Author: Ron Keurajian
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476671400
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Richly illustrated with nearly 1,000 examples of both autographs and forgeries, this new and expanded edition includes signature studies of all Hall of Famers from the 19th century to the present. Collectors can compare signatures to the examples to determine the genuineness of autographs. Shoeless Joe and the rest of the Black Sox are explored in depth, along with Roger Maris, Gil Hodges and the top 50 non-Hall of Fame autographs. A new price guide examines values of various signed mediums. A market population grid lists rare and seldom seen signatures.
Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs
Author: Ron Keurajian
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476671400
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Richly illustrated with nearly 1,000 examples of both autographs and forgeries, this new and expanded edition includes signature studies of all Hall of Famers from the 19th century to the present. Collectors can compare signatures to the examples to determine the genuineness of autographs. Shoeless Joe and the rest of the Black Sox are explored in depth, along with Roger Maris, Gil Hodges and the top 50 non-Hall of Fame autographs. A new price guide examines values of various signed mediums. A market population grid lists rare and seldom seen signatures.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476671400
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Richly illustrated with nearly 1,000 examples of both autographs and forgeries, this new and expanded edition includes signature studies of all Hall of Famers from the 19th century to the present. Collectors can compare signatures to the examples to determine the genuineness of autographs. Shoeless Joe and the rest of the Black Sox are explored in depth, along with Roger Maris, Gil Hodges and the top 50 non-Hall of Fame autographs. A new price guide examines values of various signed mediums. A market population grid lists rare and seldom seen signatures.
BASEBALL ADDRESS LIST.
Author: JACK. SMALLING
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578589893
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578589893
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Baseball Hall of Shame 4
Author: Bruce Nash
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067174609X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Baseball Hall of Shame 4 contains more than 100 absurd, offbeat and hysterically funny stories proving that on the playing field and in the ballpark, truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 067174609X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Baseball Hall of Shame 4 contains more than 100 absurd, offbeat and hysterically funny stories proving that on the playing field and in the ballpark, truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
The Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book
Author: Gerald Astor
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671761707
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Presents historical photographs and original essays on Hall of Fame players by nine of the country's finest baseball writers.
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671761707
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Presents historical photographs and original essays on Hall of Fame players by nine of the country's finest baseball writers.
Collecting Historical Autographs
Author: Ron Keurajian
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476664153
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Collecting autographs is a time-honored avocation that has exploded in popularity in recent years, creating a new industry with millions of autographed items for sale online. Coveted signatures include those of United States presidents, Civil War officers, World War II heroes, classical music composers and baseball stars. It has been estimated that 90 percent of historical autographs on the market today are forgeries. This book is a definitive guide to signature authentication for experts and beginners alike. Numerous illustrations of both genuine and forged signatures are included, from Ty Cobb to Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Newton to Neil Armstrong. Detailed descriptions of common forgeries are given, enabling collectors to make direct comparisons.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476664153
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Collecting autographs is a time-honored avocation that has exploded in popularity in recent years, creating a new industry with millions of autographed items for sale online. Coveted signatures include those of United States presidents, Civil War officers, World War II heroes, classical music composers and baseball stars. It has been estimated that 90 percent of historical autographs on the market today are forgeries. This book is a definitive guide to signature authentication for experts and beginners alike. Numerous illustrations of both genuine and forged signatures are included, from Ty Cobb to Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Newton to Neil Armstrong. Detailed descriptions of common forgeries are given, enabling collectors to make direct comparisons.
