Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World’s Finest Private Collections

"As every baseball collector knows, few things can parallel the powerful memories and emotions that are evoked when we hold a ball that has been signed by Ty Cobb, run our hands over the barrel of a bat once swung by Babe Ruth, or touch a jersey that had actually been worn by Lou Gehrig. Lifelong collector Stephen Wong knows that as well as anyone. He also knows that these treasured items can do much more than simply stir memories and emotions - they can possess inspiring, life changing qualities. On September 27, 2005, Smithsonian Books and HarperCollins Publishers will release Wong's book, Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections, that chronicles his two and a half year odyssey, in which Wong left the high powered corporate world to seek out twenty-one of baseball's most devoted collectors."
The Odyssey of Stephen Wong
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