Books, Home & Garden, Antiques & Collectibles, Sports Memorabilia (besides cards)

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Jenny De Gex
The Art of Skiing: Vintage Posters from the Golden Age of Winter Sport
by Universe (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2006-10-10)

This book is a must-have gift for anyone interested in skiing or in the art of the poster. Organized by country, it features the world's foremost winter sport by drawing on an unparalleled collection of 800 vintage posters and paintings. Amassed by Mason Beekley over a lifetime dedicated to the celebration of all things skiing, the collection is now housed at the Mammoth Ski Museum in California and open to the public. In the 1910s and 1920s, skiing became the "in" thing among the young and the fashionable, who made such glamorous resorts like St. Moritz, Chamonix, and Garmisch famous. Like car racing, skiing was one of the sports that defined the twentieth-century's notion of the modern. It combined fast-paced action with the need to appear in stylish, sporty yet appropriate attire. Since it took place away from everyday urban life in remote and breathtaking mountain locations, it also combined the romance of travel with the stylishness of après-ski social life and ski ...

Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide 2008
by Beckett Media (Paperback)

[ ] EXPANSIVE. More than 290,000 prices listed![ ] COMPREHENSIVE. Complete listings from 1948 to 1997, featuring current market values for the following complete sets and individual cards *plus many, many more:BOWMANSCORECOLLECTORS CHOICE SELECTDONRUSSSPEXTRA BASESSTADIUM CLUBFINEST STUDIPFLAIRTOPPSFLEERTRIPLE PLAYLEAF ULTRAPINNACLEUPPER DECK[ ] WRITTEN BY THE EXPERT DEALERS RELY ON! Dr. James Beckett is the leading authority on baseball card prices.[ ] CLEAR IDENTIFICATION. Every baseball card is identified by year, manufacturer, size, format, and player.[ ] VALUABLE TIPS. Professional advice on buying, selling, caring for, and storing your cards.[ ] CARD COLLECTING HISTORY. All the facts you need to know, from the early days of baseball until today.[ ] CONDITION GRADE PRICING. Beckett's state-of-the-art system for accurately identifying values based on grade and condition.[ ] INVENTORY CHECKLIST. A great feature for quick and easy cataloging.HOUSE OF ...

Michael Shalhoub
The Pinball Compendium: The Electro-Mechanical Era
by Schiffer Publishing (Hardcover)

This comprehensive new book showcases the most desirable electro-magnetic pinball games ever built. Over 1,000 color photos, arranged in decades from the 1930s to the 1990s, display some of the most popular pinballs ever built. Also, rare photos show Gordon Hasse with some of the most sought-after and popular Gottlieb and Parker games. This book breaks new ground in documenting this classic era. It greatly augments the author's three earlier works on pinball history and rounds out the most up-to-date research in the field.

Stephen Wong
Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections
by Collins (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2005-09-27)

An oversized volume showcases 350 full-color photographs of twenty-one of the best private collections of baseball memorabilia, featuring numerous historical and previously unseen artifacts and providing eight expert essays on how to build a personal collection. 60,000 first printing.

James, Dr., III Beckett
Beckett Racing Collectibles Price Guide 2009 (Beckett Racing Collectibles)
by Beckett Media (Paperback)

Carl F. Luckey, Tim Watts
Old Fishing Lures & Tackle: Identification & Value Guide
by Krause Publications (Paperback)

The "lure bible" is back and better than ever! This mammoth guide, now with 2,500 full-color photos, delivers all the pricing, details and lure advice serious collectors want, from a name they trust and admire. This 7th edition features more than 5,000 listings, complete with collecting data and updated prices for everything from the Plunking Dinger to the Creek Chub Mouse. Collectible lures from Heddon, South Bend, Paw Paw, Pflueger, Creek Chub, Shakespeare and more are featured in this trusted reference. The familiar style of the late Carl Luckey and Clyde "The Bassman" Harbin Sr. is carried on by the next generation with Tim Watts, Harbin's grandson, serving as contributing editor. With the last three editions of this book boasting a combined 86,500 copies sold, this new edition continues the tradition lure enthusiasts have come to trust. -5,000 different lures listed -2,500 full-color photos for easy identification -Contains lures from leading North American lure ...

Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide, 2008-09
by Beckett Media (Paperback)

If You're A Basketball Card Collector, This Is The Book For You!The Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide is the most comprehensive basketball card price guide available!Are you a superstar or team card collector? If you are, then Dr. James Beckett and his staff have produced this book just for you! You get extensive lists and prices for all important, popular basketball card sets from 1933 to 1997.Most card series listed picture a front and back shot of a representative cardIncludes values for every individual card and complete set listing in three condition gradesChecklist-like listing of every card in the setComplete description includes card features and composition of set

Beckett Football Card Price Guide
by Beckett Media (Paperback)

Ben Marcus
The Surfboard: Art, Style, Stoke
by Voyageur Press (Hardcover)

A richly illustrated history of the surfboard from the first hand-crafted “wave-riding” redwood planks to the "plastic fantastic" technological marvels of today

Dudley Murphy, Deanie Murphy
Fishing Lure Collectibles: An Encyclopedia of the Modern Era, 1940 To Present
by Collector Books (Hardcover)

Collectors have been waiting for the newest book from Dudley and Deanie Murphy. In this volume of more than 3,500 lures shown in full color, the authors address the most collectible fishing lures made since 1940. In addition to the major Big Six companies and miscellaneous lure makers, this volume, for the first time, provides insight into spinning lures, folk art lures, and the rapidly growing area of contemporary collectibles. Considered by collectors to be the most useful reference available on post 1940 vintage antique fishing lures, this volume takes a fresh approach to explaining the hobby. The reader will quickly discover the combination of significant historical information, realistic values, and crisp photography in a concise presentation to be a real asset in lure identification and values. This book is sure to be the most complete and convenient single volume on fishing lures available today.

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