Smithsonian Baseball
Author: Stephen Wong
Publisher: Smithsonian
ISBN: 9780060838515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
To a collector, there is no joy parallel to finding that elusive home-run ball, or a jersey worn by a legendary player. Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections celebrates the abiding passion for our national pastime, as witnessed by the dedication of the sport's most devoted collectors. The first book of its kind, Smithsonian Baseball features revealing stories and lavish photography highlighting 21 of the best private collections of baseball memorabilia in existence. From a rare copy of the first written rules of the game (1848) to Mark McGwire's record-shattering home-run ball (1998), these impressive collections span baseball's entire history. Some of the game's most historically significant artifacts are part of these private collections, yet most have never before been seen by the public. Marvel at the memorabilia as you read about the historical background of the objects and get to know each collector's passions and motivations. Some of the collections are all-encompassing; others focus on a specific era or type of memorabilia -- game-used bats, for example, or folk art, or celluloid pin-back buttons. One collection features only relics and memorabilia from the grand old ballparks of the past; another comprises items from overseas exhibition tours of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the most valuable vintage photographs and advertising displays as well as the most sought-after baseball cards are in these collections, including the famous T206 Honus Wagner, the highest professionally graded set of 1915 Cracker Jacks, and a gem-mint condition 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. A father-daughter collecting duo has an impressive collection of World Series scorecards and programs, dating back to the inaugural series in 1903. The book also includes seven "tips" essays. The hobby's leading experts offer advice on collecting and authenticating artifacts, and show how to build and organize your own impressive 19th-century memorabilia or baseball card collection. Weigh the benefits of having a general collection versus a very narrow one. Find out how to store and display your collectibles. Learn to distinguish between an original first-generation photograph versus a wire photo, a vintage jersey worn at home games as opposed to one worn on the road, a player's game-used bat and one made for retail sale -- and much, much more. It's the perfect gift for any baseball fan, young or old, a baseball collectible in its own right.
Publisher: Smithsonian
ISBN: 9780060838515
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
To a collector, there is no joy parallel to finding that elusive home-run ball, or a jersey worn by a legendary player. Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections celebrates the abiding passion for our national pastime, as witnessed by the dedication of the sport's most devoted collectors. The first book of its kind, Smithsonian Baseball features revealing stories and lavish photography highlighting 21 of the best private collections of baseball memorabilia in existence. From a rare copy of the first written rules of the game (1848) to Mark McGwire's record-shattering home-run ball (1998), these impressive collections span baseball's entire history. Some of the game's most historically significant artifacts are part of these private collections, yet most have never before been seen by the public. Marvel at the memorabilia as you read about the historical background of the objects and get to know each collector's passions and motivations. Some of the collections are all-encompassing; others focus on a specific era or type of memorabilia -- game-used bats, for example, or folk art, or celluloid pin-back buttons. One collection features only relics and memorabilia from the grand old ballparks of the past; another comprises items from overseas exhibition tours of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of the most valuable vintage photographs and advertising displays as well as the most sought-after baseball cards are in these collections, including the famous T206 Honus Wagner, the highest professionally graded set of 1915 Cracker Jacks, and a gem-mint condition 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. A father-daughter collecting duo has an impressive collection of World Series scorecards and programs, dating back to the inaugural series in 1903. The book also includes seven "tips" essays. The hobby's leading experts offer advice on collecting and authenticating artifacts, and show how to build and organize your own impressive 19th-century memorabilia or baseball card collection. Weigh the benefits of having a general collection versus a very narrow one. Find out how to store and display your collectibles. Learn to distinguish between an original first-generation photograph versus a wire photo, a vintage jersey worn at home games as opposed to one worn on the road, a player's game-used bat and one made for retail sale -- and much, much more. It's the perfect gift for any baseball fan, young or old, a baseball collectible in its own right.
The Ultimate Celebrity Address & Phone Book - autograph collecting and media guide
Author: Cord G. Coslor
Publisher:
ISBN: 1411617533
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Now 400 pages! Over 14,000 listings in 43 celebrity categories! The Ultimate Celebrity Address & Phone Book is now available! Quit wasting time and money on downloading and buying endless celebrity lists and books that are full of outdated and incorrect addresses. Because... there's only one directory you need! This book is years of research into previously unknown addresses and other contact information, for every celebrity catagory, compiled into one book! In every category, there are only home, office, and management addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information given... including fax #s and e-mail addresses. This guide is GUARANTEED to bring you success!To show our confidence in our data, we are willing to pay you $.50 (fifty cents) for each address that you find in our book to be incorrect. We are making it our job to provide you with current and successful addresses. Chapters with autograph collecting tips and resources.... PERFECT FOR AUTOGRAPH COLLECTORS, FUND RAISERS, ORTHE MEDIA!
