2010 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards [Paperback]

Don Fluckinger (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards | Publication Date: September 23, 2009

The consolidation of baseball card companies is leading to fewer cards being produced, and changing the scope of cards and the prices. Be it vintage cards or modern-era that draws your interest you're sure to find pricing and identifying details in this book that will make a difference in your buying and selling efforts. With 1 million updated real-world prices, a bonus CD with listings not in the book and modern Minor League cards, and 10,000 photos this must-have baseball book is a collecting homerun.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1560 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 19 edition (September 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440203601
• ISBN-13: 978-1440203602
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #568,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Baseball Card Reference Ever, October 9, 2009

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Mark Eisenman "cartoonist" (anchorage, ak United States) - See all my reviews
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If you have ever been fed up with trying to look up a card in one of the monthly price guides only to find that the set isn't even listed or the subset totally omitted this is the book for you. The catalog has just about every thing from all the major brands to obsure issues. While the formating is a little hard to follow, the two indexs with both alphabetical and chronological makes it easy to find a set you are looking for.
Not only is it worth the price but the 2010 edition even has some of this years sets on the cd that comes along with it.
I've read the other review that poopoo the fact that all the modern issues are on the cd in pfd format but to be honest to have put all that in print would have required a whole nother volume or two. The listings are huge with even commons listed. Being a player collector this tome is invaluable looking up cards to get a base line on pricing. Another great feature is that each set has a little blurb about production and other interesting facts. Not to mention the book alone is huge and the information on the accompaning cd even more so. This book is the holy grail of baseball cards. Everything from the 1800's to 2009. Highly recommended for the serious or not so serious collector.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Beckett, October 20, 2009

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smac46r "smac46r" (Vermont) - See all my reviews

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Bar none - This is the best baseball card collector's resource. Complete - from a comprehensive list of early cards to a CD update of the card available up to printing time. While one may not always get the price listed as the value in any of these guides, it is also great for insuring cars and collections. I would consider this a must have for anyone with a baseball card collection. You may be amazed, as I was, that some of you cards are worth quite a bit - while others really are best for putting in bike spoke to make the motorcycle sound!! A great investment!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but not perfect., February 10, 2010

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Richard A. Starr "Richard" (Northridge, ca USA) - See all my reviews
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Important!
All cards after the 2000 year are NOT in this book, rather they are on a CD that is included with the book
in a PDF format. This is fine if you have access to a computer when you want to look something up, otherwise
you will not have it available to you.

The Annual SCD has always been useful for me as it lists cards that I do not find in other references.
Additionally, the prices seem to fairly represent, for the most part, what I see them selling for, or at
the very least, asking for.

Where the book fails, however, is when they fail to list cards they know exist.
As an example, in 2005 Donruss produced an autograph set. In some case the production levels of the cards are
very low, under 30, but are known to exist. While it is perfectly acceptable to say that pricing information
is insufficient, it is NOT acceptable to not list the card at all, thus depriving the reader/collector the
tools they need to pursue a full set. If they have to get an additional reference guide to find this out,
why bother getting this one? I have emailed the company and have hope they will correct this in future editions.