FOUND FINALLY: Hager’s Comprehensive Price Guide

[GaryPassamonte]

I remember buying that book from Hager at the National in 1993. He is/was quite a character. I still have it somewhere in my piles of books.

[JJ McGraw]

Hi Todd,
Thanks for the reminder on Lew Lipset’s books. I just went to the baseball book shelf and there it was. You are right, it is the top of the mountain, BUT still am glad I have the Hager book…..it has it’s positive aspects as discussed….never met the author , so I have no context with that.

[ocjack]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

I remember buying that book from Hager at the National in 1993. He is/was quite a character. I still have it somewhere in my piles of books.

I also met Hager at a National. He was selling his slabs (had 4 corners that could be snapped into the other half of the holder to seal). I bought several for different size cards and still have a box of them somewhere.

He was a character fully in love with himself. lol

[gabrinus]

Todd, you are right Lipset is the bible...Erbe's book was the first I came across that listed pretty much everything with a few gaps in some sets like Victory Tobacco but for 1982 it was pretty all encompassing...hope I don't get him in trouble for copyright infringement but Tbob--Bob Marquette--was nice enough to xerox most of Lipset's stuff for me back in the late 1980s...Jerry

[luciobar1980]

Is every card on that cover a reprint??

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by luciobar1980

Is every card on that cover a reprint??

no theyre just all trimmed

[luciobar1980]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

no theyre just all trimmed

97% sure that's a joke. haha

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by luciobar1980

97% sure that's a joke. haha

Sadly it's not.