Baseball Cards books, courtesy of SABR

This list appeared on a SABR post and it seemed like a good resource, so I’m recreating it (sans links) here, FYI:

Bloom, John, A House of Cards: Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture (Univ. of Minn. Press, 1997)

Boyd, Brendan and Harris, Fred, The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book (Ticknor & Fields, Reprint 1991)

Jamieson, Dave, Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1st Ed. 2010)

Nelson, Kevin, Operation Bullpen: The Inside Story of the Biggest Forgery Scam in American History (Southhampton Books, 1st Ed. 2006)

O’Connell, T.S., Editor, Cardboard Legends: Interviews with Sports Greats (Krause, 1st Ed. 2010)

O’Connell, T.S., Classic Sports Cards Sets: Best Card Sets from the 1950s & ‘60s (Krause, 1st Ed. 2010)

O’Keefee, Michael and Thompson, Teri, The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History’s Most Desired Baseball Card (William Morrow, 1st Ed. 2007)

Orlando, Joe, The Top 200 Sportscards in the Hobby (Odyssey Publications, 1st Ed. 2002)

Oser, Khyber, Friedland, Mark and Oser, Ron, Cardboard Gems: A Century of Baseball Cards & Their Stories, 1869-1969 (Mastro Auctions, 1st Ed. 2006)

Payne, Mike, 300 Great Baseball Cards of the 20th Century (Beckett Publications, 1st Ed. 1999)

Reader, Scot, Inside T-206: A Collector’s Guide to the Classic Baseball Card Set (2009 Ed.)

Slocum, Frank, Baseball Cards of the Fifties: The Complete Topps Cards 1950-1959 (Simon & Schuster, 1994)

Slocum, Frank, Topps Baseball Cards: The Complete Picture Collection (A 35 Year History) (Warner Books, 1985)

Sugar, Bert Randolph, The Sports Collectors Bible (Bobbs-Merrill, 3rd Ed. 1979)

Uncredited, Sotheby’s: The Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia (Barry Halper Enterprises, 1999)

Wilker, Josh, Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards (Seven Footer Press, 1st Ed. 2010)

Williams, Fred, Card Sharks: How Upper Deck Turned a Child’s Hobby into a High-Stakes, Billion-Dollar Business (MacMillan, 1st Ed. 1995)

Wong, Stephen, Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World’s Finest Private Collections (Collins, 1st Ed. 2005)

Zappala, Tom & Ellen, The T-206 Collection: The Players & Their Stories (Pete E. Randall, 1st Ed. 2009)

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