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This pioneer catalog of baseball card collecting delivers the premium quality collectors have come to expect, along with the largest price guide on the market. Accurate and realistic price values found in this resource help collectors of any level find their niche in a continually fluctuating market. Current values in up to three grades and large format pages make this the most comprehensive catalog in the business.

In this 15th edition, baseball card enthusiasts will benefit from an emphasis on vintage cards and collectibles through the early 1980s, as well as complete checklists with photos for more than 12,500 sets. Whether it's pre-World War II issues, superstar cards of the 1950s and 60s, or rookie cards of today's home-plate powerhouses, this is a must-have for any baseball card hobbyist.

-Coverage of the last 100+ years of collecting history

-Updated market values for more than 500,000 cards

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Customer Reviews (12)

Index?
I agree that this is the most comprehesive book around, but is my index the only one whose page numbers are not accurate?It must have been otherwise it could not be ranked a 5-star book by everyone else.

Over 11,000 sets of cards listed
If you're an avid collector of baseball cards seeking a definitive, weighty valuation guide offering comprehensive coverage from 1867 to modern times, don't miss the extensively updated, expanded 2004 Standard Catalog Of Baseball Cards, edited by Bob Lemke. While the heart of this thirteenth edition of the "bible" of baseball card collecting lies in its supstantial pages of detailed valuations, there are also over 12,000 clear black and white photos and over 11,000 sets of cards listed, from team issues to postcards.

The Bible..as vintage card collecting goes...
Thank you Bob Lemke!Once again, Bob and his staff has assembled an amazing,in-depth collection of baseball card information, that is second to none.No matter what issue you're looking for, whether it be from the 19th century, or just last year..you can bet that the SCD has the most accurate coverage and pricing of any price guide offered.If you collect baseball cards, this is a must have!!

Oustanding Book!
I have been purchasing this complete baseball card price
guide for the past five years.This is one guide a serious
collector should not be without!

The Best Baseball Card Resource
If you're a card collector, this is the book for you.Every set imaginable is listed by card #, example photo, and value.It even shows card set variations. For example, the 1916 Altoona Tribune set is actually the same as the 1916 The Sporting New set with a different back.This has been an invaluable tool in my quest of the complete Pete Rose collection, as well as, giving me a renewed enthusiasm for the players of old. ... Read more

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COMPREHENSIVE. Complete set listings from 1948 to 2000, featuring current market values for cards from the following manufacturers:
BOWMAN
DONRUSS
FLEER
PINNACLE
TOPPS
UPPER DECK

WRITTEN BY THE EXPERT. Dr. James Beckett is the leading authority on baseball card prices.
CLEAR IDENTIFICATION. Every baseball card is identified by year, manufacturer, size, format, and player.
VALUABLE TIPS. Professional advice on buying, selling, caring for, and storing your cards.
CARD COLLECTING HISTORY. All the facts you need to know, from the early days of baseball to the present.
CONDITION GRADE PRICING. Beckett's state-of-the-art system for accurately identifying values based on grade and condition.
INVENTORY CHECKLIST. A great feature for quick and easy cataloging.
FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
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Customer Reviews (5)

Nice but too little letters !
A really nice guide plenty of little letters... you'll need a magnifying glass to read it !

not an all star
Not a practical guide in this collecting age. Does NOT have a comprehensive list; meaning it does NOT cover all manufacturers and, more importantly, for the ones it does, only provides listings of the base set. That means no insert or variation pricing whatsoever. Also, no oddball or minor league issues are listed. Generally speaking, unless you are collecting base sets prior to the advent of inserts and alternate versions of the base set, this guide is fairly useless.

This book is an awsome book to look cards in
The beckett book was a great sorce to me because I have been collecting baseball cards sence I was 3 yr old and because I have over 7,000 cards so I think this book will be a good sorce for you to.

