A few different collecting guides are published by Joe Phillips- better known as "The Glove Collector"- and are available at his website.
You can find them here:
http://www.glovecollector.com
Joe is a really nice guy and is always happy to field a phone call from a collector looking for informatiom on a vintage glove or inquiries about the books he publishes. He is also great about responding to emails, so you can reach him that way, too.
Among his offerings:
- "The Vintage Baseball Glove Catalog Source Book" compiles catalog data from hundreds of sporting goods companies, from the late 1800's to modern times. With this guide you can often pinpoint the exact year and model number for your antique and vintage gloves. This guide is regarded as "the bible" of glove collectors!
- "The Vintage Baseball Glove Pocket Price Guide" is a small booklet with the prices for hundreds of collectible gloves, along with information on glove grading, condition and collecting.
- "The Glove Collector" newsletter is a bi-monthly publication with articles regarding the hobby.
Other resources that might be of interest:
- "The Vinatge Glove Forum" website is a place where you can interact with other collectors, post questions about your gloves, buy, sell and trade gloves and search through a wealth of knowledge already posted by other collectors.
http://www.vintagebaseballgloveforum.com
- "Glove-Works Baseball Glove Forum" is another website didicated to baseball gloves, but with a focus on more modern gloves, from the 1970's on up.
http://glove-works.getforum.org
- "Baseball Glove Collector Dot Com" is a website with hundreds of pictures of old gloves and collecting information.
http://www.baseballglovecollector.com/
And, of course, I offer free glove appraisals, evaluations and repairs through my own website- The Glove Shop.
www.freewebs.com/thegloveshop
