Where’s Waldo, er, Eric Chavez

Reader Brandie Stucky emailed a question about a sneaky little Eric Chavez card:
I have a 2002 SPx # 209 – Eric Chavez.
It matches the card pictured on page 1245 of the 2008 Standard Catalog. However, those in the book, are only listed up to number 190. Having gone through a few thousand cards over the [...]

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Christy Mathewson question

1930 Post Famous North Americans Christy Mathewson
We get email. Or, in this case, I get messages on MySpace because when people pop my name into Google, my dormant, crusty MySpace page is the first hit, for some odd reason. But because it’s the only way for some Standard Catalog readers to find me, I pan [...]

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Name that Ted Williams Card/Updated

The experts have been stumped here at the Standard Catalog, which typically (but not always) means we’ve been asked to identify an obscure 1970 collectors’ issue.
So I throw it to y’all: What it this card? Recently purchased on eBay by a reader, the card is in a “PSG slab” of some sort (can anyone [...]

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Great question: Pricing 202 (or 303)

Loyal reader Pete D’Luhosch asks:
I’ve got a question re. vintage card pricing. If a near mint 1951 Bowman is priced at $100 in the Standard Catalog, what would a NM/MT example be? A MINT example? Is there a multiplier for vintage cards that are better than NM?
The answer:
It’s one of those [...]

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