How Would You Change The Hobby

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Posted By: bruce Dorskind

The underlying theme of the 2008 Election is change.

What should America look like?

How can we address the challenges we face,
and who is best qualified to bring the country
together and serve as the catalyst for change?

Whilst the issues facing the vintage sports memorabilia hobby
pale in comparison to the issues we face as a country, we think
it would be an important and provocative discussion topic
to look at the question:

If you were charged with the responsibility to improve the
state of our hobby, what action steps would you take?

We, whilst having no interest in the aforementioned position, do
have a number of suggestions


(1) Create an on-line well-funded resource which would enable anyone
to search and look at every card from 1870 through 1959

(2) Include in each section a bit of background about the set
and notes on which cards are rare

(3) Include a detailed profile of all the companies that produced
cards

(4) Create a true hobby Hall of Fame with a description of the Top 100
collectors of all time, what they collected and how they contributed
to the hobby

(5) Create an outline hobby bibliography which details relevant articles
from all the hobby magazines dating back to 1925

(6) Create universal grading standards

(7) Develop the concept of a virtual hobby show- much like virtual
job fairs where items could be bought and sold interactively.

(8) Create an official hobby governing board

(9) Market the hobby to attract serious collectors from other fields
and to, hopefully help bring a few hidden collections from the attic


Those are our thoughts. What are yours?

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
(212) 734-7362