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Bear Circus by William Pène du Bois. 48 pages. Viking. $4.95. The author can do more with 26 koala bears in a gum tree, a plague of locusts and a pocketful of friendly kangaroos than you could imagine. Scenic but thin...
...Bucs became unchallengeable heroes, the odds are good for the '71 Pirates. Just as I fought with my friends to get Topps cards of Mazeroski, Groat and Hoak, so too bubble gum may benefit in Dravosburg or Vandergriff from Cash, Hernandez, and Pagan...
...There are no fixed prices in the bubble-gum-card market. "It's like investing in stocks and bonds," says Collector Nagy, who is a mechanic by trade. He has turned down offers of $1,500 to $2,000 for his prize card, a 1910 Honus Wagner. One of Reuss's most treasured cards is the first Bob Feller, issued by the now extinct Leaf Gum Co. in 1948. It was worth $35 until several other originals turned up, dropping its price to only...
...Monthly Magazines. Most collectors get their new cards from Topps chewing-gum packages or Kellogg's cereal and Milk Duds candy boxes. Collections are diversified by trading at conventions or by mail. Some of the most valued cards have been found moldering in attics and garages. Some collectors run their own auctions, notifying fellow enthusiasts through monthly card magazines such as Trader Speaks and Who's Who in Card Collecting...
...collection donated by Jefferson Burdick, a Syracuse ad salesman. The Burdick collection includes cards on everything from battleships to movie stars and is shown by appointment only. Says Roberta Wong, a librarian at the Met: "Each period has its representative minor art. Why shouldn't we have bubble-gum cards...