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Priceguide that helps distiguish real cards from fakes.
Posted By: Goudey Guy (Eric)
I've had an idea brewing in the back of my head for some time now about counterfeit cards. As a purist in collecting and selling baseball cards, it has become very important to me to understand the in's and out's of counterfeit vintage baseball cards. As I was just responding to the Fro Joy card post, I could'nt help but think of a price guide or book idea I've had bouncing around in my head for a couple of years. |
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Posted By: Bob Lemke
Eric, You're describing the "SCD Sportscard Counterfeit Detector". Three editions were produced between 1991 and 1994. Eevery known counterfeit was pictured (with extreme close-up comparisons between genuine and fake) and described. At the time the book was current there were around 25,000 card shops in the country and who knows how many hundreds of thousands of collectors. Despite the fact this $20 book could save a person hundreds or thousands by avoiding a fake card, we could never sell 5,000 copies. We still occasionally run new counterfeit reports in SCD, but a book is apparently not commercially viable. |
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Posted By: David
I'm with Bob on this one. While it's not true in many other other areas, most baseball card collectors, and despite whatever they may claim, are not really interested in learning how to identify fakes or authenticate-- at least not if it costs money or takes time/effort. My book relating to the subject sells well (for my standards not Krause's), but that's because it covers a wide variety of areas, not just trading cards. |
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Posted By: goudey guy
Bob- I would be very interested in picking up one of those older copies just for reference sake, do you have any available? Its too bad that there isn't something more recent by your publication, I really enjoy your work. Have any positions open?! |
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Posted By: leon
I have had this conversation as recently as yesterday...at least about vintage baseball card books in general....bottom line is it is a moneyless, thankless job that takes a lot of time. I was speaking with a well known expert about writing a new reference book and, even though there might be 500-1000 serious collectors, it does not make sense to do it. It needs to be a labor of love (not money) for someone that has the time and resources to do it and wants to help the hobby. Lew's encyclopedia is still the best thing out for knowing "about" the cards and the SCD is the best price guide out. What I was speaking about with the expert was an "update" to Lew's encyclopedia....certainly not a new price guide.....regards all (there's been a lot of new stuff since Lew produced the hobby's standard reference) |
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Posted By: Chris
If it helps, Bob, I have a copy of your book...I still see them available in used bookstores around my town for $4-7 a copy. It's well worth the time and money. |
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Posted By: Jaime Leiderman
I've had the same conversation with Lew about a year ago. |
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Posted By: David
It's interesting, about a year or two ago I considered starting a catalog of the essentials for cards and related(dimesnions, blacklight fluorescence, type of printing, gloss, etc etc) to serve as a practical/beginner's guide for someone considering buying a card that they had never seen in person before (buying their very first T206 or Lone Jack or 54 Red Heart Mickey Mantle). I thought maybe I could offer it as a suppliment to my now out of commision newsletter. I came to my senses after I realized 1) It would be no fun to compile, 2) it would take thousands of hours, 3) About two people would buy it, but only after it marked it down to $2 shipped, 4) Why don't I just shave my head with a cheese grater for the same amount of fun in a fraction of the time .... In any of these endevers, it's the market that dictates, and there's little to no market for this kind of stuff, at least in the baseball card arena. |
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Posted By: Dr.Koos
..a cheese-grater, please feel free to give me a holler, and I'll be my pleasure to do it for you (to make sure that no areas are left undone). Ahhh, the mere thought of it gives me goose-bumps. |
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Posted By: Julie Vognar
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