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Collecting and documenting hobby publications -
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@PostWarCards I've got doubles of the 1974 and 1975 programs if you need those

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First issue of one of the early semi-regular sports card publications: Sept-Oct 1962 Sports Gazette. Rough condition, but tough to find!
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Was happy to add a signature of WWII spy and super collector Edward Wharton-Tigar to my collection. These are matching serial number autographed editions. Not the best condition, but the price was right!

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@PostWarCards In addition to his price lists, Gordon B. Taylor also had a Master Baseball List, that listed cards by player, which has one of my favorite bindings on a book. I haven't been able to find the 1st edition of this book or if Mr. Taylor wrote anything beyond these.

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@PostWarCards @GoldinCo I don't understand the meaning of this word "enough" 🤣

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@PostWarCards Very cool! Where can you buy these?!

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First issue Friday!
The first Goober's auction catalog from December 1990. It's refreshing to see all these cards before they were entombed in a clear plastic coffin!
#FirstIssueFriday #HobbyLibrary #TheHobby

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"Recent" pickups pile that I'm still adding to my inventory list and trying to find room for. Something for almost everyone in here! For some reason my wife won't let me take over her office for library expansion...
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Another recent pickup, program for the 2nd Baseball Nostalgia Expo. Features reprints of a few great articles, including one from the May 4, 1929 issue of The New Yorker, and one that was familiar to me. Also some great ads for hobby pubs of the era!
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While skimming through some magazines looking for something to post today, I came across this issue of Popular Sports Grand Slam 1974. I don't actually recall purchasing this issue, so it may have been part of a collection I acquired. Incidentally, it also wasn't on my extensive inventory spreadsheet.

Intrigued, I cracked it open to see if it was indeed everything I always wanted to know about baseball cards. I was greeted with an extensive article and pictorial, written by Steven Clark, who would later author several editions of "The Complete Book of Baseball Cards". The article spans 28 pages, with no ads in between, and features a number of quotes from hobby icons Sy Berger, Charles Bray, Woody Gelman and Gar Miller. While a bulk of the article focuses on Topps, it does touch on a variety of subjects, including Jefferson Burdick's contributions to both collecting and The Metropolitan Mueseum of Art, a 12 year old's view of the hobby, and of course the T206 Honus Wagner. All around a pretty great article, if you're into collecting hobby publications, this is definitely worth picking up!

Side note: the last image made me think of @tanmanbbfan... because of his YouTube profile pic, not because I think he's a clown "leftfielder"!

#HobbyLibrary #HobbyHistory #NolanRyan #HankAaron

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@PostWarCards @CardsRFun $39,547 with buyer's premium

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I've been looking for this one for awhile! The first dedicated error and variations guide in the hobby, Ralph Nozaki's The Mistake Manual. This is the 2nd edition from 1980, I'm still on the hunt for a 1st edition.
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I'm back!
Picked up a small lot of The Wrapper magazines, but was more interested in this NonSport catalog from Roxanne Toser that was included. To my surprise, had her signature inside!

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I've always loved oddball disc cards, here's 2 of my favorites that I own:
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I can't find anywhere in the magazine that mentions this sheet, so I can't be 100% certain that it was originally included with this issue. Anyone else know if this is where the sample sheet came from?

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Flipping through the Nov. 1993 issue of Canadian Sportscard Collector and found this 1994 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Pre-Production sheet nestled within the pages. https://t.co/fwypuF7Vj4 lists this sheet but doesn't say how it was issued. 1/2
#TheHobby #HobbyLibrary #MikePiazza

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Flipping through the Nov. 1993 issue of Canadian Sportscard Collector and found this 1994 O-Pee-Chee Baseball Pre-Production sheet nestled within the pages. https://t.co/fwypuF7Vj4 lists this sheet but doesn't say how it was issued. 1/2
#TheHobby #HobbyLibrary #MikePiazza

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Edward Wharton-Tigar (1913–1995)

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A short article from the December 1998 issue of Canadian Sportscard Collector offers some insight to the last days of Pinnacle and their bankruptcy.
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Another hobby publication review: Lew Lipset appears to not be a huge fan of the 3rd edition of The Standard Catalog of Baseball cards and published this review in the December 1992 issue of The Old Judge:
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The Sports Collectors Bible by Bert Sugar is widely considered one of the essential early hobby publications, offering full checklists of many sets. Apparently C. Christian Stiehl was not as fond of it and expressed his thoughts in the March 1976 issue of The Trading News

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Today's look back at hobby publication ads is a double feature for the legendary Non-Sports Bible by Chris Watson, a massive tome of a book that now regularly sells for over $500! From issue #231 of The Wrapper, Nov. 15, 2008.
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