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09-13-2011, 12:26 PM
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They were way better than Beckett. I learned a lot from the articles in SCD, but Beckett is rarely much more than an iffy price guide with some fluff articles stapled to it.
I'll have to see if the pile of them out in the garage is still usable. Steve B 
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09-13-2011, 03:35 PM
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SCD in the early 1980's was one of the primary sources of buying and selling baseball cards, both vintage and modern via advertisements. As previously stated, some good articles on the hobby as well as there was very little up-to-date information available to the general public regarding baseball card collecting.
Last edited by bcbgcbrcb; 09-13-2011 at 03:36 PM.
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09-13-2011, 08:53 PM
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Hi-
I subscribed to SCD from the late 1980s through the mid 1990s. This was the best hobby publication, but the price guides were mostly ignored (most folks used Beckett's monthly for pricing, or SCD's big book). The biggest thing about SCD back then was it was where every dealer advertised. Some folks even purchased a very expensive subsciption to ensure they got their copy before most other people so they would have a chance to buy the best items. Think of it as the Ebay of the time period. And yes, the articles were much better than Beckett's back then (SCD focused more on vintage). It went downhill pretty quickly by the late 1990s. Alan
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09-13-2011, 09:35 PM
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I subscribed to SCD for ages in the early 80's until the 90's.
Beckett is, more or less, just a price 'guide'. I'd say SCD was more the 'ebay' of it's time. It was odd doing auctions over the phone or by mail !
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09-14-2011, 01:42 PM
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Minty---
Those 1980's SCD's were published every 2 weeks, not monthly. I have several boxes of them from about '83 thru around '87 that I saved.
Back then there were several columnists, short articles, a great Classified section & and everybody who was anybody had ads somewhere within! I couldn't wait for each issue & read them cover to cover in that thick little magazine format!
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