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Mint Condition How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession

Dave Jamieson

"An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic." —The Washington Post When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson's parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now wa...

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The Dan Le Batard Show

Mint Condition was casually mentioned during an episode of the podcast when Peter Torre recalled seeing it in a co-writer's office. He described the book as a wonderful coffee table item that explored the history of baseball cards. The discussion focused on its visual appeal and its place as a fixture in a sports writer's environment.

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This was described as a coffee table book about the history of baseball cards that was kept in a co-writer's office.

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And I used to hang out in his office and he had this wonderful book on his coffee table in his office like a baseball card sort of coffee table book like history of baseball cards.

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