Labor of Love: Reflections & Images from a Lifetime of Baseball Autograph Cluster Collecting
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For over six decades, our father lived a life "silly on baseball" -- while building one of the largest and unique private baseball autograph collections in the world. His "labor of love" was a meticulous approach to collecting themed autographed baseballs, team sheets and even first-day issue US Postal stamps he considered relevant to the culture of baseball. The collection celebrated everything from the game's greatest milestones and memorable events ... to its most noted characters, occurrences and relationships. It's a genre of autograph collecting, known as "cluster collecting," that he is widely credited with creating.This book shares the story of the unique baseball autograph collection's origins. The book features - in photographs and short stories - a collection of some of the most unique themed "cluster" items ever created, befitting my father's legacy as "the czar of cluster collecting." Included is a baseball signed by 17 of baseball's legends who hit 50 or more home runs in a season; 13 players who are members of baseball's 500-home run club; and all eight of the pitchers who won three or more Cy Young Awards (before Clayton Kershaw joined the group in November of last year).
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1937146693
ISBN13:9781937146696
Release Date:January 2015
Publisher:Levellers Press
Length:106 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
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