Who are the top 10 living vintage BB card experts?

[Brian Van Horn]

Lew Lipset.

[Archive]

It's me. Definitely me.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Archive

It's me. Definitely me.

All of you!

[buymycards]

Depends on your definition of "Vintage". If it includes 1995, I opened a hell of a lot of 1995 Pinnacle baseball. Put me down for 1995 Pinnacle. Maybe not #1, but at least in the top 10. Wish I had spent that money on tobacco cards!

Rick

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Depends on your definition of "Vintage". If it includes 1995, I opened a hell of a lot of 1995 Pinnacle baseball. Put me down for 1995 Pinnacle. Maybe not #1, but at least in the top 10. Wish I had spent that money on tobacco cards!

Rick

Rick, thanks for reminding me that I'm an expert in 1967 Topps, but only if we go back in time to the summer of 1967. I was also an expert that summer in 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' and jumping drainage ditches on a Schwinn.

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Rick, thanks for reminding me that I'm an expert in 1967 Topps, but only if we go back in time to the summer of 1967. I was also an expert that summer in 'Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band' and jumping drainage ditches on a Schwinn.

And the jukebox played Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[steve B]

It's not really an answerable question.

There's so much to know, and as others have pointed out very few people even come close to knowing a lot about every set. There's different sorts of knowledge too.

If it's about what cards are worth- just pick any 10 guys who have been full time dealers for 25-30 years or so and you'll be close enough.

But many of those guys may not know some of the finicky details that someone who specialized in one set or series might know. Not because it's not worth knowing, but because it hasn't been important to them to know it.

Some knowledge gets just odd. I recall One of the Halls saying he could identify a topps card -year and player- while only seeing about 1/8th of the card, sometimes less. He actually did it, at least for the 20 or so cards I tried. All from 59-79, and I only showed about one square inch of card!
Yeah, I spent way too much time hanging out at the shop, but I learned a lot in the process

Todays access to information is amazing. In a short time we can get info directly from someone with a great deal of knowledge, and usually with a picture too.
I'm always amazed at the volume of knowledge the hobby pioneers gathered with not much more than paper pen and a few stamps.

Steve B

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

And the jukebox played Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Great song and inspired lyrics -- "she stepped out of a rainbow" for example.