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

[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.