Is there a market?

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

I would think that "we" would have more than enough money if this is viable, why not start it up and give it a try if it peaks your interest? Than give us an update when the project is going.

Lee

[uniship]

I would strongly consider launching this business by taking out a 30 second commercial at next year's Superbowl. Good luck!

[Exhibitman]

I know a number of collectors with astounding collections who will not post on a public board for safety and privacy reasons.

One great--and free--way to see exhaustive collections of great cards is to make friends with and not antagonize the collectors who own them. Then they will show you their cards as part of the iterated social interaction known as "friendship." If people think you are an insufferable blowhard they won't be your "friend" and won't open their collections to you.

The auction houses do indeed maintain archives of past sales. Heritage has a very nice function in its database that costs you nothing besides signing up for the auctions. VCP is a de facto database as well.

It is a shame that the Burdick Collection has not been digitized and made available--I'd pay for a CD of that--the only way to get to see it now is to be involved in a research project and get an appointment.

[oriolesbb6]

I believe it would be a tough sell as others have stated that numerous resources already exist, aka past auctions, archives and sites such as liveauctioneers.com(free) that is key word searchable for any and all items sold at auction for periods of up to 10 years around the world.

[benchod]

Does anyone really expect Bruce to respond to any of the comments posted here?

[Frank A]

Auctually I think such a list would be excellent to have. Being able to type in an item and look it up would be great instead of looking through 50 catalogs. However the cost would have to be way up there as what a time consuming thing it would be to make such a list.

[Wite3]

I do not personally think Bruce wants to really start this business....I think this is a thinly veiled attempt at finding out where the cards and items he wants are. This is a way for Bruce to find items for his collections. I feel that if his website launched, the people who "provided" pictures would no doubt receive buy offers from Bruce.

Joshua