Price guide

[mintacular]

I agree, plus the pages are so cheap that they rip so my "bible" is misssing a bunch of pages I need...it's also organized wierd with some things and can be find to find pre-war stuff

[Bigb13]

Well I know one thing that if they do not do something I for one will not buy it anymore. What will it be next year 6 inches thick and weigh 40 lb"s. They should put all the new stuff I mean all the stuff after say 2000 on a cd like they did last year or maybe take it back to like 1980 to present on the cd. Rob

[ethicsprof]

i admit that it's mighty heavy but have to say that a day doesn't go by without my referring to it. Today i sat with it well over an our trying to decipher the mystery surrounding the Holsum bread and Herpolsheimer connection. Lemke does a tremendous job with an unbelievable amount of data.
It has some problems---some warts,if you will---but i still love it 'warts and all'. And i'm glad someone is willing to do this gigantic amount of work for the
rest of us. Yes, 2 volumes instead of one would be great. But one volume is great as well---in the meantime.
best,

barry

[Leon]

I don't know about ya'll but I would actually pay a bit more if they would ship it in 2, bound copies. One for vintage and one for modern. A few extra bucks would be well worth it...again, that is my opinion and I realize that $2 is way too much for some folks. best regards

[bigtrain]

I, too, would pay a few bucks more if it were shipped in two volumes. Shrink wrap them together in the stores, if necessary. I end up slicing up the book and binding it with duct tape. It is not pretty.

[shaunsteig]

neophyte question here, but what price guide are you referring to? and aren't most price guides (eg Beckett, SMA, VCP) available online anyway?
Thanks,
--S

[FrankWakefield]

The Standard Catalog.

It is well worth buying one. A fellow would do well if he were armed with The Standard Catalog; Mr. Lipset's Encyclopedias; a later edition of The American Card Catalog; the 3rd or 4th edition of Mr. Sugar's Sports Collectors Bible; Mr. Horne's Zeenuts 1911 - 1938; Mr. Egan's Handbook to U.S. Early Candy and Gum Baseball Issues; Scot Reader's work on T206s; and The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company by Mr. Miller, Mr. Gonsowski, and Mr. Masson. Those eight works would get a fellow a long way down the road of old ballcard knowledge. Then throw in all of the old issues of The Old Judge, for good measure.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by shaunsteig

neophyte question here, but what price guide are you referring to? and aren't most price guides (eg Beckett, SMA, VCP) available online anyway?
Thanks,
--S

It's the "Big Book" as it is commonly referred to. It's the Krause Standard Catalog of Baseball cards that comes out once a year. It has to be the #1 book to have if you are into vintage collecting, imo. There are others but no other one has this breadth of information. Lemke and company have done a great job with it. regards