Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards 4th. edition

[rdwyer]

Heads up to let everyone know that the Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards 4th. edition is available from krausebooks.com. I got mine.

[Bigb13]

Mine is on the way can't wait.

[conor912]

I'm not asking in a snooty way, but am genuinely curious....does anything actually change in these books from edition to edition? I wouldn't think so, but maybe I'm wrong.

[midmo]

Mine is on the way as well. I wish they'd update the digital version. It's pretty handy to have it on my phone, but it's from 2011. I guess they didn't sell enough of those to bother updating it.

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by conor912

I'm not asking in a snooty way, but am genuinely curious....does anything actually change in these books from edition to edition? I wouldn't think so, but maybe I'm wrong.

+1. Perhaps I am too much of a "doubting Thomas."
Val

[Scocs]

Originally Posted by conor912

I'm not asking in a snooty way, but am genuinely curious....does anything actually change in these books from edition to edition? I wouldn't think so, but maybe I'm wrong.

+1. Some of the listings don't seem to have changed in a decade.....

[rdwyer]

You can get the PDF version if you contact Tom Bartsch.

[Eric72]

Let's see if the T206 Titus listing has been adjusted upwards to reflect recent sale prices. That would be (at the very least) a first indicator of how "updated" this guide is.

Best,

Eric

[cardinalcollector]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Let's see if the T206 Titus listing has been adjusted upwards to reflect recent sale prices. That would be (at the very least) a first indicator of how "updated" this guide is.

Best,

Eric

Eric, the T206 Titus is listed as VG: $55, Ex: $135, NM: $550 as are all the "common" T206s.

I got my catalog a few days ago, if anybody else needs a price looked up, let me know. Randy

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Let's see if the T206 Titus listing has been adjusted upwards to reflect recent sale prices. That would be (at the very least) a first indicator of how "updated" this guide is.

Best,

Eric

My experience is limited to the 1995 and 2007 editions, but IMHO, the listed prices have never been up to date with actual sales.

Happy collecting,

Larry

[Bosox Blair]

Useless to anyone who has internet...oh, everyone!

Cheers,
Blair

[rdwyer]

Like ALR-bishop said, you can contact Tom Bartsch (Tom.Bartsch@fwcommunity.com) to recommend changes. He'll also send you the electronic version via email, if you want one. Sorry, I was a little slow getting back to him.

[ALR-bishop]

Folks who have managed to get a new variation listed in SCD or Beckett, especially if it then ends up in the PSA registry lists, often see such cards soar in value since then every master set collector has to have it.

[ethicsprof]

sadly, this once quite prized volume for all vintage baseball card collectors has
lost its credibility as an up-to-date resource for some time now. I do use one that is a several years old once in a while for perusal and it does the job of helping a bit with rejuvenating memory. iMHO

all the best,
barry

[buymycards]

I have a PC, a laptop, a blackberry, a kindle fire, and a smart phone, and I love all of them, but nothing compares to having the Standard Catalog in my hand and leafing through the pages.

I hope they keep publishing the catalog in spite of it's many flaws.

Rick

[Runscott]

It's great that it's still available for purchase, but I'm waiting for an overhaul before buying another one. I haven't consulted mine in three years and don't even know where it is - the internet has sufficed.

[brian1961]

Tom Bartsch is doing a courageous job trying to handle a vast number of responsibilities that once were parsed out to a substantial staff at Krause Publications, now F & W Media. Literally think of a dozen-instrument one-man band. He is in actuality not alone, but the word "literally" is so close to the truth it makes me wince.

The sheer amount of time it takes to list new additions with an accompanying photo to the Cat, as well as try to make reasonably accurate changes to the values is a Herculean task at the least. The time finally came for Mr. Lemke to retire from it, and the job was shoved in Tom's face by corporate----and you think you've got troubles?

As someone else mentioned, I am one who's had success contacting Tom to update the value of a card, not with opinions, but actual sales figures. He thanked me and gave me the impression he not only agreed but would update the Cat. The correct email address for Tom Bartsch is: tom.bartsch@fwmedia.com

It isn't really demanding too much of yourself to do some of the research and make a concise contribution, for no remuneration whatsoever, if you see a glaring, inaccurate valuation---up or down.

You want your hobby to continue to thrive? Then DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF JUST GRIPE ABOUT HOW BIG SCD USED TO BE, OR THAT THE CATALOG IS REALLY BEHIND THE TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To paraphrase a well-known urgent challenge of President Kennedy:

And so my fellow collectors, ask NOT what your hobby can do for you, ask what you can do for your hobby.

That's one of the reasons I wrote my book on post-war regional/food issues. To contribute something to the hobby, rather than wait half a lifetime for someone else to write such a book. And I didn't write just about items I have, either! Of the twenty chapters, I only own 0-3 cards of well over half the sets discussed. It has seemed easier to write the book than get a publisher interested in actually publishing it. That says something "rotten in Denmark" about what the print industry thinks of our once-booming hobby.

So, ponder the matter of what you could do to help our hobby, and yourself at the same time.

---Brian Powell