Got 'Em, Got 'Em, Need 'Em: A Fan's Guide to Collecting the Top 100 Sports Cards of All Time

Got 'Em, Got 'Em, Need 'Em: A Fan's Guide to Collecting the Top 100 Sports Cards of All Time
ISBN-10
1554909716
ISBN-13
9781554909711
Category
Crafts & Hobbies
Pages
291
Language
English
Published
2011-04
Publisher
ECW Press
Authors
Jon Waldman, Stephen Laroche

Description

Days gone by are relived with some of the trading card industry's most well-known experts in this nostalgic look back at one of the most popular hobbies in history. Covering baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and golf, this unique book offers a countdown of the greatest sports cards ever produced and the players and personalities involved. This multisport collection delightfully counts down the best 100 cards from the business while offering interviews, up-to-date history, and stories about the cards and their depicted players. Collectors and sports fans will especially appreciate the bonus in-depth look at the best innovations in the business, the worst blunders, and the special tribute to the hobby's boom era in the 1990s. For more than 100 years, kids of all ages have enjoyed the thrill of collecting sports cards, making this retrospective look at the hobby a thorough and long-lasting collectible ode to a much-loved pastime.

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