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Here is Mike and Carl's vintage football card collecting book, published by Grey Whale Press Productions, August, 2016. Written with Carl Lamendola.

Collecting Vintage Football Cards - 2018
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Grey Whale Press Productions, 2018

   Looking to help entertain your friends at the next football game watch party? Here, in one convenient package, you can become the most erudite football card expert in your circle.
   Dazzle them with your knowledge of the Mayo "Anonymous," the National Chicle Nagurski, the 1965 Topps oversized Namath. It's all right here. Everything you need to know about vintage American football cards!
   Nationally recognized football card experts Mike Bonner and Carl Lamendola have written the ultimate hobby guide.
   Their lively, well-researched chapters are supplemented with unique checklists and images of rare items. A must-read for advanced collectors and novices alike.
   For over twenty years, Mike and Carl have collaborated on insightful articles about the vintage football card hobby. This book is the newest and most comprehensive edition of their cutting-edge work in the field.

Copyright 2018 Mike Bonner and Carl Lamendola



COLLECTING FOOTBALL CARDS:
A Complete Guide with Prices
















COLLECTING FOOTBALL CARDS
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Chilton Books, 1995

My guide to football cards is meant to be an enjoyable reading experience, in addition to being accurate and informative. For the collector and sophisticated fan, football cards help us arrange the game in our minds and allow us to participate more fully as spectators.

This beautifully illustrated first edition traces the history of the hobby, provides an extensive price listing, and uncovers the mystery of the 'anonymous' Mayo football card of 1893, among other informational gems. Collectors wanting to get a clear background of this great hobby can do no better than to read my book.

Football cards give a human face to a swift, exciting game and I believe the pleasure I take in collecting cards shows through in my book. It's a worthwhile activity for experts and beginners, children and adults. My ongoing work on this hobby continues in SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST, a weekly Krause publication. To fans and collectors everywhere, I wish you the very best.

Also recommended:
COLLECTING FOOTBALL CARDS FOR FUN AND PROFIT, by Chuck Bennett and Don Butler.

THE CONFIDENT COLLECTOR FOOTBALL CARD PRICE GUIDE 1995, by Allan Kaye and Michael McKeever.
















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