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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Mike H
We were discussing books on another thread today and the topic of content and appeal came up. I for one love looking at the Smithsonian baseball book and the treasures within. For me however, a book like Kashmanian's baseball treasures, that features non-gamer memorabilia may hold appeal for a broader audience. Mark suggested a coffee table book on items like pennants, figurals, equipment, or advertising. It would focus on display items. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Dan
I would love it! |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Greg Theberge
Mike, |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: David Atkatz
Sounds fantastic--especially the Schiffer book. I would be happy to have any items in my collection of vintage Yankee memorabilia photographed. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Brock G.
Interesting topic Mike. Obviously myself and others on the board would love a book like you mentioned but I dont know if any of these types of books could ever appeal to a mass audience. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: barrysloate
Brock- a number of people I've spoken to were disappointed that Gary's museum wasn't pictured. I guess the photographer had a different idea of how to do it. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Dan Bretta
While I am quite satisfied with the Smithsonian book the one drawback is the fact that there are few pictures of displays. We all have tons of Mastro/Rea type catalogs we can look at all day long to see individual pieces, but the collector in us is curious how people use those items in their displays. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Greg Theberge
I think Dan hit the nail right on the head. I have a ton of memorabilia books lying around the house, they're called auction catalogues. I don't think one book could outdo a REA, etc. catalogue |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Mike H
I didn't like that the Smithsonian book focused much of the content on the history of baseball etc. I wish it had focused more on collecting as a hobby, how each collectors specialty developed, finds, favorite pieces etc. I wish everyone had been written like Mastro's section. I would also like to cut out the pages featuring the Sosa/McGwire garbage. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Brock G.
I agree wholeheartedly with the last posts of Dan, Greg, and Mike. The great focus of the book should of, in my opinion, been on the featured collectors and have a more personal feel. Like Mike said, it dealt too much with the history of baseball and was a little on the wordy side. And with all the individual photos of the memorabilia it did have an auction catalogue feel. I mean anyone who has the Halper catalogue had seen just about everything in the Penny Marshall collection before this book. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Max Weder
An option is to self-publish via Blurb or Lulu. |
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Paul Muchinsky
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A Memorabilia Book for the Masses
Posted By: Mike H
I've got an idea. What if we (Leon) create an online gallery here for different types of memorabilia. Perhaps a link at the top. We commit to taking the best photos we are capable of, start with 5 or 6 catagories, qualify submissions a bit (i.e. no Starting Linups in the figural section), and perhaps a little blurb on our submissions. We could all use a photo-bucket or other similar free sites to store our own photos for posting. |
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