Sports memorabilia
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The Babe's bat
The bat that Babe Ruth used in 1923 to hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium recently sold for $1.26 million.
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St. Louisans enjoy sports--football, baseball, soccer, basketball, racing or any of the dozens of others played by local professional, college, or high school teams.
Busted! : the inside story of the world of sports memorabilia, O.J. Simpson, and the Vegas arrests
by Thomas J. Riccio.
Beverly Hills, CA : Phoenix Books, c2008.
WHY did Tom Riccio find himself in the middle of what is being called the most famous robbery in U.S. history? WHY is Tom Riccio considered by both the prosecution and the defense to be the most important witness in O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas trial on charges of armed robbery?
Seemed like a good idea at the time
David Goodwillie.
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
"Fresh out of college and following a brief and disastrous stint playing minor league baseball, David Goodwillie moves to New York intent on making his mark as a writer." "Arriving in Manhattan in the midnineties, Goodwillie quickly falls into one implausible job after another. He becomes a private investigator, imagining himself as a gumshoe, a hired gun - only to realize that he's more adept at bungling cases than at solving them. When, in his stint as a freelance journalist, he unveils the Mafia in a magazine expose, he succeeds only in becoming a target of their wrath. As a copywriter for a sports auction house, he imagines documenting the great histories hidden in priceless artifacts but finds himself forced to write about a lock of Mickey Mantle's hair. Even when he seems to break through, somehow becoming the sports expert at Sotheby's auction house -appearing on major news networks, raking in a hefty salary - he's lured away by the promise of Internet millions ... just in time for the dot-com crash."--BOOK JACKET.
Collecting sports memorabilia
Michael McKeever.
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Alliance Publishing : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c1996.
Includes index.
Malloy's sports collectibles value guide : up-to-date prices for noncard sports memorabilia
Roderick A. Malloy.
Radnor, PA : Wallace-Homestead Book Co., c1993.
Witness the most comprehensive listing of noncard sports collectibles ever assembled. A roster of sports artifacts and autographs are featured, from the five major sports, auto racing and Olympic subjects, to soccer, horse racing, golf, tennis and more! Listings are by team or individual in 15 categories.
Like sports enthusiasts everywhere, St. Louisans collect autographs, programs, equipment, apparel, and trading cards connected to their favorite sporting event or personality.
Each piece of sports memorabilia tells its own story and evokes its own recollection. Owning a program from a favorite sporting event brings back exciting memories, while owning the ball hit out of the park by a baseball player for his 500th homerun likely creates a life-long bond with that player.
Some memorabilia has more than a sentimental value; it can be an investment. The growing number of collectors makes sports memorabilia a billion dollar a year industry.
Those new to collecting sports memorabilia, particularly autographed items, need to exercise caution. The FBI estimates that over 50% of all autographed sports items on the market are forgeries. It is important that those seeking to buy or sell sports memorabilia work with sellers like Upper Deck or Topps that will authenticate materials, provide references, and appraise memorabilia.
Article by: St. Louis Public Library staff.
