In 1993, I was fully on board with the "cards are an investment" mentality that infiltrated the hobby in early 1990s. I bought one of these price guides every year in the early 1980s, and when I returned to collecting in the early '90s with a vengeance, I bought this particular price guide and consumed every page. In September of that year, I compiled a list. It was a list of my most expensive cards according to the prices listed in this book. I'm not sure why I made the list. I never acted on my "investment," meaning I never sold any of the cards. I guess it was basically a reminder of what I could get if I decided to be one of those movers in shakers in the hobby who bought and sold cards and got insanely rich. Or so I believed. I recently dug out the list I made in 1993. Here it is: The list is ranked in order of the most expensive cards according to the Beckett book. The list actually goes up to 50 and the other cards are listed on the back...
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