Methuen Festival of Trees – 23rd Annual Festival of Trees Auction 2016
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The Cracker Jack Collection: Baseball's Prized Players

Item Number
143
Estimated Value
30 USD
Sold
25 USD to muddaof4boys
Number of Bids
6  -  Bid History

Item Description

The Cracker Jack Collection: Baseball's Prized Players

First edition, signed by authors Tom Zappala & Ellen Zappala

IBPA Ben Franklin Award, Silver Medal, 2014

 

The Cracker Jack Collection: Baseball’s Prized Players celebrates the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest baseball card collections in the world. The players included in this wonderful series range from some of the greatest to ever play the game like Eddie Collins part of the famous 100,000 infield of the Philadelphia Athletics to lesser known players like Cuban born Armando Marsans who was pretty good at both playing ball and making fine cigars! You will learn a little about the history of Cracker Jack and the marketing idea to utilize baseball cards to enhance the sale of the product. The player stories in this book give you a glimpse of how they came up through the ranks, how they lived and how they played the game.

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Donated By:

Tom and Ellen Zappala