Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Non-Sport & Entertainment Trading Cards is a must-have guide for collectors of Star Wars, Wacky Packages, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Marvel and the thousands of other cards issued during the most prolific period of trading card production ever. There have been more non-sport and entertainment cards released between 1985 and 2006 than in all of the years previous to this beginning in the late 1800s. The book contains information and pricing for base, chase, autograph, sketch, costume, memorabilia and promotional cards. Included in the more than 1500 full-color images will be galleries of sketch and autograph cards. Also included will be helpful indexes of sketch card artists, autographers and artists. ... Read more

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Layout Needs Help, Otherwise Handy
The Encyclopedia of Non-Sport & Entertainment Trading Cards Volume 1: 1985-2006 is a useful guide if you deal in these product lines as I do. The pricing seems to accurately reflect marketplace trends. My one complaint is the layout of the pages themselves: I dislike the way this book is laid out because in some cases it is hard to tell exactly which picture they are speaking of in the text. They may talk about 10 different items or years of items on a page and then only show two pictures in the margins. The way it is laid out, it can be confusing as to what is being referred to. Otherwise, its a useful addition to any collector's shelf. ... Read more

Book Description
-Written by authoritative voice of the hobby

-Strong presence in eBay auctions: 185,000 auctions at any given time

-Interest in professional baseball is on the rise: advanced ticketsales are up 6 percent, total revenues projected to increase 40 percent

From the ballpark to the backyard, baseball is a sport for allgenerations and the stuff legends are still made of. Designed withchildhood dreams and practical needs of the collector in mind, theeditors of Sports Collectors Digest offer readers the most completebook on modern baseball cards from 1981-present in 2006 Baseball CardPrice Guide.

In this thorough guide, collectors will find:

-375,000 cards featuring pricing for near mint/mint condition

-Present market values, based on feedback from a network of sportscollectibles dealers and auction sales

-User-friendly index and tab format reference allows readers to easilynavigate this large-scale resource

-2,200 photos for quickly identifying cards of today's awesomeoutfielders and yesterday's home plate heroes

This complete guide delivers all the details to make baseball cardcollecting a "grandslam" experience. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Good reference book
Understand this is not a book you sit down and read.It is a great reference book and we found quite a bit of good information located within the pages.

Baseball price guide
All the information I needed to stay current with the trading card business.

this book only covers years 1981 to present
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Book Description
*Great price point of $21.99 and portable format provides easy access toessential data

Just like a good infielder, nothing gets by this popular baseball cardreference. 2007 Baseball Card Price Guide covers all regular baseball cardissues from the 1980s to 2006 - more than 375,000 cards, with 2,200detailed photos for identification, and authoritative pricing based on datafrom a large network of sports collectibles dealers and auction sales.Easily locate cards from Topps, Fleer, Score, UpperDeck and more using thecollector-friendly index. ... Read more

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Baseball Card Price Guide 2007
This book was very helpful to know what the baseball cards were worth. I could not find one in any stores around my area, and was very happy to find it at a reasonable price on your web page. ... Read more

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Large format offers ease of use for any age collector.

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

Standard Catalog of® Baseball Cards possesses all the knowledge andrespectability of a veteran infielder, presented in the detail-drivenpackaging of a rookie homerun hero. This comprehensive price guide containsone million listings for cards from the mid-1800s through early-2007.Completeness of listings and 10,000+ large-size photos allow you to easilylocate and assess cards in your collection. Everything from Tobacco Cardsof the 1880s and 1910 and Bubblegum cards from the hey day of Gehrigthrough home plate heroes like Jeter, to specialty cards and memorabilia,critical pricing and identifying details are the key ingredients in thismammoth reference. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

A Monster guide for an italian collector
As I stated in my incipit this is a monster guide for me! it's a huge helping hand for me, as I am new in collecting trading cards on baseball! I began some months ago and till today I own 10,000 cards circa; and day by day I begin to understand what I have in my hands...a piece of American sport history and this thanks to Don Flukinger and his guide!
I will for sure continue to follow from this side of world (I'm italian by the way) this great American sport!

