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The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2008, Edition #28 (Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards)

Written by the leading authority on sports card values, this collectors’ classic is the definitive guide to organizing and pricing baseball card collections. The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards covers all major baseball card manufacturers, including Bowman, Donruss/Playoff, Fleer, Topps, and Upper Deck.

The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards includes:

· Nearly 300,000 prices for individual cards and complete sets issued from 1948 to the present

· Professional advice on buying, selling, grading, and storing cards

· Valuable coupons for discounts on Beckett Grading Services and Beckett magazines

Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide 2008 (Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide)

The 22nd edition of the world's most trusted baseball card price guide. A comprehensive source for checklists and prices of virtually all major manufacturer baseball card sets produced from the 19th century to the year 2000. Thousands of new items are included in this new edition!

2008 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards

Large format offers ease of use for any age collector.

Levels the collecting field between casual collectors and big spenders by providing insider pricing and exclusive collecting details.

Standard Catalog of® Baseball Cards possesses all the knowledge and respectability of a veteran infielder, presented in the detail-driven packaging of a rookie homerun hero. This comprehensive price guide contains one million listings for cards from the mid-1800s through early-2007. Completeness of listings and 10,000+ large-size photos allow you to easily locate and assess cards in your collection. Everything from Tobacco Cards of the 1880s and 1910 and Bubblegum cards from the hey day of Gehrig through home plate heroes like Jeter, to specialty cards and memorabilia, critical pricing and identifying details are the key ingredients in this mammoth reference.

Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles, 2008 Edition (Beckett Almanac of Baseball Cards and Collectibles)

The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card

Only a few dozen T206 Wagners are known to still exist, having been released in limited numbers just after the turn of the twentieth century. Most, with their creases and stains, look like they've been around for nearly one hundred years. But one—The Card—appears to have defied the travails of time. Its sharp corners and still-crisp portrait make it the single-most famous—and most desired—baseball card on the planet, valued today at more than two million dollars. It has transformed a simple hobby into a billion-dollar industry that is at times as lawless as the Wild West. Everything about The Card, which has made men wealthy as well as poisoned lifelong relationships, is fraught with controversy—from its uncertain origins to the nagging possibility that it might not be exactly as it seems.

In this intriguing, eye-opening, and groundbreaking look at a uniquely American obsession, award-winning investigative reporters Michael O'Keeffe and Teri Thompson follow The Card's trail from a Florida flea market to the hands of the world's most prominent collectors. The Card sheds a fascinating new light on a world of counterfeiters, con men, and the people who profit from what used to be a pastime for kids.

2008 Baseball Card Price Guide

With a more limited supply of baseball card sets on the market, and 20 of the 30 professional U.S. baseball teams reporting increases in attendance in the last year and a half, there's no doubt that this is your season, card collector. No one understands this better than the staff of Sports Collectors Digest, the voice of the hobby and the experts responsible for the reliable and thoroughly researched pricing you'll find in 2008 Baseball Card Price Guide. This one-of-a-kind modern card reference must-have contains nearly 400,000 cards, including packs and boxes, inserts, parallels and rare variations.

The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2007, Edition #27 (Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards)

Written by the leading authority on sports card values, this collectors' classic is the definitive guide to organizing and pricing baseball card collections. A bestseller for over 25 years, The Official® Price Guide to Baseball Cards continues to cover all major baseball card manufacturers, including Bowman, Donruss/Playoff, Fleer, Topps, and Upper Deck.

• Nearly 300,000 prices for individual cards and complete sets issued from 1948 to the present
• Professional advice on buying, selling, grading, and storing cards
• Valuable coupons for discounts on Beckett Grading Services and Beckett magazines

Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card

With talented young Japanese players signing to the American Majors, interest in Japanese baseball is at an all-time high. Sayonara Home Run! introduces curious fans to Japan's national pastime through the lens of the country's playfully beautiful baseball cards. A fascinating text traces the roots and cross-cultural history of the Japanese game, while hundreds of illustrations showcase gorgeous vintage cards. Woven throughout are profiles of key Japanese players, features on important U.S. team tours of Japan (with Japanese cards of players such as Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio), and insights into the social history of the cards. Including primers on Japanese player nicknames and baseball terms, and the fine points of the Japanese game, Sayonara Home Run! is a must-have for anyone interested in baseball, Japan, or this unique chapter in popular design.

Beckett Baseball Card Alphabetical Checklist

Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2004