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digicat
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Do any of you keep a few reference books around for your sports collection? have some recommendations?
I've got two Beckett Alphabetical Player checklist books, one for baseball, one for football.
a Beckett Baseball Card & Collectables almanac (2001)
a Beckett Football annual price guide (the big one with set descriptions, 2005).
I like the printed material mainly for the set listsings and checklists. The little blurb they put with each set is kinda cool to, especially when they get into little trivia points about various sets that you wouldn't know otherwise.
I've got two Beckett Alphabetical Player checklist books, one for baseball, one for football.
a Beckett Baseball Card & Collectables almanac (2001)
a Beckett Football annual price guide (the big one with set descriptions, 2005).
I like the printed material mainly for the set listsings and checklists. The little blurb they put with each set is kinda cool to, especially when they get into little trivia points about various sets that you wouldn't know otherwise.
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Tuff Stuff for recent price guide
SMR - graded price guide
Standard Catalog of BB - Krause
Stand Catalog of Sport Memorabilia - Krause
SCD
Sportscard Counterfeit Detector
MastroNet Reference and Price Guide for GU Bats
BBCKid Unopened Pack, Wrapper & Display Box Guide
These are the main things I look at along with some older pubs like Beckett's Memorabilia Guide that has some nice pics - like up to the 1988 date on it, it has pics of all the press pins made in it.
mike
The Smithsonian Baseball book given to new subscribers
The Sporting News Pro Football's Greatest Quarterbacks
The World Series by Josh Leventhal
The latest issue of the SMR
The latest issue of Beckett Monthly Baseball
The latest issue of Beckett Monthly Football
The Top 200 Sportscards given to new subscribers years ago
A lot of junk, stacks of cards, more cards, and more junk.
My latest Budweiser
That's what's on my hobby/computer desk.
shawn.
The Beckett Hockey Card Plus
Canadian Sports Collector Almanac
Hockey Wax Pack Collector's Price Guide With Photos ("Worlds best book on vintage unopened material 1933-1993")
Edit:
Forgot to mention all the auction catalogs from various online auction companies.. They're great especially when comparing possible fake autographs with the real autographs within the catalogs.
Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards by Lipset
Standard Guide by Lemke
Beckett version of above
Every issue of Old Cardboard and VCBC
Several issues of SMR
Every Mastro, REA. Oser, Mile High, Memory Lane, Lipset auction catalog from the last 8 years
Hagers Book, Murphy's pack booklet, Chris Stufflestreets book, Gar Millers book
Copeland Collection and Halper Collection auction catalogs.
Asst other books- Joe Orlando's, 300 Great, Mr.Mint's, etc etc.
Knowledge is power!
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
<< <i>For reference-
Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards by Lipset
Standard Guide by Lemke
Beckett version of above
Every issue of Old Cardboard and VCBC
Several issues of SMR
Every Mastro, REA. Oser, Mile High, Memory Lane, Lipset auction catalog from the last 8 years
Hagers Book, Murphy's pack booklet, Chris Stufflestreets book, Gar Millers book
Copeland Collection and Halper Collection auction catalogs.
Asst other books- Joe Orlando's, 300 Great, Mr.Mint's, etc etc.
Knowledge is power! >>
Incredible reference library.
Donato
Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set
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