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Nice but too little letters !
A really nice guide plenty of little letters... you�ll need a magnifying glass to read it !

not an all star
Not a practical guide in this collecting age. Does NOT have a comprehensive list; meaning it does NOT cover all manufacturers and, more importantly, for the ones it does, only provides listings of the base set. That means no insert or variation pricing whatsoever. Also, no oddball or minor league issues are listed. Generally speaking, unless you are collecting base sets prior to the advent of inserts and alternate versions of the base set, this guide is fairly useless.

This book is an awsome book to look cards in
The beckett book was a great sorce to me because I have been collecting baseball cards sence I was 3 yr old and because I have over 7,000 cards so I think this book will be a good sorce for you to. ... Read more

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feet
It is cool. I love it. It is fuun. Hocceey is su cul. ... Read more

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absolutely hate it
First of all, I HATE the BIG UGLY picture of American Car Racer...do not know his name, on the cover of the book. Second, I hate NASCAR and Cheap political HOT WHEEL junk I do not even care for looking at. The book should focus on HIGH QUALITY COLLECTIBLE BRANDS ONLY. What a waste of paper~!!!

A pick whether you're a NASCAR, Indy or Formula One fan
The 2005 price guide Beckett Racing Collectibles Price Guide features more cars, more checklists, and more die-cast replica models from 1910 to modern times, and is a pick whether you're a NASCAR, Indy or Formula One fan - or love sprints, drags or dirt cars. The staff of the professional Beckett Racing compile a pricing source which includes a checklist for all cards issues, values for both individual cards and sets, front and back photos of a sample card from most sets, and more.

Beckett Die-Cast Price Guide
Excellent Price Guide, Great detail on all Racing Collectibles.
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great
I filled all my blank listing prices from this book ... Read more

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Incredible; if you are a hockey card collecter you need this
Identified EVERY card I have, and I have thousands.Each set is described, along with a listing for every card in the set.Good information on PSA grading and history of hockey cards.Can't wait for the2000 version!

You must own this if you collect Hockey cards
This book has all the oddball and promo cards that collectors can't find values for.I have filled the ?'s in my collection onprices.It also has the checklists of all players, all-star or common. Great book, behind agreat name.

Excellent way to price any card you own.
This book has contained prices to almost every card I own.I am from St. Louis and I have been able to find values on my Blues cards from McDonalds, my college team cards, the cards I bought in Finland, and my autographs. There is an alphabetical checklist for every player from Wayne Gretzky toWillie O' Ree to Anti Ollinen.If you have a hockey card, chances are itwill be in this book. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

"The beauty of baseball cards," writes Mike Payne in his brief introduction, "is that you don't have to have played the game to collect the men who do play the game." And the beauty of the 300 particular cards that he's collected here is how much these little pieces of cardboard convey about the evolution of the national pastime and the personalities of the players. From the early cards of Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb, and the record-breaking Honus Wagner that sold at auction for $640,000 to the 1999 Mark McGuire series commemorating his 70th home run, every picture tells a story.Read more

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Okay, which one of these cards would you sell your soul for?
One of the things I like about this book is that the title, for once, is not overstated."300 Great Baseball Cards of the 20th Century" does not profess to provide the 300 greatest cards and therefore provides exactly what the subtitle indicates, "A Historical Tribute by the Hobby's Most Relied Upon Source."Okay, so there is some promotion here since the book is compiled by Mike Payne and the staff of "Beckett Baseball Card Monthly." Outstanding read, full of information and stories.
A great book, with plenty of stories focusing on the cards and the players pictured on the cards. Mike Payne's writing seems aimed at all levels ofbaseball fans -- a difficult task, but one he pulls off with relative ease.There's a lot of baseball books out there, but few surrounding the historyof the game and the history of cards. This one captures both, and does itwith style. ... Read more

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The DEFINITIVE introduction to baseball card collecting!
Al Rosen is one of the most brash and self promoting dealers in the world.He certainly doesn't need to write a book to pay the rent, but fortunately he did.This book, although somewhat dated, is an essential read foranyone considering diving into the collecting of baseball cards.A quickand interesting read that you will find guiding you from beginning toadvanced collecting.His insights on the trends of card grading andTiffany sets are the only areas that where he has seemed to be proved wrong(for the time being, at least).His "Mr. Mint's Maxim's" arerules to live by before making any card purchases. Amongst all the books onbaseball cards, this one truly is a "gem"! ... Read more

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Basketball card collecting book review
My reason for getting this book was completely mercenary. I was hoping to get in on what I thought was a new and untapped area of trading card collectibles. But I quickly discovered on reading Bonner's very interestingand informative book that basketball card collecting is already anestablished hobby, in which I wasn't about to make some quick dollars offsome kid holding a Michael Jordan rookie card he didn't know what to dowith. (That card goes for, oh, $3,000.)But after those initial dreamswere deflated, I settled in for a good read. Bonner has a style that makeseven a cold subject such as "Price Guides" come off with a livelyflair. What I especially liked about the book is that while he describes indetail the surprisingly long history of basketball card production (MuradCigarette Company started it all in 1911), the reader simultaneously gets anarrative on the development of basketball itself in the U.S., and its keyplayers through the years. ... Read more

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The most professional baseball card price guide
Obviously you want to pick up Beckett's monthly price guides if you are trying to get a handle on what is being produced each year, because by the time you pick up "The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2003" it probably obsolete because somebody is putting out new cards to take advantage of the hot new rookie or whatever.I use the Beckett guide to help me track down the cards for the older sets I am working on.I just finished my 1956 Topps set and am back working on 1953 and the high numbers for 1966 and 1967.This is the book that is going to tell you exactly what cards you are looking for and since most dealers organize their cards numerically it is probably going to help you in that regard as well.There is the additional practical value that the father back you go in history the more reliable the prices are going to be.Still, I think it is the checklist value of Beckett's price guide that is of more value than the prices, because dealers are probably going to go grab the latest issue anyway.But this will let you know all the extras, inserts, special sets and the like for Bowman, Diamond Stars, Donruss, Fleer, Goudey, Play Ball, Score, Sportsflics, Topps. Upper Deck and whatever other companies have sprung up in the last five minutes.This is the book I turn to when I want to put together my want list for the next card show or for checking out on line auctions.I also appreciate the tips regarding key aspects of collecting, such as grading cards, taking care of them, and other basics.This is a professional look at something that has long since become much more than a hobby (although I hear a voice from my past saying "It does not matter how much they are worth if you are not going to sell them...").There might be less expensive baseball card price guides, but none of them can match the professionalism of this on, which clearly sets the standard for the field. ... Read more

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