For serious collectors only

February 19, 2008

When it was first published, Ballet in the Dirt: The Golden Age of Baseball, a collection of Neil Leifer’s photographs which had a limited run of 1,000 copies, went for $400; towards the end, it was selling for $700.
The 65-year-old Leifer, who has spent a good portion of his shooting for Sports Illustrate, is “old school.” He began his career as a teenager and remained in it his whole working life. His sports work is iconic: baseball fans will instantly recognize shots of Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, Juan Marichal and countless others. But putting a name behind the camera is another story.
While I have seen excerpts and spoken to Leifer, I’m sorry to say I did not have a copy of the actual book to review. From what I’ve seen from arious sources, it certainly is a gorgeous retrospective of Leifer’s life in film, but $400? Let alone another three C-notes? I can just see trying to justify that expenditure to the missus.

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