Alan Hager - not off-topic exactly, just weird . . .

[Anthony S.]

Coin porn.

[rdwyer]

I still have my autographed book "Comprehensive Price Guide to Rare Baseball cards 1886 to present" by Alan Hagar. It's worth nothing now.

[bh3443]

I left a comment and got a reply in seconds!
He came to one of my shows and passed out hundreds of his "6 sport" book!
Dennis Purdy's article: "Alan Hager: A modern day buffalo hunter" was the biggest public bashing I've ever seen!
About Hager's book, Purdy said it was pretty, but then again so are some whores!
Purdy claimed he had dozens of more pages of dirt he did not published, calling them "the Paul Harvey pages", and I'd love to see them!

I have not heard Hager's name in decades but this was a great flashback!
Thanks for bringing a smile to the sick!

[GrayGhost]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMQBV...eature=related

Yet another video from that bizarre situation.

I remember seeing Hager at a few shows too with his silly price guide.

[bh3443]

Ghost (my favorite FB movie!) that was a creepy video! You wonder if the dude sleeps with his coins!
I've heard of single guys that refer to their collection as family, but this is insane. He loves his error coin!

[barrysloate]

I used the fast forward button too. What was the point of that video? Was I supposed to get aroused?

[bh3443]

Barry, didn't Hager invent the holder that PSA uses? He holds pattern on it, I believe its called the arrowhead holder.
And a quote from his big book, "Like most movers and shakers, Alan is prone to controversy".......
Please comment on that!

[uffda51]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

I still have my autographed book "Comprehensive Price Guide to Rare Baseball cards 1886 to present" by Alan Hagar. It's worth nothing now.

I also have an autographed copy. I have never seen a book, in any field, so full of spelling and syntax errors.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by uffda51

I also have an autographed copy. I have never seen a book, in any field, so full of spelling and syntax errors.

Bruce, I agree, it was awful. Not just a couple of typos but horrible grammar and a multitude of spelling errors. The ironic thing is that the values of the cards, when Hager published his book, were ridiculous but after the great card explosion and escalating prices, many of his valuations are now correct, 15 years or so later. I bought a copy of his book on ebay for $10 just to have a momento of an era gone by.

[barrysloate]

Bruce- when it comes to pennies minted on dime planchets, you have to throw the book away.

[Anthony S.]

Does he throw in Neil Sedaka for the $10 million or do you just get the coin?

[barrysloate]

Anthony- I was once driving up the East Side Drive in Manhattan and a beautiful Rolls Royce was cruising along next to me. I looked in the car and who was driving but Neil Sedaka. True story.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

I still have my autographed book "Comprehensive Price Guide to Rare Baseball cards 1886 to present" by Alan Hagar. It's worth nothing now.

Is there anything worthwhile in the book or is it just a fluff piece? Always wondered if there was some good information even with his rep.

[uffda51]

The color photo images of the cards are actually quite good. We have much better checklist info and relevant price guide info today.

[bh3443]

The few times I met him he was very nice and cordial. His book was the highest quality printing at the time and his grading/values theories were interesting. We had pleasant conversations and Alan knew his stuff.

Of course it was later on I heard stories that seemed out of character.
Seriously, I don't know anyone he supposedly screwed over.

Is there anyone in our fine community that had bad dealings with him?
Or, is it his methods people object to?

On another note, his asistant was very bright when it came to cards/coins and his wife was royalty from a country I can't recall.

[rdwyer]

Hagar's next book:

What they don't want you to know about coin grading and graded Mark McQuire rookie cards.

[Comiskey]

I have heard his name come up multiple times over the last couple of years, but I have never really heard what he did? I am assuming he was a con man, but was there anything specific that he did to ruin his name?

Jeff