hi hey how come obvious what do we got
here so I have here what is considered
the first written history of baseball
this is cool
I love how serious they look gotta and I
love the moustaches super cool and what
yours is
I believe it's 1910 I did some research
on the book and I believe this is the
first book that incorporated like
biographies of just every major league
and former major league player of that
era I'd love the photographs in this
thing
Honus Wagner that's pretty cool
Tyrus Cobb good my opinion was the
greatest baseball player in the world
ever the prince in these books I mean I
imagine would be worth money none of the
pages are missing are they know the book
is complete how much you want for it
also gonna get 1313 other bucks yeah
alright so I would like to have a few
people maybe take a look at it okay
quite honestly I've never seen this book
before I've never heard of this book
that doesn't mean it's not worth money
it just means I haven't heard of it so
do you mind if I give someone a call
take a look at this sure absolutely it's
a cool book it came out in the early
1900s it's packed with photos you mind
if I open it up yeah sure go ahead
so you've heard of the book yeah I
definitely heard of the book in the
Sports Collectibles world this is
definitely considered the baseball bible
it's signed by that by the author and
he's got a PSA on it so we know it's no
that's yeah Alfred Henry was
established the Sporting News it was
considered the first baseball newspaper
that came out you know into the public
okay what do you think it's worth I
think in a retail market you're looking
at $1,200
okay I just want one more person to look
at it because this is the weirdest sort
of crosses two lines we have like sports
world we have like the book world and
just bear with me I just want one more
person to look at it I'll be right back
all right
she's the book nerd oh I prefer book
expert okay yeah alright so this is the
national game it's a history of baseball
from 107 years ago this book is
definitely on its own signed or not very
collectible this is something that
people who are interested in history of
baseball they want you know over time
these these people become legends right
this is when that first really starts
happening it's a myth making book right
we are finally being able to look back
upon all of these formative years
instead of being like in the rough and
tumble of it you're saying oh remember
this happened that happened and you
start shaping the myth of what baseball
was and it becomes bigger and grander
but I do want to look at condition
though with look like this condition is
really important it looks well read it's
not bad how about kind of presents is
really important so this actually has a
really bright gilt and that matters when
you turn it a little bit it's less so
it's a little bit more dull here it's
got strong eye appeal yeah in the book
world we'll say it shows well okay and
it's it's signed by the author he's got
the paperwork here I unlike a lot of
memorabilia dealers much much prefer
having inscriptions rather than
signatures because it gives you more
data to work with
so I greatly prefer inscriptions so yeah
in terms of condition it's I mean it has
a couple flaws but for this book it is
quite nice okay so I had Dan come by and
look at it and says you know he told me
he thinks it's worth like 1200 bucks but
in my head I'm sort of thinking that
it's more of a bookstore thing than a
sports store thing and that's why I
called you up right so you're right that
there are different markets so in my
experience there are book people who
also love sports and will buy books
about the history of sports okay so what
do you think it's worth talking about
what I know copies of this have traded
at this is a pretty nice copy and
condition is king with it when it comes
to books and the other thing is that it
is scarce to have it signed
and so what I would expect for a copy in
this condition to go for in the book
market I wouldn't feel bad pricing at
2500 great okay you're absolutely
amazing glad I could help
told you she was a book nerd thanks
so when you walked in here how much what
did you want
I wanted 1,300 but I mean I remember I
never had a book expert look at the book
and I mean I always thought that it was
in really good condition so I'll give
you 1,300 bucks
can you do nothing no and it will take
you a while to sell I know she said
$2,500 and I'm offering you 1,300 but
you have to understand the market
there's a book it is not gonna sell
immediately I give you 1,300 bucks I
think we're both happy that way all
right
1,300 sweet I'll beat you right around
the corner and we'll do some paperwork
all right thank you I got a really good
price at 1300 I'm going to take that
$1,300 and invest it into a Babe Ruth
baseball
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