Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B011402JM6 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 532 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Highly recommended for anyone interested in the hobby" according to Daniel Rosenberg. What a well-researched and nicely-written book. I've been collecting baseball cards since the 1970s, and I learned a lot reading this page-turner. I'd recommend it for anyone who's interested in the hobby. Interestingly, the author comes to the same conclusion I reached about the baseball card industry over a decade ago: It needs to. "This book is graded GEM MINT/PRISTINE 10!!!" according to Marlin T. Carlson. Wow - if you want to be schooled in the history of baseball/trading cards from their inception: tobacco cards, Cracker Jack cards, bubble gum cards, etc., this book will have you mesmerized! The history of cards is well described in chronological order so its provides a smooth transition from one generation to the next from vintage . Profiting From The Collector's Disease Bill Dolworth This is a wonderful book on many different levels. I was surprised to learn that baseball cards have been in existence since the 1860s. The book explores, in a very entertaining way, the marketing of cigarettes and gum by packaging them with collectible cards; images of baseball players being by far the most popular. The author also
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. Now was the time to cash in on the investments of his youth. In the '80s and '90s, 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.. In the 1960s royalties from cards helped transform the