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Gilbert MainesThere are utilities which are lacking in this hobby which are of interest to some. The one which I have often needed is a list of the baseball cards which exist broken down by year of issue.
The compilation of this list would include a tabulation of the sets issued each year.
So in operation, if I wanted a card of McGraw from 1913; I could look at the list for sets produced in 1913, then crossreference that summary with information from sources such as price guides to determine whether any set contained his card.
A refinement of this tabulation would be the generation of the list of cards which were produced for each set, in each year. For example, Old Judges were produced over the course of several years. But, unless I am mistaken, there is no listing of which specific cards were produced each year.
Certainly, there are gaps in understanding; and any such effort will be prone to errors. But I think that hobby focus is currently expanding to make this compilation one of increasing interest.
Gee, maybe it already exists and I just am unaware of that listing.
I am not sure, however, if this is the type of effort which you are interested in performing. Please advise us of your thoughts.
Thank you,
Gilbert