The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2005 Edition #25 (Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards (Beckett)) [Mass Market Paperback]

Dr. James Beckett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards (Beckett) | Publication Date: April 12, 2005

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

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About the Author

Dr. James Beckett III, president and founder of Beckett Publications and Beckett.com, is frequently heard on the radio and is cited in many national newspapers. He was awarded the Special Achievement Award for Contributions to the Hobby by the National Sports Collectors Convention in 1980, the Jock Jasperson Award for Hobby Dedication in 1983, and the Buck Barket Spirit of the Hobby Award in 1991. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 624 pages
• Publisher: House of Collectibles; 25 edition (April 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375721002
• ISBN-13: 978-0375721007
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,043,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the right thing, April 16, 2005

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Sean Hipps (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2005 Edition #25 (Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards (Beckett)) (Mass Market Paperback)

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?

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough entries, August 20, 2005

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Kenny (Long Island) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2005 Edition #25 (Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards (Beckett)) (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Huge holes in the guide, April 29, 2005

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E. David Swan (South Euclid, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Official Beckett Price Guide to Baseball Cards 2005 Edition #25 (Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards (Beckett)) (Mass Market Paperback)

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." and it'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.