The Most Popular Baseball Card Price Guide In The World
To begin with, no other baseball card price guide even comes close to the number of sales as Beckett. Literally, the world over, Beckett is used by more people than in other guide on the market. This fine publication also has monthly guides covering baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. Beckett does extensive research on the hobby and sends analysts all over the world to keep track on what's happening in the baseball card market. Dr. James Beckett is an expert in the field of baseball card collecting and in this book gives readers valuable tips on how to preserve, store, and grade cards as well as lists in detail some of the most popular and sought after cards ever produced. With all the cards on the market, it is almost impossible to list them all in one book, so Beckett lists the ones that show the most interest to the general public. Now if you are into collecting rarities, you'll really want this price guide since Beckett lists some of the most rarest cards ever made. Many sets and singles alike are listed along with values on most all of them. Believe it or not, but, there are some cards on the market today that are so rare, a clear value cannot be placed on them, they are literally priceless. These include the very popular ONE OF ONES. These are cards where only one of each card in a set is produced.
If you are looking for a guide that has the most up-to-date information, the most listings and the most reliability, you can't beat Beckett. Please note this: If you go to Beckett or any other guide and cannot find a value for your card or cards, dont think for a moment that what you have is worthless. Like I stated earlier, with so many cards on the market today it is almost impossible to list them all, plus, some cards are produced that are so rare that NO ONE in the hobby may know about them until years later. For example, in 1990 Topps produced its regular baseball set including a Frank Thomas rookie. What no one knew was that there was also a very rare error card of Mr. Thomas produced. For years it was not even given a value, then finally the error card was listed with only a small value. Time passed and the card held that estimated value until it began a month by month rapid surge upward. As of August 2001, that same card is worth well over 500.00
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to find out what certain cards are worth or who would like to learn about some of the history of the baseball card market.

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Warman’s enters the hot field of sports collectibles with this new comprehensive sports memorabilia price guide that provides a broad overview of collectibles organized by sport for all collectors—novice to veteran. Each chapter introduces a different sport with a rundown on its history. Covered sports include baseball, football, basketball, hockey, golf, tennis, auto racing, Olympics, horse racing, and boxing. Readers will also find collecting trends and tips, resource listings, periodicals, clubs and web sites.

With a stronger emphasis on older, more valuable items, collectibles covered include: balls, bats, posters, cereal boxes, stamps, publications, programs, uniforms, stadium seats, and many obscure items.

- Sport-by-sport memorabilia and price guide for novice to veteran collectors
- Only current all-sport general collectibles guide known in print
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Warman's Sports Memorabilia
One thing that is not immediately obvious is the year published.
I was a little dissappointed that the information I was given did not include the fact that it was a 2000 issue and not 2001.

Carole

From yearbooks to boxing memorabilia
With Warman's Sports Collectibles, fans of specific sports as well as overall collectors of sports memorabilia receive an excellent guide to the finer art of sports collecting, with values accompanying black and white photos of the pieces. From yearbooks to boxing memorabilia, the collectibles are organized both by sport and type, making Warman's Sports Collectibles easy to refer quickly to for a variety of memorabilia.

The superior visual and informative aid
Warman's Sports Collectibles is an exhaustive value and identification guide designed to help anyone, from amateur to veteran collector, quickly and easily understand the fascinating hobby of sports collecting. This comprehensive and reliable guide covers a wide variety of sports memorabilia, including items tied into auto racing, baseball, basketball, bowling, boxing, figure skating, football, golf, hockey, horse racing, Olympics, soccer, tennis, and wrestling. Each sports field has its own chapter. Collecting tips are provided, with in-depth historical background on each type of sport, facts, dates, and figures. At 352 pages with a massive 1,500 black and white photos, Warman's Sports Collectibles is the superior visual and informative aid for any collector looking for just the right item! ... Read more

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Dated, but good information.
For the record, this book was first published in 1993 and as such, much of the information in it is dated.However, there are lots of good nuggets of information you can use.Highly recommended. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

just what i needed
great product, but buy it elsewhere---
i am now an Amazon Hater- so get it elsewhere- my opinion

Skip this, buy the Beckett Almanac
Aside from being around $10 cheaper, there is absolutely no reason for this book to exist anymore.It's like Beckett is just trying to sum up the cards that moved during a given year, rather than producing a comprehensive price guide.If you want a comprehensive guide, you have to go with the much more complete Beckett Almanac, that is also produced every year, or the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards from Krause Publications.

