2008 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards (2007, Paperback)

Krause Publications' answer to Beckett's annual Almanac provides the serious collector with a more complete resource center to keep track of value. In addition, I find that the Standard Catalog includes many "oddball" and magazine releases not found in Beckett. I also appreciate the listings in this book by year and printer, instead of release title. First-time editor Don Fluckinger has made some cosmetic upgrades to individual listings, such as more frequent use of multipliers, but still uses only one value column. The values are also uniformly less than Beckett's and are closer to the hammer prices on eBay. This feature should give the collector/investor a more accurate idea of the current market. I use both books in my hobby pursuit equally and would recommend that room be made on the bookshelf for this one, at least every other year.