Not as complete as I thought it would be...
It's difficult to locate cards in this guide and not as complete as I expected.

John's reivew 3
Very fast shipping, product arrive in excellent shape, and complete. I will shop this vendor again.

Flat out Awesome!!
Flat out awesome reference for those in the hobby.A true guide and aide to those who love America's Pastime and those cardboard heros that we all remember and try to hold onto.Thanks for a great addition to my library. ... Read more

Book Description
From Dr. James Beckett, the leading authority on sports cards, comes the new edition of the definitive guide to football cards. With valuable information on the history of football cards, how to buy and sell cards, and how to care for a collection, this is an essential resource for any collector.

• Over 125,000 football card prices listed, from 1948 to the present
• More than 40 brands
• Hundreds of football cards photos for easy identification
• Prices for full sets and individual cards
• New listings for all the top rookie players ... Read more

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hard to understand
I was kind of dissapointed. It was confussing to find the right place for the right card. It was sent on time. ... Read more

Book Description
America’s #1 sports card authority, Dr. James Beckett, presents an easy-to-use guide to building, buying, and selling collections of baseball, football, basketball, and other sports cards.


Card collectors will find:

•Expert advice on buying and selling techniques
•Resources for buying at auctions, through mail order, and online
•A history of sports cards
•Analysis of market trends
•Glossary, bibliography, and online resources ... Read more

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Designed for the athletic trainer and sports therapist, this is the definitive guide to the management of sports injuries. Experts from the field of sports medicine have contributed to this comprehensive, updated edition, which addresses all aspects of rehabilitation, including protocols for rehabilitating the wide variety of injuries athletes are prone to receive. Pros and con of various rehabilitative modalities are discussed, as well as currently accepted techniques. This text is recognized as a handbook for any practitioners who manage rehabilitation programs for injured athletes. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

A lot of mud slinging.
I found the book to provide an interesting history on collecting from early times to present.After the history lesson is over, William's seems to spend an inordinate amount of time dwelling on the various misdeeds ofUpper Deck President Richie McWilliam.McWilliam has a very strong (andnegative) reputation that is well understood within the industry.Whyspend half a book telling everyone that he is dishonest, a liar and a cheatwhen it is already well understood?

Fascinating look at the sports collectables industry
The "Barbarians at the Gate" of the baseball card industry.Fascinating, yet creepy, to see from the inside how a child's hobby has been exploited by sleazy characters.Will definitely turn you offcollecting new cards as an investment.

Well written book that is a must reading for card collectors
I enjoyed this book very much. It has two themes: first, it shows how one company with the right idea and the right people behind it can revolutionize an entire industry, against all odds.Second, it tells usthat to succeed in today's competitive markets you have to elbow your wayin.While the allegations of wrongdoings by trading card companies seemlike unsubstantiated hearsay, the book does make you feel that you are onthe inside, witnessing how the real entrepreneurs do it.Very entertainingread.

Well written book for the money
I feel any person who is in the hobby of collecting cards or thinking about getting in the hobby should read this book I found it interesting some of the aligations of conterfiting ones own cards interesting. Some people would be shocked to know why there cards have no value. ... Read more

Book Description
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! ... Read more

Customer Reviews (18)

2007 Beckett Baseball Price Guide
This is a good product for the collector or dealer that that is interested in mainstream issues and the more widely known limited distribution sets.However if your interests are more ecclectic and you like the more obscure and less traded or sold products....forget it. For those people I suggest Sports Collectors Digest Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards.This is equally true of Becketts Price Guides for Football and Basketball.In short if you stick with Topps and the other nationally distributed sets Beckett is OK.If you are looking for regional or otherwise limited production products your wasting your time; SCD is MY choice.

