April 4, 2024: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/4/2024
For serious hobbyists, or even newcomers aspiring to that status, this remarkable array of vintage hobby publications could turn a novice into an expert faster than kiss a duck. These are the groundbreaking magazines and newsletters that helped build a hobby even before the great awakening in the 1970s. The winning bidder will have access to the pearls of wisdom from dozens of legendary hobby figures, everybody from Jefferson Burdick, Preston Orem and Buck Barker to Charles Brooks, George Martin, Charles Bray, Frank Nagy, Irv Lerner and a whole bunch more. The publications are in broadly Excellent condition, often even better, and range is size from 8 ½-by-11 inches (and some smaller) to 11-by-14 inches, with page counts that could vary from a dozen or so to many multiples of that. The tail end of the listing includes checklists, reference volumes, and catalogs. Here’s a broad breakdown (numbers approximate): 1) The Ballcard Collector – 28 issues, 2) The Trading News – 36 issues, 3) The Sports Trader – 44 issues, 4) Sports Hobbyist – 31 issues, 5) Card Collectors Bulletin – 94 issues, 6) Sports Fan – 46 issues, 7) Frank’s Auction Corner – 38 issues, 8) The Card Collector – 24 issues, 9) Sports Collector’s News – 13 issues, 10) Sports Gazette – 38 issues, 11) Miscellaneous (National Sports Collector, Sports Advertisers Journal, Sports Collector and Card News & Comments) – 37 issues, (12) Collector’s Digest – 8 issues, 13) Sports Scoop – 8 issues, 14) Who’s Who in Card Collecting, 1970 Irv Lerner – 110 pages, 15) Richard Egan’s Handbook to Early Card & Gum Baseball (3) – 84 pages, 16) 1964 Catalog to Cigarette and Other Trade Cards, 17) Checklists by The Card Collector Co. and the Trader Speaks, and 18) 1971 Stadiums on Postcards by Barker and Medeiros – 36 pages. Whew, that’s a lifetime’s worth of hobby information, all in a single lot.
Massive Archive of Vintage Hobby Pubs and Guides (366)
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