Don't waste money on the Beckett Price Guide.

Some Problems
It's a huge book, over 600 pages but there are a few problems.

1. A lot of years are skipped. For instance Upper Deck '92 is missing as well as '96 through '98. Every manufacturer seems to be missing years whether it be Donruss, Fleer, Ultra, Score, Stadium Club. You name it. A lot of traded series are also missing.

2. Don't plan on using this as a reference guide for any length of time because the pages start falling out practically the moment it first opened.

The solution for Beckett is simple. Don't include every card. Over half of the 1991 Score series is 2 cent cards. Just state that unlisted cards are 2 cents and you'd save yourself a couple of pages. The book would literally be half the size or less and then Beckett could include more sets.

Don't Buy
I think Beckett gets worse and worse every year.I am so upset with their magazines and their books.This books skips so many years.For example there is no Donruss 1991-2000 cards listed at all.Majority of my cards are those ones.So this book become very useless to me.It's just like their magazine they skip everything.I haven't been able to find a book yet that will tell me what the price of all my cards are.If you have any special insert cards, this book will not list them.

Beckett's remains the price guide for collecting older cards
Okay, here is the situation. Beckett's monthly price guides can barely keep up with the baseball cards that are produced each year, let alone all those surplus sets and special collectible cards that are flooding the market on a monthly basis. However, as a collector I am not concerned with the current deluge and am working on sets of older cards from those long forgotten days before Fleer and Donruss opened the floodgates. Those monthly price guides will certainly give you prices, but they are not going to be any help if you are trying to figure out which cards you need to complete a particular set that you are working on. I finally finished my 1966 Topps set, have six rather expensive cards left to complete a 1953 Topps set and a couple of dozen for both the 1962 and 1967 Topps sets. That means I need to know ALL of the cards so that when I hit the card shops and shows that I am prepared for dealers who have their cards organized by numbers, players, or random piles.

With the "Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2004" you have your best shot at finding out exactly what is out there for any sets that you are working on at the moment. If you need to know about the prices and you are not going the monthly guide route then the prices quoted here are going to be more valid the farther back in time you go. But the key thing here is that these guides list all the cards, including all the extras, inserts, special sets and the like from Bowman, Diamond Stars, Donruss, Fleer, Goudey, Play Ball, Score, Sportsflics, Topps. Upper Deck and whatever other companies have sprung up that I cannot remember off the top of my head (hopefully there will not be a test anytime soon).

Beckett remains the price guide I use to put together my want list for the next card show or for checking out on line auctions. This is especially important when a set has numbers missing (it happens), so that you can avoid desperately searching for cards that are not there (e.g., the 1953 Topps set has 274 cards from #1 Jackie Robinson to #280 Milt Bolling, so there are some numbers that just do not exist). As always, there is also a concise and informative introductory section that will be of use to anyone who considers collecting baseball cards a serious hobby (is there any other kind?). There are over 290,000 prices listed, but more importantly there are those boxes to check off your cards as you add them to your collection. Plus the portable size makes it easy to use on the road.
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Great book for locating your favorite football player
This book alphabetizes all of the football players and the cards that theyare featured on.The only reason that this book did not get 5 stars isbecuase they did not list every parallel card (silver, bronze, etc., if youare a card collector, you know what I mean) in the book, when it would nothave taken up much more space or time.This would have made the player'slist more complete.As far as the book content, the list is very completeand is great for discovering new and unique cards that you might not haveknown existed. I am looking forward to #2, so I can further update mylists. Good job, Beckett, but please be more complete next time. ... Read more

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The framework for the creation of Pocono Raceway began in the late 1950s, when a group of investors formed Racing Incorporated. In 1962, a spinach farm near Long Pond, Pennsylvania, was chosen as the site for the multi-faceted racing complex. Construction on the track began in 1965, but progress moved very slowly. The three-quarter-mile oval portion of the facility was completed in 1968, but it was not until 1971 that the two-and-a-half-mile super speedway was

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Cigarette Cards and How To Collect Them By I.O. Evans 200 pages Contents Include Introduction The beginnings of the cards Trade cards Types of card Production and distribution The subject matter of the cards Imperial and foreign issues Rare cards and curiosities Making a collection Storage and classification The cigarette card trade The uses of card collecting A suggested classification of cigarette cards Originally published in 1937. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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The Leading Sourcebook for Baseball Cards!

