Kirk presents a competent overview of one of the fastest growing hobbies. He examines the past and the feverish present as more card companies enter the market. He gives advice about building a collection. And he also discusses prices, sources, and terminology. Kirk provides some good reference advice, too, e.g., look under "collectibles" in the Yellow Pages for card dealers. A briefer and better written introduction is Donn Pearlman's Collecting Baseball Cards (Bonus Bks., 1987). Pearlman laces his account with interviews with experts. Still, this book is recommended for most popular collections. Kirk devotes ten double-columned pages to an assessment of baseball card price books and periodicals: a useful feature.
- Paul Kaplan, Highland Park P.L. , Ill.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