THE WORST EVER!!
I have bought Becket Guides before and this has information that you get for free. There is no pricing for Classic, Collectors or another words 1/2 the companies out there. Then in the companies that they show 1/2 the subset are missing A GREAT BIG RIP OFF!!!!!!!!!!!

Useful but not what I wanted
This book essentially is a Beckett PLUS (which comes out every 2 months) with more details (such as every card in each set is listed).There aren't really any oddball sets priced, which I guess is what the Beckett Baseball Almanac is for.Overall the book is very useful since it gives complete checklists and some extra details about each set.I just wish more oddball sets were listed so I wouldn't have to buy the Almanac book as well.

Beckett Baseball Price Guide
This was received in a very timely fashion and when it was suppose to arrive.Amazon is a great company.This is not the first item ordered from Amazon and it will NOT be the last.

Not thorough enough
I had not bought a Beckett guide in six years and was disappointed with how many sets have been left out.No longer can you find prices on odd-ball sets such as Coke, Hostess, Kelloggs, Post, Burger King, Squirt, etc.The guide is still sufficient for the main brands (Topps, Fleer, etc.), but for me the former should be included as well - it is not like it takes up many pages.Also the checklist style (with the box) is not used.If you have oddball sets, this is not for you. ... Read more

Product Description
Denton True Young was nicknamed Cy. That's because his fastball was known as the "cyclone pitch." This Hall of Fame pitcher ruled the mound from 1890 to 1911. The Cy Young Award, named for him, is given every year to the best pitcher in each league. If you could create a new sports award, what would it honor? What would you name it? Why? ... Read more

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This is today's most comprehensive price guide on basketball cards from 1948 to 2001 and the only reference a collector needs to find listings and pricing for nearly every basketball card issued. Special sections feature graded cards, figurines and autographs. Fast identification and valuation is a breeze with two thousand photos, checklists and prices for more than 1,000 sets with 150,000 cards.

Each base and insert set comes with introductory text, with many featuring photos, covering NBA, WNBA, CBA, regional, Olympic, international, college and high school issues. All brands of cards are included from Topps, Fleer and Upper Deck to Kahn's, BASF and team issue sets.

A glossary of terms with grading and collecting tips accompany a history of basketball cards. Perfect for beginning and experienced collectors.

-Most comprehensive basketball card price guide ever published
-Checklists and pricing for nearly every basketball card
-All brands of basketball cards are included

-More than 100 new sets and 25,000 additional prices since last edition
-Special sections for graded cards, figurines and autographs ... Read more

Book Description
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 ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

somewhat pleased
The book was what I wanted. But it was slightly bent and twisted when it arrived.The package didn't look to be damaged just the book.

Dissapointed
I went with this book because of the name and when I started to get into my cards which there are about 3 thousand of them I relized that this books only has specific years of specific brands and sets. I started off looking for 1992 Dunruss which I have the complete set and they are not in it for example,then i wanted to check my Leaf cards and it jumps from 1946 up to I beliebe 1999 or 2001 either way Over 50 years not listed in Leaf.I will not go into what is in there for upperdeck. in short if i were looking for a book with a close to complete set of prices for cards it would not be this book.Spend your money on another book and get what you need.

DISAPPOINTED WITH THE DOCTOR
I recently received this book. I was surprised to see how many brand issues were omitted. Try to find various years of Stadium Club or Fleer Ultra for example. Many are missing. I am not sure if this was intentional or accidental. This book still has a lot of value, but not Dr. Beckett and company's best effort. I would look elsewhere for more complete and thorough compilation. ... Read more

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Since its limited release just after the turn of the twentieth century, this American Tobacco cigarette card has beguiled and bedeviled collectors. First identified as valuable in the 1930s, when the whole notion of card collecting was still young, the T206 Wagner has remained the big score for collectors who have scoured card shows, flea markets, estate sales, and auctions for the portrait of baseball's greatest shortstop.

