor league players, team cards, and world series cards.
Download or read book The Complete Book of Collectible Baseball Cards written by Robert F. Lemke and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles written by Beckett Publications and published by Beckett Media. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly exhaustive compilation of checklists and prices for baseball cards and countless baseball-related collectibles. Thousands of new set listings and more than one million items priced total. Includes virtually all baseball collectibles produced in the last century--even minor league and international cards. The most complete source of its kind, it's the ultimate reference tool for baseball collectors.
Download or read book Classic Baseball Cards written by Bert Randolph Sugar and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1977 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are reproductions of 98 authentic baseball cards representing 104 great players of baseball's Golden Age, from 1880 to 1940. Included are superstars such as Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, and many other famous names in the history of baseball, from John McGraw and Connie Mack to Rudy York and Leo Durocher. Each card is an authentic reproduction of the original, with a full-color illustration of the player on one side and the original information and advertising on the reverse. This book represents a collection of rare baseball cards which would take years of searching and thousands of dollars to match.
Download or read book Wacky Packages written by The Topps Company and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a fun look back at Quacker Oats, Blisterine, and more classic packaging parodies—plus an interview with creator Art Spiegelman! Known affectionately among collectors as “Wacky Packs,” the Topps stickers that parodied well-known consumer brands were a phenomenon in the 1970s—even outselling the Topps Company’s baseball cards for a while. But few know that the genius behind it all was none other than Art Spiegelman—the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novelist who created Maus. This treasury includes an interview with Spiegelman about his early career and his decades-long relationship with the memorabilia company—as well as a colorful compendium that will bring back memories of such products as Plastered Peanuts, Jail-O, Weakies cereal, and many more. Illustrated by notable comics artists Kim Deitch, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Norm Saunders, and more, this collection is a visual treat, a load of laughs, and a tribute to a beloved product that’s been delighting kids (and adults) for decades.
Download or read book The Great American Baseball Card Flipping Trading and Bubble Gum Book written by Brendan C. Boyd and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on collecting baseball cards in childhood accompany remarks on the skills and achievements of players whose pictures were found in bubble gum packages
Download or read book Beckett Baseball Almanac 25 written by Beckett Media and published by Beckett Media. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles written by Beckett Media and published by Beckett Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly exhaustive compilation of checklists and prices for more than one million baseball cards and baseball-related collectibles. Includes virtually all baseball collectibles produced in the last century--even minor league and international cards.
Download or read book Outsider Baseball written by Scott Simkus and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outsider Baseball is the story of a forgotten world, where independent professional ball clubs zig-zagged across America, plying their trade in big cities and small villages alike. Included among the former and future major leaguers were mercenaries, scalawags, and outcasts. This is where Babe Ruth, Rube Waddell, and John McGraw crossed bats with the Cuban Stars, Tokyo Giants, Brooklyn Bushwicks, dozens of famous Negro league teams, and novelty acts such as the House of David and Bloomer Girls. Legends emerged in this alternate baseball universe and author Scott Simkus sets out to share their stories and use a critical lens to separate fact from fiction. Written in a gritty prose style, Outsider Baseball combines meticulous research with modern analytics, opening the door to an unforgettable funhouse of baseball history. Scott Simkus is the founder and editor of the Outsider Baseball Bulletin. He is the winner of a research award from the Society of American Baseball Research for his work on the Negro League Database.
Download or read book Willie Me written by Dan Gutman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 1.5 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures series brings the greatest players in history to life. Featuring black-and-white photographs and stats throughout, plus back matter separating fact from fiction, Willie & Me is the perfect mix of history and action for every young baseball fan. Stosh thought he was finished traveling back in time. But then Ralph Branca shows up in his room one night, begging for Stosh's help. In 1951, Branca pitched a ball to Bobby Thomson that would become the "Shot Heard Round the World," a home run that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants and changed the lives of Branca and Thomson forever. Branca says the Giants were cheating, and he needs Stosh to use his power with baseball cards to go back in time and set things right. Stosh is determined to help, but he quickly learns that you can't change just one little thing in history. If he erases the "Shot Heard Round the World," he may forever alter the life of a young rookie named Willie Mays. With wisdom from all the players he has helped before—plus the surprise return of some familiar faces—Stosh uses his power to travel in time using baseball cards one last time in a fabulous finale to the adventure of a lifetime. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in the English Language Arts
