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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Cy
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Julie Vognar
that you were going to do that this year. Whoops, I think that was major and minor leagues. Anyway, vintage and modern would be a great division. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Anthony
I ended up taking an exacto knife to the book, cutting it in half, and taping the cover back on. Always seems to get a vote of approval from the tables I stop at. My only regret is that I threw away the shinyrefractorinsertchasecard part of the book- if it was a two volume set I could find a kid to give it to. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: David
I commiserate with the members of the bad back club (I own the Becket and SCD monsters so I know what you talk about), but I would think that if SCD cut the big book into two, it would actually hurt sales. If given the choice, most people at amazon.com or wherever would choose a complete 1869-2002 Beckett instead of an SCD with half the content. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Jaime Leiderman
I think the catalog can be sold as a whole, but divided into vintage and modern, including the minor league listings. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: leon
the idea of it being shrink wrapped as two volumes. And my vote goes to ALL cards from say pre-'80, including minor leagues, and all cards post-'80, including minors......would make flipping through pages much easier....regards |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Jaime Leiderman
Can the Old Judge N172's be listed as it used to be, with poses/variations? |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: runscott
Thanks for the suggestion. Also, I like the SCD much better than the Beckett. SCD in conjunction with Lipset's guides and the t206 museaum back-multiplier list and VCBC mag's (I hope they start coming again!) seems to cover my needs pretty well. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: runscott
There is a natural binding break after the vintage section. To cut extremely cleanly: |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Jaime Leiderman
You forgot instruction #6 |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: runscott
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: MW
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Bob Lemke
Thanks for all the interest and suggestions relative to the Standard Catalog. The 2003-dated edition is currently planned for more than 1,700 pages. By the way, the fact the 2002 book divided after Page 500 was coincidental. With the number of new listings added to the vintage section for 2003, it will be somewhat longer. Because it takes so much space, and is of interest to a relatively small number of collectors, we don't plan to include the Old Judge pose variations this time, either. Producing the work in separate vintage and modern editions is not going to happen. Besides putting us at a competitive disadvantage with the Beckett Almanac, the costs of binding the printed pages is a large part of the total production cost and essentially double in that scenario. We do not shrink wrap the book so that potential buyers can flip through it and see if it meets their needs. I had hoped to be able to spin off the minor league listings into a Standard Catalog of its own, but the volume we produced two years ago did not meet sales expectations. We do have a scenario in mind by which we will be able to maintain page count, and hopefully cover price, for several more editions to come. For those who choose not to lug around the whole book, take a clue from Larry Fritsch. He has a friendly local print chop cut off the spine of the book, then punch the vintage section pages for a three-ring binder, thus allowing it to lay flat for ease of use. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: David
If its any consolation, we on the West Coast use the SCDs to prop the walls up during earthquakes. And I'm sure many of you Wisconsonites put it in the back of the car to help drive during the winter. I also understand that Donald Rumsfeldt is considering attaching a small exploding device and usuing them as daisey cutters. |
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Posted By: David
I also understand that if something is working, you don't mess with it. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Jaime Leiderman
Thanks for your input on the Old Judge set list. |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Tom
Bob.......I would agree with a CD version OR having the information available at the SCD website. You talk about competition and that's one place Beckett has you firmly beaten. I have a subscription to the online Beckett PRIMARILY for the online checklists that they have. Kalamazoo Bats, Old Judges (MINUS THE POSES) but they have all their checklists that I guess are in the Beckett Monitor at the end of the year (still YET to purchase my first paper Monitor). The checklists are great. If SCD/Krause did that, I could eliminate the need to even go to Beckett. Yet more comments from peanut gallery........CD version OR online version means more POTENTIAL revenue...... |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Tom
Bob.....you could take the priceguide database on that AS400 and put it on a web server, create a few dynamic html pages and have it where you could pull all KINDS of info out....... |
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A request for Bob Lemke
Posted By: Bob Lemke
Thanks, again, to all for your interest. We've kicked around the idea many times. In past years, it often came down to a matter of security. Once a CD or on-line version was available, it would be no challenge for someone to pirate a print edition. We have roomsful of people working on electronic initiatives. One which I endorse (and at least understand) is to make our Standard Catalog data bases available on our website to those with a certain level of access, such as subscribers to SCD or purchasers of the most recent edition of the print version. I keep my nose out of that end of things, but I know the mucky-mucks are working on this type of thing. |
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