1916 Spalding Baseball Guide

[bcbgcbrcb]

Agree with Barry

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I would not claim to be the ultimate expert and have nothing close to Barry's expertise in these areas but the 1916 Spalfding and Reach Guides in very nice shape have been selling in the $60-85 range on eBay.

I have been collecting these guides for the past 25 or so years and tend to be on the cheap side when looking to purchase but these are still pretty reasonable.

[barrysloate]

What's the condition in the $85 range? If they are nice with full covers, that's a great deal. Maybe the prices for guides are getting softer, but REA had an incredible set in their last auction and the final price was very strong. I guess the market for them can be thin.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

The condition on those guides is pretty nice but most have some chipping. The REA lot was really nice and I felt that the price it realized had to do with someone being able to pick up a large lot which of course is a great time saver.

[blackandgold]

Thanks for the help. I thought it seemed high, but like I said, I really don't know too much about these. Perhaps, like the merchant on "Life Of Brian", they want to haggle.

[jbsports33]

1916 version goes for a bit more, first full year showing Babe Ruth stats and Photos - info is always from the year before -150.00-200.00 is about right

Jimmy

[quinnsryche]

Last 2 on ebay went for $36 & $79. Decent, complete copies. I collect these and I would not pay more than $100 for a guide from this era (and it would have to be an exceptionally nice copy at that price. I agree with the $60-85 range. $350 is just an uninformed price, the seller has NO idea of market value. Amazing that still happens these days.
If you want one, go on ebay, there is one for $125 BIN (I still think that's too high).
Good luck and smart thing to ask first!

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by jbsports33

1916 version goes for a bit more, first full year showing Babe Ruth stats and Photos - info is always from the year before -150.00-200.00 is about right

Now I'm interested. Has this been reprinted? A reprint is just as good to me as the original. (Okay, a reprint is better to me, because I can't afford the original.)