| Card Sharks: How Upper Deck Turned a Child's Hobby into a High-Stakes, Billion-Dollar Business |  | Author: Pete Williams
Publisher: Macmillan General Reference
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 115427
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0026290618
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3570973075
EAN: 9780026290616
ASIN: 0026290618
Publication Date: May 1995
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Condition: Heavy scuff to top right cover corner and dust jacket. Mild shelf and edge wear to dust jacket, edges and hardcover edges/corners. Minor blemishes and scuffs to outer page edges. No writing on text. Binding tight. Good reading copy. Orders Shipped in One Business Day! Great Customer Service. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed!
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 A lot of mud slinging. November 10, 1999
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found the book to provide an interesting history on collecting from early times to present. After the history lesson is over, William's seems to spend an inordinate amount of time dwelling on the various misdeeds of Upper Deck President Richie McWilliam. McWilliam has a very strong (and negative) reputation that is well understood within the industry. Why spend half a book telling everyone that he is dishonest, a liar and a cheat when it is already well understood?
 Fascinating look at the sports collectables industry January 14, 1999
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The "Barbarians at the Gate" of the baseball card industry. Fascinating, yet creepy, to see from the inside how a child's hobby has been exploited by sleazy characters. Will definitely turn you off collecting new cards as an investment.
Well written book that is a must reading for card collectors November 18, 1998
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book very much. It has two themes: first, it shows how one company with the right idea and the right people behind it can revolutionize an entire industry, against all odds. Second, it tells us that to succeed in today's competitive markets you have to elbow your way in. While the allegations of wrongdoings by trading card companies seem like unsubstantiated hearsay, the book does make you feel that you are on the inside, witnessing how the real entrepreneurs do it. Very entertaining read.
 Well written book for the money May 31, 1996
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I feel any person who is in the hobby of collecting cards or thinking about getting in the hobby should read this book I found it interesting some of the aligations of conterfiting ones own cards interesting. Some people would be shocked to know why there cards have no value.
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