Customer Reviews (10)

The fascinating history behind baseball's most notorious card!
This is a great book for anyone who loves baseball and grew up collecting baseball cards.It colorfully takes us through the history of the infamous T206 Honus Wagner card, and all of its adventures.The tales of corruption and deceit along the way are fascinating, and gave me a different perspective on the hobby I once loved.

This book is an extremely quick read, and a very fun one.

Educating and fun
The Card was a very fun and easy read. It has great incites into the world of card collecting and collecting in general. My favorite part is the way the authors weave not only baseball history but American history as well throughout the book. I recommend this book to anyone interested in baseball and especially card collecting. It made me want to rifle through my sons shoe boxes of cards in hunt for that Honus Wagner!

Lengthy and Redundant
First of all, I love baseball and baseball cards and have been collecting cards since I was in First Grade.I really thought this book would be both compelling and informative.However, what I discovered is that what is stated in 256 pages easily could be condensed into 50 pages of text.Often anecdotes and stories are far too drawn out and the authors often find the need to go back to these old stories or bits of information as filler in later chapters.There is some to be taken from this book, but on the whole, it is much longer than it should be.I would pass, and if you want to give it a chance, surely check for it at the library and do not buy it.It won't add much to your personal collection.

An intriguing story well told
Authors Michael O'Keefe and Teri Thompson tell an interesting and entertaining story about "The Card"--the most valuable Honus Wagner T206 card as well as the card collecting and sports memorabilia "hobby."The Wagner card sold for $2.35 million in February 2007.It is, as the authors write, "the symbol of a hobby out of control."

As one prominent collector said, "Too much of this hobby's driven by greed."The authors chronicle the transformation of the hobby into a $2 billion a year, Internet-driven business, which attracts more than its share of unsavory characters.

While slightly familiar with the Gretzky Wagner T206 card (so named because hockey great Wayne Gretzky and a partner once purchased it), I had no idea about its history and the controversy that surrounds it.The authors present a strong case that the card was actually cut from a sheet of cards, trimmed and altered.If this is the case, the value of the card should have been drastically reduced.It seems, however, that too many people have too much to lose, if it was actually proven.

"The Card" is an intriguing story that will keep you turning the pages.Kudos to the authors for also providing a couple chapters on the career and post-career of Pittsburgh Pirates great Honus Wagner, one of the five original inductees in the Hall of Fame.

The Card Review
I liked the book, read it in two days.It makes you wonder about a lot of memorabillia out there and why the people selling it are out are there and running around unchecked.It kills me that even though people know about The Card, they still want it.It could be brand new and they'd still want it.That's called wanting something others want.It's not the item, it's the want.Interesting reading, a must for anyone interested in the world of baseball memorabillia or collecting sports cards.
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Skip this, buy the Beckett Almanac
Aside from being around $10 cheaper, there is absolutely no reason for this book to exist anymore.It's like Beckett is just trying to sum up the cards that moved during a given year, rather than producing a comprehensive price guide.If you want a comprehensive guide, you have to go with the much more complete Beckett Almanac, that is also produced every year, or the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards from Krause Publications.

Don't waste money on the Beckett Price Guide.

Some Problems
It's a huge book, over 600 pages but there are a few problems.

1. A lot of years are skipped. For instance Upper Deck '92 is missing as well as '96 through '98. Every manufacturer seems to be missing years whether it be Donruss, Fleer, Ultra, Score, Stadium Club. You name it. A lot of traded series are also missing.

2. Don't plan on using this as a reference guide for any length of time because the pages start falling out practically the moment it first opened.

The solution for Beckett is simple. Don't include every card. Over half of the 1991 Score series is 2 cent cards. Just state that unlisted cards are 2 cents and you'd save yourself a couple of pages. The book would literally be half the size or less and then Beckett could include more sets.