Combining expert advice with a state-of-the-art system of card valuations, The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards2002–2003 is the source to find the most current prices for baseball cards. It features easy-to-use, alphabetical set listings from all baseball card manufacturers from 1948 to the present, current market values for full sets and individual cards, plus an introductory analysis of card collecting, thus enhancing the user’s research and understanding of baseball card collecting. Written by Dr. James Beckett, the foremost authority on baseball cards, this book is the definitive guide to baseball card collecting.

* More than 290,000 prices listed
* Manufacturers include Bowman, Donruss/Playoff, Fleer, Topps, and Upper Deck
* Professional advice on buying, selling, caring for, and storing cards
* Portable size to use at home or on the road
* Unique check boxes to mark off cards as you collect ... Read more

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It's O.K.
It's ok they say 2002-2003, BUT in the book it only gose up to 2001! So if you want a 2003 price guide dont buy this item. BUT if you want an old time price guide get this. ... Read more

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Over 10 million copies sold!
Written by the leading authority on sports card values, this collectors' classic is the definitive guide to organizing and pricing baseball card collections. A bestseller for over 25 years, The Official® Price Guide to Baseball Cards continues to cover all major baseball card manufacturers, including Bowman, Donruss/Playoff, Fleer, Topps, and Upper Deck.

•Close to 300,000 prices for individual cards and complete sets issued from 1948 to the present
•Professional advice on buying, selling, grading, and storing cards
•Valuable coupons for discounts on Beckett Grading Services and Beckett magazines ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

misleading and incomplete
ever heard of pacific trading cards or donruss?apparently beckett
hasn't!

Not enough entries
I have a very large baseball card collection, and am using the book to rate the cards.So far, after going through several hundered cards, I have had a very difficult time finding many of the cards listed in the book.It is very frustrating.I expected more from Beckett.

Huge holes in the guide
Comprehensive: "So large in scope or content as to include much."

The guide does indeed include a lot of cards. The guide states "...provides easy-to-use listings from all baseball manufacturers from 1948 to the present." andit's true that it does contain listings from all manufacturers. However, anyone planning on buying this guide should realize that there are enormous gaps. The guide often has gaps that span a half dozen or more years for major card companies like Upper Deck. When I bought the 2004 price guide I complained in a previous review that many of the sets I wanted to price were missing. In my naivety I figured that the 2005 price guide would fill in many of the gaps. I thought that Beckett would likely swap out some sets and replace them with others that were missing the previous year. My mistake.

If you want listings for 1988 and 1989 Score traded sets you're in luck since they're in both the 2004 and 2005 price guides but if you want the regular sets too bad. So what does Beckett have against 1992 Upper Deck and 1991-2001 Fleer. Yes, the guide is missing 11 straight years of Fleer however 1990 Fleer appears in both guides. My 1988 Donruss set is MIA still I'm lucky that I didn't collect during the years from 1991-2001 for Donruss `cause they don't exist. I should give the guide a one star out of spite but I'll give it a two out of generosity.

Not the right thing
I bought this thinking that it was Beckett's annual baseball card price guide that lists and prices every card ever made.I have bought such price guides in the past, so there was nothing to lead me to think otherwise.However, when I finally received it and started looking up prices, I was stunned to find a lack of listings.There are no insert cards listed, period.Also, there are only select sets listed as well.Needless to say I was very displeased with this book.I have since looked on Beckett's own web site and found that there is such a 2005 edition of their price guide.It is, however, listed as #27.What is the deal here?Is Beckett purposely running two editions concurrently to confuse people like me? ... Read more

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This best-selling guide to one of America's fastest growing hobbies features thousands of cards identified by year, manufacturer, format, size, and player; advice on caring for a collection; and other useful information. Original. ... Read more

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Incredible; if you are a hockey card collecter you need this
Identified EVERY card I have, and I have thousands.Each set is described, along with a listing for every card in the set.Good information on PSA grading and history of hockey cards.Can't wait for the2000 version!

