Mint Condition
Subtitle: how baseball cards became an American obsession
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780802119391
Description: "In 'Mint Condition' is a captivating history of this cherished hobby, as well as a look into the current state, where cards are largely the rarefied preserve of fanatical adult collectors and shrewd businessmen...'--Dust jacket.
Table of contents: title: Please, mister, give me the picture!; title: Anyone can get the cards; title: People chew harder when they are sad; title: Cartophilia; title: The great changemaker; title: Down in the sub-subbasements; title: Nostalgia futures; title: Cardboard gold; title: Gem mint ten!; title: The ringmaster; title: A visit to the doctor; title: It's just a piece of cardboard