Vintage Baseball Glove Forum

Soft Drum Roll Please. Fellow vintage glove collector from Japan just took a batch of our old 2007 Catalog Source Books and ebay sold the remaining, last evening.
So. . .
It's time for the 2011 Catalog Source Book and I'll borrow from J. D. and any others who spot catalogs that aren't in the former book. Also looking for ideas. I will definitely have to reduce the size of the type, clean up typos and errors (any help with this by you proofreaders) and maybe adding some key glove pictures , will be appreciated. I would like to keep it to about the same number of pages. I did notice the wire binding seems to slip after repeated use and I'm sure this has happened with others'.
With this web site effort of Brett, John Graham's book, David Cunningham's book, J. D.'s web site, Mike's stepping up to the plate with patent pix and related images, plus all the help from Bret and others pitching in with information and willing sharing, this hobby has great informative sources and backgrounds. Keith Knabe has also been instrumental in sending the hard photocopies as has John Pope. Just a lot of people to thank and I've missed some I know.
Thank you all for being a close-knit and aid assisting group of collectors. Like hands in the gloves! :

The source catalog book is my favorite reference book! It without a doubt the one thing I consult on a regular basis. With that being said, my preference for the next publication would for it to be a digital source. In the day of iPhones, iPads, etc., having this material at a fingers push would be idealistic. It would make searching easier than ever and people could carry it with them wherever they went. I'm not sure how you have the files saved, and I know it would take a lot of work (something I'd be more than willing to help with), but I think a digital source is the way to go.

I concur. It would also make it possible to update in real time (or quarterly, whatever works) as new information is found.

Hi Joe,

Kudos on the source book. Great job as always!! A book or disk would work for me. You developed one of the best resources in our hobby. Keep up the good work.

Dave