Negro League Baseball Collectibles Guide

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I recently completed a year-long project of putting together the industry's first Negro League Baseball Collectibles Guide. I believe, in the future, this guide will be the "go to" reference for anyone looking to start or expand upon a Negro League Baseball collection.

The guide will be printed in full color with approximately 270 full-size pages (8 1/2" X 11"). There will be two major sections to the guide. The first will cover all significant Negro League cards which are currently catalogued in the Standard Catalogue of Baseball Cards, including Cuban, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, etc. issues. The second section will cover all other paper collectible issues picturing significant Negro Leaguers including postcards, original photos, broadsides, premiums, cabinet cards, etc. In total, there will be approximately 1,000 items pictured in the guide. Price ranges for every item listed will also be included.

The initial print run for the guide will be 100 copies with future print runs to be either the same or possibly move up to 250 copies. As of right now, a maximum number of copies of 1,000 is planned but that could change based on customer demand.

In order to assist in covering the significant printing costs of a full color guide, I am offering a very limited number of advertising pages for sale. This past week, I was able to secure an exclusive advertising agreement (no other auction houses will be allowed to advertise) with Hake's as their current auction material, particularly the Richard Merkin collection, is a perfect fit for this book.

As previously mentioned, there are only a couple of ad pages available so anyone interested, please e-mail me privately for details at: vguerrerobb@yahoo.com. Ads will be taken on a first come, first serve basis. Before each new print run, you will have the option to renew your ad or cancel if you wish.

I would like the guide to go to print within the next couple of weeks, so please let me know ASAP if interested and please don't hesitate to e-mail me with any questions.

At this time, I am not taking any advance orders for the guide but if you send me an e-mail, I will reserve a copy for you and send you an invoice once I have the books in hand. The cost will be $29.95 plus USPS shipping.

Thank you for your consideration.

Phil Garry