[JJ McGraw]

Ahead of Christmas , I saw two offerings for Hager’s Comprehensive Price Guide To Rare Baseball Cards 1886 to Present ( the present was the Copyright date of 1993) on Amazon, one was $300 , a lesser quality copy was $299, a little weird, but ok. I contacted the $300 better condition book seller and asked if they would take $200 delivered. They said yes, bought the book around Dec 12….all ok….or so I thought. Right before Christmas I got an email from Amazon saying that the seller “ could not find the book, no charge had been made and the sale was cancelled”. So I immediately went back to the listing, both books still for sale, now one at $200, one at $199….ok……so then I contact Amazon and the seller and basically said, why is this still for sale if it is missing or can’t be found.
The seller contacted me and blamed it on the Amazon warehouse , but said they would try again. I said please do and in a week the book arrived at my doorstep. Sometimes “ hanging in there” pays off.
The book itself is in excellent shape, tight binding, like new. The dust cover had a few small tears which I fixed so they don’t get any bigger.
You may be wondering, why buy a price guide from 1993…..because the “extra” information is amazing! Resource and research, how to’s and guidance, plus all the photos of cards and backs related items are in beautiful color. If you count my first collecting phase as a kid growing up in Northern CA in the 1960’s, I’ve been collecting baseball for about 60 years. I can’t wait to read all the “tips” articles etc.
Below are some of the pages from the book to illustrate what I’m talking about.
I’m sure the book may have some issues, nothing is perfect, but this apparently is a hard one to find, and for a great reference source AND thankfully , I found one……FINALLY!