The Top 100: The Best Baseball Cards to Own, Ranked and Rated for Collector and Investor (Paperback)

~ Paulf Green (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 303 pages
• Publisher: Bonus Books; 1st edition (March 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933893884
• ISBN-13: 978-0933893887
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,368,237 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars very interesting baseball nostalgia book, October 20, 1998

By A Customer

THE BOOK IS VERY INTERESTING FOR THOSE LIKE ME WHO GREW UP IN THE 50's and 60's.the pictures are very good and the book is very easy reading with a capsule of all the top 100 players.the pictures look like they were taken yesterday.What is particularly rewarding is the book brings me back and reveals to me how really great these players were.STan musial to bill dickey to the great negro league players.babe ruth is ranked # WITH WILLIE MAYS RANKED SECOND ON THE ALL TIME LIST.THE PLAYERS OF YESTERDAY WOULD BE GREAT IN ANY ERA.I AM REALLY PLEASED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE BOOK IT IS EASY TO READ AND CONTAINS ALL OF THE GREAT ALL TIME BASEBALL RECORD HOLDERS AND COMPARES THEM BASED ON STATISTICAL COMPARISON/A MUST READ FOR ANY BASEBALL FAN OF THE FUTURE/PRESENT AND PAST

2.0 out of 5 stars I wouldn't take their advice, January 8, 2000

By	John McMillin [e-mail] (Washington State) - See all my reviews

A couple of the reccomendations:

Griffey's 89 Donruss over his 89 Upper Deck. At the time the book was written the Donruss sold for $4 and the Upper Deck for $12. The Donruss now goes for $12 and the Upper Deck for $150... and has been mentioned as possibly one of the best of the Modern Cards.

81 Fleer Graig Nettles card(error) $12 card should be worth $25 in 2 years... It's now worth $10

75 Topps Robin Yount

83 Topps Wade Boggs

84 Fleer Update Dwight Gooden I love this one, $75 card now worth $14

69Topps Reggie Jackson

72 Topps Carlton Fisk. Sell your children, sell your vintage T-Bird, buy this card. Was $50 now $55

86 Donruss Rookies Bo Jackson

86 Donruss Jose Canseco

Just to name a few. I did appreciate a couple of their calls. 79 Topps Ozzie Smith,86 Sportflics Canseco/Greenwell/Tartabull Error. I thought the 89 Star Co. Bob Hamelin was a good call. He did only have one good year and then fizzled but the call did show insight. I gave the book 2 stars because the reading was enjoyable and informative. The picks were just terrible. In their defense I would like to say that most of these cards are from the "era of mass production" and as we all no scarcity as well as popularity drive a cards price. I didn't have time to price out all the cards in the book and then compare them to todays values, but maybe that would be a good rainey day project. If I do I will update this.