You must own this if you collect Hockey cards
This book has all the oddball and promo cards that collectors can't find values for.I have filled the ?'s in my collection onprices.It also has the checklists of all players, all-star or common. Great book, behind agreat name.

Excellent way to price any card you own.
This book has contained prices to almost every card I own.I am from St. Louis and I have been able to find values on my Blues cards from McDonalds, my college team cards, the cards I bought in Finland, and my autographs. There is an alphabetical checklist for every player from Wayne Gretzky toWillie O' Ree to Anti Ollinen.If you have a hockey card, chances are itwill be in this book. ... Read more

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The most accurate price guides from the leading authority in sports cards.
•Lists over 200,000 football cards, issued from 1948 to the present, with today’s marketplace value.
• Features prices for full sets and individual cards from Fleer/Skybox, Pacific, Pinnacle, Topps, Upper Deck, and more.
• Every card is identified by year, manufacturer, size, format, team, and player.
•Includes tips on buying, selling, caring for, and storing your cards.
Written by America's leading sports card statistician, Dr. James Bekett, founder and president of Beckett publications and Beckett. ... Read more

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Written by the leading authority on sports card values, this collectors’ classic is the definitive guide to organizing and pricing baseball card collections. The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards covers all major baseball card manufacturers, including Bowman, Donruss/Playoff, Fleer, Topps, and Upper Deck.

The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards includes:

· Nearly 300,000 prices for individual cards and complete sets issued from 1948 to the present

· Professional advice on buying, selling, grading, and storing cards

· Valuable coupons for discounts on Beckett Grading Services and Beckett magazines ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

price just right
great product, but buy it elsewhere---
i am now an Amazon Hater- so get it elsewhere- my opinion

Beckett Baseball Guide 2008
A lot of information in a packed paperback. Small print and the inclusion of a lot of near worthlessnewer sets makes this a poor choice for the vintage collector.

Don't buy
This book is not worth the price. The only cards listed were regular print cards. There were no inserts listed whatsoever. This book is good if you have alot of old cards.

magnifying glass
the print is so small the book is basically useless. no insert listings! a waste of money

Difficult to use
Like the Football Card price list I bought it is sometimes very hard to locate the cards. The simple $.05 cards are easy to find, but if you want to find the upscale cards they can be difficult if not impossible to locate. Maybe if your a dealer or have several years worth of experience looking for cards its not so hard. ... Read more

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If you're a Hockey card collector, this is the book for you!

The Beckett Hockey Card Guide and alphabetical checklist is the most comprehensive hockey card price guide available!

Are you a superstar or team collector? If you are, then Dr. James Beckett and his staff have produced this book just for you! You get extensive lists and prices for all important, popular hockey card sets from 1910 to 1997.

Most card series listed picture a front and back shot of a representative card

Includes values for every individual card and complete set listing in three condition grades

Checklist-like listing of every card in the set

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It is cool. I love it. It is fuun. Hocceey is su cul. ... Read more

Product Description
THE INCOMPARABLE BECKETT SOURCEBOOK, WITH MORE THAN 45,000 PRICES LISTED!

* COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE. Complete listings from 1951 to 1998, featuring prices for full sets and individual cards--plus the current market values, including:
BOWMAN
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE
DONRUSS
DONRUSS ELITE
FINEST
FLAIR
FLEER
FLEER METAL
LEAF
LEAF LIMITED
O-PEE-CHEE
O-PEE-CHEE PREMIER
PARKHURST
PARKHURST INTERNATIONAL
PINNACLE
POWER PLAY
SCORE
SELECT
SELECT CERTIFIED
SKYBOXIMPACT
SP
STADIUM CLUB
SUMMIT
TOPPS
ULTRA
UPPER DECK
ZENITH

* WRITTEN BY AN EXPERT. Dr. James Beckett is the leading sports card statistician.

