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The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector Magazine - SCARCE !st Issue - March, 1995 - Featuring zall of Famer Adrian "Cap" Anson on the cover - 64 pages (with many great black & white photos of vintage baseball collectibles) - MINT conditiion. Thirty-seven issues of this outstanding magazine on vintage baseball collectibles were published from March, 1995 until February, 2004. This is the very first issue. The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector was edited and published by Dennis C. Purdy, Sr and was a very a professional publication from the outset with full-color covers, in depth articles and advertisements by the era's leading sellers of vintage baseball collectibles including Lew Lipset, Mark Macrae, Larry Fritsch, Frank Keetz, Barry Sloate, Francis Richter, Mark Rucker, Frank J. Ceresi, Ron Zollo, Steve Cummings, Kevin Struss, Jay Miller, Gerald J. Glasser, Brent Kelley, Ken C. Turner, Mark Cooper, Dick Gilkeson, John B. Foster, Nelson Wenguer, Keith Olbermann and many others. Articles in this first issue include Baseball's First Cards by Barry Sloate, Type Collecting Tips by Mark Macrae, Babe Ruth's 20th Anniversary As A Player by John B. Foster, Chicago's Black Sox - 1919 World Series: Batter-By-Batter Recap by John B. Foster, History of Baseball Through Photography, Part I: Cartes De Viste by Mark Rucker, Cap Anson: Baseball's First Superstar by Gary Spoerle, T205s: Beautiful History by Kevin Struss, A Candid Look At The Hobby: An Interview With Barry Sloate by Dennis C. Purdy, Autograph Collecting by Ron Zollo, The Cuban Collector by Nelson Wenguer and more. Some of the articles (like the Batter-by-Batter review of the 1919 World Series, for instance) are reprints of articles that were actually written and published not long after the actual event. Remember, this SCARCE 1st issue of this outstanding magazine is in MINT condition as you can see from the scan. No collection of publications on baseball collectibles is complete without this outstanding magazine. Check out the scan for the images of Cap Anson on the cover. You won't be disappointed. Don't get left out! All previous buyers of my vintage baseball magazines have been completely satisfied. The magazine will be sent via Media mail in the USA to minimize shipping costs. I will combine shipping to reduce charges for multiple items. If you purchase more than one item, please wait until I send you an invoice with the appropriate combined shipping discount. Credit cards are accepted through PayPal.com. Please see my auctions and my eBay store for a wide variety of sports and non-sports collectibles. All items are packed with care to insure safe delivery. Please contact me if you have any questions. 7-22-17 -- 7.4