Publisher:
ISBN: 1411617533
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Now 400 pages! Over 14,000 listings in 43 celebrity categories! The Ultimate Celebrity Address & Phone Book is now available! Quit wasting time and money on downloading and buying endless celebrity lists and books that are full of outdated and incorrect addresses. Because... there's only one directory you need! This book is years of research into previously unknown addresses and other contact information, for every celebrity catagory, compiled into one book! In every category, there are only home, office, and management addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information given... including fax #s and e-mail addresses. This guide is GUARANTEED to bring you success!To show our confidence in our data, we are willing to pay you $.50 (fifty cents) for each address that you find in our book to be incorrect. We are making it our job to provide you with current and successful addresses. Chapters with autograph collecting tips and resources.... PERFECT FOR AUTOGRAPH COLLECTORS, FUND RAISERS, ORTHE MEDIA!
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection
Author: James Buckley
Publisher: Epic Ink Books
ISBN: 0760385513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection celebrates members of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame with stats, facts, rare photos, and objects from the game.
Publisher: Epic Ink Books
ISBN: 0760385513
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection celebrates members of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame with stats, facts, rare photos, and objects from the game.
Loose Balls
Author: Jayson Williams
Publisher: Crown Archetype
ISBN: 0767909380
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The first candid report from a land of fragile egos, available women, unexpected tenderness, intramural fistfights, colossal partying, bizarre humor, inconceivable riches, and desperate competition, Loose Balls does for roundball what Ball Four did for hardball. From revelations about the meanest, softest, and smelliest players in the league, to Williams’s early days as a “young man with a lot of money and not a lot of sense,” to his strong and powerful views on race, privilege, and giving back, Loose Balls is a basketball book unlike any other. No inspirational pieties or chest-thumping boasting here—instead, Jayson Williams gives us the real insider tales of refs, groupies, coaches, entourages, and all the superstars, bench warmers, journeymen, clowns, and other performers in the rarefied circus that is professional basketball.
Publisher: Crown Archetype
ISBN: 0767909380
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The first candid report from a land of fragile egos, available women, unexpected tenderness, intramural fistfights, colossal partying, bizarre humor, inconceivable riches, and desperate competition, Loose Balls does for roundball what Ball Four did for hardball. From revelations about the meanest, softest, and smelliest players in the league, to Williams’s early days as a “young man with a lot of money and not a lot of sense,” to his strong and powerful views on race, privilege, and giving back, Loose Balls is a basketball book unlike any other. No inspirational pieties or chest-thumping boasting here—instead, Jayson Williams gives us the real insider tales of refs, groupies, coaches, entourages, and all the superstars, bench warmers, journeymen, clowns, and other performers in the rarefied circus that is professional basketball.
Banzai Babe Ruth
Author: Robert K. Fitts
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149621000X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of "Banzai! Banzai, Babe Ruth!" The all-stars stayed for a month, playing 18 games, spawning professional baseball in Japan, and spreading goodwill. Politicians on both sides of the Pacific hoped that the amity generated by the tour--and the two nations' shared love of the game--could help heal their growing political differences. But the Babe and baseball could not overcome Japan's growing nationalism, as a bloody coup d'état by young army officers and an assassination attempt by the ultranationalist War Gods Society jeopardized the tour's success. A tale of international intrigue, espionage, attempted murder, and, of course, baseball, Banzai Babe Ruth is the first detailed account of the doomed attempt to reconcile the United States and Japan through the 1934 All American baseball tour. Robert K. Fitts provides a wonderful story about baseball, nationalism, and American and Japanese cultural history.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149621000X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of "Banzai! Banzai, Babe Ruth!" The all-stars stayed for a month, playing 18 games, spawning professional baseball in Japan, and spreading goodwill. Politicians on both sides of the Pacific hoped that the amity generated by the tour--and the two nations' shared love of the game--could help heal their growing political differences. But the Babe and baseball could not overcome Japan's growing nationalism, as a bloody coup d'état by young army officers and an assassination attempt by the ultranationalist War Gods Society jeopardized the tour's success. A tale of international intrigue, espionage, attempted murder, and, of course, baseball, Banzai Babe Ruth is the first detailed account of the doomed attempt to reconcile the United States and Japan through the 1934 All American baseball tour. Robert K. Fitts provides a wonderful story about baseball, nationalism, and American and Japanese cultural history.