Cramer's Choice

Cramer's Choice
Author: Mike Cramer
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2023-10-20
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476693579

Mike Cramer's first love was baseball cards. Before high school he had a mail-order trading card business. At age 30 he founded Pacific Trading Cards with money he made fishing crab in the Bering Sea. From 1980 to 2004, Pacific created more than 200 successful trading card products. In 2021, a Pacific Tom Brady rookie card sold for $117,000. Pacific's cards remain some of the hobby's most sought-after and other companies still emulate their innovations. Cramer's memoir offers a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of a major card company, from one kid's overgrown collection to every hands-on facet of building a business with hundreds of employees producing cards for retail stores worldwide.

The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2003

The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2003
Author: James Beckett
Publisher: House of Collectibles
Total Pages: 660
Release: 2003
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780609810378

Packed with vital information for collectors, this edition lists more than 290,000 prices for individual cards and complete sets in three different grading categories issued from 1948 to the present, and each card is identified by manufacturer, year, size, team, and player. 850 illustrations.

Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies

Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies
Author: Geoff Wilson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2024-04-09
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 1394225059

Become a part of the growing sports card trading community Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies will teach you how to start or resume collecting, how to trade, sell, grade, and protect your cards. This is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read breakdown of the sports card hobby and its many nuances. You’ll learn the basics and get up to speed on the recent influx of new brands, companies, investors, influencers, and technologies that have completely reshaped the community. The popularity of sports cards as an alternative investment is at an all-time high, and this Dummies guide helps you budget and make smart trades. The anatomy of a sports card, spotting card damage, grading scales, buying safely, using trusted marketplaces, building your collection, pricing and selling your cards, avoiding scams—it’s all in here. Become a savvy card collector, the easy way. Learn the ins and outs of trading sports cards as a collector and an investor Determine the value of your cards and discover where to find rare deals Stay safe while buying and selling from local dealers, with online marketplaces, and at in-person events Become a part of the collector community Beginners of all ages who want to start (or resume) collecting sports cards can find all the must-know info in the pages of Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies.

2003 Baseball Card Price Guide

2003 Baseball Card Price Guide
Author: From the Price Guide Editors of Sports Collectors Digest Staff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1160
Release: 2003-04
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780873495875

Covering more than 200,000 baseball cards and inserts, this price guide also includes assorted memorabilia such as autographs, game-used jerseys, bat inserts, and more. 2,000 photos.

Most Valuable Baseball Cards

Most Valuable Baseball Cards
Author: Christopher Benjamin
Publisher: Perigee
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1990
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780399515927

Shows, describes, and lists the current value of antique baseball cards, and includes background information about players, card manufacturers, and card series

The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards, 2002-2003

The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards, 2002-2003
Author: James Beckett
Publisher: House of Collectibles
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2002-04
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780609809020

This guide is packed with vital information for collectors and lists more than 40,000 prices for cards identified by manufacturer, year, and size. Advice is provided by the experts on determining the condition of cards; buying, selling, and trading cards profitably; and a glossary of industry terms. 850 photos.

Authors in the Kitchen

Authors in the Kitchen
Author: Sharron L. McElmeel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2005-06-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0897899490

Step into the kitchen and stir up a batch of storybook treats with literary recipes based on the books and lives of 50 of your favorite children's authors and illustrators, including Eric Carle, Mary Casanova, Keiko Kasza, Steven Kellogg, Yuyi Morales, Janet Stevens, and Jane Yolen and 40 others. Whip up a heavenly coconut cream cake enjoyed in Jacqueline Briggs Martin's recent story, On Sand Island; savor the spicy pumpkin pie inspired by Toni Buzzeo's Sea Chest. You'll also learn some fascinating facts about each author and read anecdotes and stories connected with the recipes. Biographical details, author photographs, book lists, and reading connections make this a perfect resource for library, classroom, and home. A great gift for booklovers. What a delicious way to learn about authors and their books! Step into the kitchen and stir up a batch of storybook treats with 50 literary recipes based on the books and lives of 50 of your favorite children's authors and illustrators, including Eric Carle, Mary Casanova, Keiko Kasza, Steven Kellogg, Yuyi Morales, Janet Stevens, and Jane Yolen and 40 others. Whip up a heavenly coconut cream cake enjoyed in Jacqueline Briggs Martin's recent story, On Sand Island; savor the spicy pumpkin pie inspired by Toni Buzzeo's Sea Chest. You'll also learn some fascinating facts about each author and read anecdotes and stories connected with the recipes. Biographical details, author photographs, book lists, and reading connections make this a perfect resource for library, classroom, and home. A great gift for booklovers. What a delicious way to learn about authors and their books! Grades K-6.

The Economics of Sports

The Economics of Sports
Author: Michael A. Leeds
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2018-04-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351684493

The sports industry provides a seemingly endless set of examples from every area of microeconomics, giving students the opportunity to study economics in a context that holds their interest. Thoroughly updated to reflect the current sports landscape, The Economics of Sports introduces core economic concepts and theories and applies them to American and international sports. Updates for this sixth edition include: More coverage of international sports, including European football; A revised chapter on competitive balance, reflecting new techniques; A brand-new chapter on mega-events such as the Olympics and World Cup; New material on umpire bias; A completely redesigned chapter on amateur competition that focuses exclusively on intercollegiate sports. This chapter is also now modular, enabling instructors who wish to intersperse it with the other chapters to do so with greater ease. This accessible text is supported by a companion website which includes resources for students and instructors. It is the perfect text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on sports economics.