Books of interest to collectors

[mjkm90]

Many baseball collectors I know have an interest in anything old and antiques in general. I for one love to learn about other areas of collecting and enjoy hearing about finds, what motivates collectors, and what got them started. Antiques road show is always a pleasure to view, but what about books. We are all familiar with Basebal Smithsonian, Baseball Treasures, Cooper's book on Baseball Games, etc. but are there other books you recommend. I just finished Barbara Orbach's A Passion for Antiques and loved it. It talks about collectors and collecting. While there is no mention of baseball the short chapters are very interesting and difficult to put down. Another book I enjoyed was Hidden Treasures by Leigh and Leslie Keno. I'm not suggesting you run out and buy these, but do rent them from your library. Here are a few I plan to check out soon:

A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict
by John Baxter

How to Think Like a Collector
by Harry Rinker

Sixteen to Sixty: Memoirs of a Collector
by Louisine W. Havemeyer

Are there books about collecting that you recommend?

[HiNeighbor]

For those who have an interest in beer in New England, I would HIGHLY recommend this book (especially since I get one eighth of a nickel for every book sold since I'm the last guy on the list of authors...and boy is there a massive demand for this book...retirement here I come!).

In order to make it somewhat baseball related, here are a couple of fun beer and baseball scans. Included are a rare 1916 Boston Red Sox/Braves/Providence Greys celluloid schedule, a c. 1950 Narragansett License plate, a c. 1905 Red Star Ale scorekeeper, and a Gansett Sked from the fifties.

Greg

(collector of pre-1920s BoSox and RI Brewery Advertising)

[stkmtimo]

Good post. Just picked up Harry Rinker's book and Amazon says it should be here any day now. I'll let everyone know how it is.

Tim

[slidekellyslide]

I went to my local library's annual book sale today at the state fair grounds and picked up about 60 basball related books....only about half of what I hauled in last year so I was a bit disappointed in the selection, but I did manage to grab an excellent book that as far as photography of vintage memorabilia is on par with Smithsonian Baseball....It is titled Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame by John Thorn. Here's a link to it at Amazon. I highly reccommend this book.

http://www.amazon.com/Treasures-Base...e=UTF8&s=books

[mjkm90]

I have that book as well. I do like it, but didn't find it as interesting from a memorabilia and collecting perspective.

I just check out Sixteen to Sixty that I mentioned earlier...scratch it off the list. It wasn't at all what I expected. It's primarily about a very wealthy art collector. Far too sophisticated for a smelly leather, stained jersey, and cigar lovers like us...ha ha.

[stkmtimo]

"How to Think Like a Collector" arrived yesterday and it looks like a good read. I'll post my thoughts on it when I finish reading it.

Tim

[slidekellyslide]

Hey Mike, maybe it's not as interesting from a collector's viewpoint because none of us will ever get our greedy little hands on any of the stuff pictured since it resides in the Hall of Fame.