About this title: Two award-winning sports journalists tell the astonishing story of one of the country's most prized icons--the legendary Honus Wagner baseball card--and bring to light the myths, lore, rumors, and facts that have shaped this card's legend.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: It Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780061123931ISBN:0061123935
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
Description: Like New. 2008-Paperback-May contain minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, volume un-read and in "As-New" condition. -Used-Like New-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: O'Keeffe, Michael & Teri Thompson., William Morrow (Harper Collins), c2007, 2007, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 245 pp with appendices & notes, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780061123924, 'The 1909 T206 Honus Wagner. The most valuable baseball card in the world. The authors follow the trail of The Card from a Florida flea market to the hands of the world's most prominent collectors' read more
Description: Fine. 0061123935 Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black ink mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Description: Very Good. 0061123935 25978 PB; spine smooth, text appears clean, cover has slight shelf wear-allow up to 21 business days for standard USPS media m ai l. wt1lbpf. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Date Published: 2008-06-01
ISBN-13:9780061123931ISBN:0061123935
Description: Very good. Text is clean with no markings; binding is tight; cover and page edges have minor shelfwear; not a remainder; quick shipping. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
Description: Todd Robertson (Cover Design) Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Wraps; 246 pages; Black & white photographs; Textblock is tight with no internal markings; Bright pictorial cover with no tears, no creasing to the spine and modest shelf and edge wear; ....(The fascinating and shocking tale of the 1909 T206 Honus Wagner Baseball card, one of the most sought after collectible cards in the world. It traces the card's trail from a Florida flea market to the hands of one of the world's most prominent ... read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight shelf wear from reading. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 246 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I give this an overly kind four stars only because there are few books like it out there right now. Card collecting has so many hidden stories, and to rely only on Beckett and similar ethically challenged publications to tell them all is a major fault. If you can put your "superb writing" glasses off to the side for a bit and just read this for the tale, you'll be better for it."
"A fun book for any boy who collected baseball cards (I hardly did but my brother ate it up during the roaring 1980s). It's a page-turner that I read in a day."
"A decent book that while reading, I thought that the whole story could have been told in a magazine article. However, the authors insight into,not only "the card" but other collectibles and the seedy underworld of greedy collectors, con men, problems in the grading services as well as people trying to keep the integrity of their hobby intact was fascinating. I have always known that this card was the holy grail of baseball cards much like detective comics #27 with the first appearance of Batman, but I could never really understand why. Honus Wagner wasn't the greatest player of all time, many probably don't even know his accomplishments, his card isn't even the rarest of cards, yet it has made a small fortune for those that owned the Gretzky card. I guess it all boils down to what you think something is worth, or better yet what someone tells you its worth to them. A good quick read for those that are interested in how a boyhood hobby can be turned into a hobby reserved for the wealthy that can afford to spend a million bucks on a baseball card."
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