* CLEAR IDENTIFICATION. Every hockey card is identified by year, manufacturer, size, format, and player.

* VALUABLE TIPS. Expert advice on buying, selling, caring for, and storing your cards.

* HOCKEY CARD HISTORY. The fascinating story from early issues to today's high-tech versions.

* CONDITION GRADE PRICING. Each listing includes prices for each of the three different condition grades.

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BECKETT’S PRICE GUIDE SCORES NOTHING BUT NET


With Beckett’s expert advice and his state-of-the-art system of card valuation, The Official® Price Guide to Basketball Cards 2003 will provide you with the most current values for all your basketball cards. Packed with listings of most basketball card manufacturers from 1948 to the present, this easy-to-use guide contains prices for full sets and individual cards as well as hundreds of photos for quick identification. It also features a thorough analysis of card collecting to enhance your research and understanding of basketball card collecting. Written by the authority on basketball cards, Dr. James Beckett, this important tool will help evaluate your entire basketball card collection.

* More than 50,000 basketball card prices listed.

* More than 25 basketball card brands including Bowman, Fleer, Hoops, Sky Box, SPx Topps, Ultra, and Upper Deck.

* Professional advice on buying, selling, caring for, and storing cards.

* Portable size to use at home or on the road.

* Unique check boxes to mark off cards as you collect.

FULLY ILLUSTRATED

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Customer Reviews (2)

card book
I don't even know where this is because it was useless. I had bought one in 1999, and it was good. This one left stuff out, so what good is it? I guess there are too many card issues now to include in a pocket size paperback. A waste of $10.

I take this book to card shows because of the checklists
First off, I like the size of "The Official 2003 Price Guide to Basketball Cards," which at 6.88 x 4.21 is below what we would have called standard size for collectible card price guides.This is of prime importance for collectors such as myself who want a book that we can take to us with card shows.If not, then you can still use this guide to put together your want lists.I am in the process of finishing off a 1972-73 Topps set of basketball cars (five cards to go, all commons), and will be getting serious about the 1971-72 Topps set next.So I do not need to know how many types of Kobe Bryant cards came out this season or who has the first "official" LeBron James card, because I have a preference for tracking down the older cards, go to shops and shows to try and track down what I need, or searching on eBay.A big part of the fun is just finding what are you are looking for, and not by opening up pack after pack of cards to find the exalted specialty card du jour.The prices are really a secondary consideration to me, because what I want to know if whose name goes with which numbers because that means the difference between looking through a stack of commons or having to track down star cards, especially if you are trying to deal with those triplet cards Topps put out in 1980-81.

That is why the boxes to check off for each card are exactly what I need, whether it is the exalted card from that 1980-81 set where the three players were the rookie "cards" for Magic Johnson and Larry Bird but also Dr. J.This is the book that will tell you that if you are looking for the first basketball card ever produced then you need to track down the 1948 Bowman card of Ernie Calverley.There are about two dozen card companies covered in the 50,000 cards for which prices are provided, which means Topps, Fleer, Hopps, Bowman, Sky Box, Ultra, Upper Deck and all the wannabee companies.As is always the case with the Beckett volumes, there are tips on how to buy, sell, and care for your cards.These are valuable whether you are in it for the fun or the economics.The prices are always the least important aspect of these books for the simple reasons that the prices are out of date by the time the book hits the stands, which is why Beckett publishes a magazine on basketball cards.However, while that will give you current prices it will not tell you who was card #40 in that 1972-73 Topps set (Bob Rule of the Philadelphia 76ers).For the younger fans the magazine will undoubtedly suffice, but for those of us who remember the red, white & blue ball of the A.B.A. and when players in the N.B.A. knew how to shoot the orange ball instead of just dunking it, this Beckett book will fulfill all of our needs. ... Read more