Don't Buy
I think Beckett gets worse and worse every year.I am so upset with their magazines and their books.This books skips so many years.For example there is no Donruss 1991-2000 cards listed at all.Majority of my cards are those ones.So this book become very useless to me.It's just like their magazine they skip everything.I haven't been able to find a book yet that will tell me what the price of all my cards are.If you have any special insert cards, this book will not list them.

Beckett's remains the price guide for collecting older cards
Okay, here is the situation. Beckett's monthly price guides can barely keep up with the baseball cards that are produced each year, let alone all those surplus sets and special collectible cards that are flooding the market on a monthly basis. However, as a collector I am not concerned with the current deluge and am working on sets of older cards from those long forgotten days before Fleer and Donruss opened the floodgates. Those monthly price guides will certainly give you prices, but they are not going to be any help if you are trying to figure out which cards you need to complete a particular set that you are working on. I finally finished my 1966 Topps set, have six rather expensive cards left to complete a 1953 Topps set and a couple of dozen for both the 1962 and 1967 Topps sets. That means I need to know ALL of the cards so that when I hit the card shops and shows that I am prepared for dealers who have their cards organized by numbers, players, or random piles.

With the "Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2004" you have your best shot at finding out exactly what is out there for any sets that you are working on at the moment. If you need to know about the prices and you are not going the monthly guide route then the prices quoted here are going to be more valid the farther back in time you go. But the key thing here is that these guides list all the cards, including all the extras, inserts, special sets and the like from Bowman, Diamond Stars, Donruss, Fleer, Goudey, Play Ball, Score, Sportsflics, Topps. Upper Deck and whatever other companies have sprung up that I cannot remember off the top of my head (hopefully there will not be a test anytime soon).

Beckett remains the price guide I use to put together my want list for the next card show or for checking out on line auctions. This is especially important when a set has numbers missing (it happens), so that you can avoid desperately searching for cards that are not there (e.g., the 1953 Topps set has 274 cards from #1 Jackie Robinson to #280 Milt Bolling, so there are some numbers that just do not exist). As always, there is also a concise and informative introductory section that will be of use to anyone who considers collecting baseball cards a serious hobby (is there any other kind?). There are over 290,000 prices listed, but more importantly there are those boxes to check off your cards as you add them to your collection. Plus the portable size makes it easy to use on the road.
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A "must have" for card collectors
This is very simple.If you collect baseball cards, you need ths book.It's just that easy!!!

A must for card collectors
This book is an absolute necessity for baseball card collectors who are in search of specific players.The book alphabetically lists every player who has appeared on a baseball card.Not only does it list the major companies (like Topps), it does an excellent job of listing locally issued cards.It includes minor league cards as well.If you are looking for a specific player's cards, this is the best place to find every card produced of that player.
The only downside to this book is that it is fairly quickly outdated due to the glut of cards on the market.Back in the day, a great player like Hank Aaron might have 1 regular card and maybe 5-10 special or regional cards each year.Now, a player like Albert Pujols might have over 100 total each year.
That downside cannot be avoided, though.With that in mind, this book cannot do much more.

A MUST
THIS BOOK HELPED ME AND MY COLLECTOR FRIENDS SO MUCH , THAT I HAD TO GIVE IT TO ONE OF THEM WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THE USA, AND THAT IS WHY I AM NOW BUYING MY SECI=OND COPY. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ... Read more

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Hard to use
Tough to find what you need quickly -- especially among the new product lines. The organization scheme is difficult to discern, to say the least.

A great tool
I recently purchased this Beckett price guide, my first in 5+ years.I am glad I did, I didn't realize how much the hobbey had grown.The last pack of cards I bought was years ago, after buying this book I have found myself back in the hockey card market.

This Beckett has it all, every card you can imagine.NHL, AHL, International...It even has cards listed from the EA sports NHL 95 game, now that is digging deep.I recommend this book for everyone that has an interest in Hockey cards and Hockey in general. ... Read more