Modern Baseball Card Investor

Jeff Hwang has worked very hard on this book. It is evident in the amount of detail he provides in the descriptions of the cards throughout. He spent the time to provide the names of many of the best players at the time he was writing (2012) and details about all the key cards for those players with regards to pricing and a comparison between the numbered cards and the base card from the same sets.The basic premise behind the book is the bigger fool theory. If you buy the best card of the best player in the best condition, regardless of the market price today, you will be able to sell it at a higher price later because there is always someone out there (the bigger fool) who wants it more than you do. There is always a market for the very best. So the most important thing is to know which cards are the best and target those. After establishing that premise, the book goes into great detail about many individual players and their key cards. Most of the key cards from the modern sets are either Bowman Chrome to Topps Chrome cards. The book gives describes the different cards in those sets (chrome, refractors, superfractors, autos, etc.) to show the difference in pricing power based on the quality and quantity available of those cards.The later chapters of the book discuss different methods of acquiring cards for investment, such as case breaks, which seem to be the most popular method right now. Hwang advises against buying individual packs, and, most of the time, boxes, from large retail stores where packs can be purchased, searched, and returned to be resold. It is disheartening to me, as a collector, to read this part of the book because he does go into some detail about how investors are basically making it nearly impossible for collectors to find the best cards. As an investor, I understand the reasoning, but as a collector, I find it a little unfair.If you want to be a serious investor and make money in a card market that isn’t booming the way it was in the late 80s, then this is a great book for you and I highly recommend it, because the information can be invaluable. However, it is primarily for investors who have thousands of dollars to invest, so I don’t think it would be useful to a collector who wants to go to a card shop or online and spend less than $100.

Finding any helpful info on BB card collecting has always been a daunting task, but over the past decade it has become virtually impossible. ANYTHING that provides any kind of reference for collectors is always appreciated. This book is strictly for collectors of 'modern era' cards, defined in this book as 1980-present. Basically, it tells you there IS money to be made in collecting modern BB cards, but ONLY if the cards are in the highest possible condition & have been graded by PSA or Beckett. Most of my collection involves vintage cards, so it didn't help me a lot, although it is definitely an interesting read. For the younger crowd & those of you who have been collecting in the modern era, it has the potential to be a valuable resource.

The amazon headline page references this book as April 2018 ad even the description gives the same date but the copyright is 2014. A lot happen in 4 years in the card Industry. I don't know why they want to mislead you.

The author Jeff Hwang shows that the baseball collecting hobby is alive and well.For years all we heard about was how modern baseball cards are worthless, well here Jeff Hwang shows that there is still plenty of money to be made with modern baseball cards.If your getting back into baseball/sports card collecting this will be the new benchmark for investing in baseball cards.I do not say that lightly. This book goes into precise detail of what the new market for sports cards is.I highly recommend this book.A homerun.A welcome fresh perspective for the modern baseball card collector.

This is a great book for anyone looking to get insight into how to invest in Baseball Cards in the modern era. This especially true for anyone getting back into the hobby after many years away from it, as a lot has changed since the 80s and 90s! Well worth the read and lots of great ideas.

I bought the book, thinking it was going to be terrible. I was completely wrong. It was a really insightful book and very thought provoking concerning the value of current baseball cards. I like to concentrate on older cards (pre-1981), but it certainly shows the value of investing in current cards thanks to their low print run,

I knew most of it. If your a veteran collector,investor or dealer. This book is not going to give you much new knowledge.

Great Book