Baseball Treasures

Stephen Wong

ISBN 10: 0061144738 / ISBN 13: 9780061144738

Verlag: Collins, 2007

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0061144738I4N10

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Includes photos and fun-filled facts on some of baseball's most significant artifacts found in both private and public collections, including jerseys worn by Joe DiMaggio, the T206 Honus Wagner baseball card, and bats used by Babe Ruth and Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Stephen Wong, a lifelong collector of rare and historically significant artifacts, spent two and a half years researching his top-selling adult book smithsonian baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections. Wong has advised a number of the world's top collectors and is currently lending his expertise to an upcoming exhibition at the Chicago Historical Society celebrating the glory days of Chicago Cubs and White Sox baseball in the early twentieth century. He is also an advisory director for the Museum of the City of New York's summer 2007 exhibit "The Glory Days: New York Baseball, 1947-1957" and an honorary committee member for the city of Pittsfield and the Berkshire Museum's "1791—Art of the Game—Pittsfield," a two-year celebration of Pittsfield's unique place in baseball history. A graduate of Stanford Law School, Wong is currently an executive director at Goldman Sachs. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and now lives in Hong Kong.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Baseball Treasures
Verlag: Collins
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Unknown
Illustrator: Einstein, Susan
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket