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Archive for January, 2008

Uncataloged M cards

Paul  Stewart and Lew Lipset bring to our attention a rare and little-known set of M cards. We have some sleuths out there in the hobby trying to figure out what they are and what exactly constitutes a set, but can you help? These cards are 5” x 8”, are on glossy stock and has [...]

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Rob Lifson loves sending me uncatalogued stuff that drifts over his desk as part of his auctions. Here’s are some 1910 D380 Clement Bakery beauties—Mullin, Sweeney, and Lagoe—that will be in the 2009 Standard Catalog. Thanks Rob!

(right click on the pic and select “view image” to see all 3 cards…I think you should get a [...]

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Hey, just got some tremendous news from the Krause/F+W brain trust with which I am allowed to go public: There will be a DVD edition of the Standard Catalog included free with the 2009 edition. Apparently, the “1.0″ CD-ROM edition they put out this year was received with such enthusiasm—and of course input from this [...]

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This is an excellent question from reader Carl Kirby.
I recently purchased the 2008 Sports Collectors Digest  Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards. It is a great product. I really enjoy using it for my collection. There are a few card that I cannot locate in the catalog. They may or may not be in the catalog. [...]

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Reader Paul Conan writes:
I recently purchased the 2008 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards and it is an amazing resource. [Thanks] There is a set that I have not located in the book and believe it may have been omitted. The set is the 1973 Giants TCMA 1886 set. The site oldbaseball.com has the set listed [...]

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Brett Craig writes:
Dont’ know if any one had informed you that on page 440 of StandardCatalog is missing info on cards # 456-598 . I imagine with such alarge volume it is extremely impossible to make every edition perfect .Thank you for the greatest referance guide in the hobby.
Oh yes, we are extremely aware [...]

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A new discovery! Actually it’s an old discovery from reader Jason Lange (thanks for sharing), but something that will make its way into the 2009 Catalog. Pricing input needed if anyone else has these—or any great theories/justification on what to price them. I’m going to write more on this in SCD, but here’s a little [...]

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A reader who identifies himself only via his AOL email address helped us uncover a database glitch in producing the 2008 Standard Catalog: We inadvertently left out pricing for the crazy-popular Presidential Pastimes refractor set inserted in 2004 Topps Chrome. I find it fascinating how the market’s defined semistar, major star, and superstar presidents.
Here it [...]

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