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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>I saw Bob Lemke's name on another thread, and just wanted to say "Welcome Back." I hope you are here to stay and share your knowledge with us, and can let us know how you've been doing in your post-SCD life.

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Hey Bob,<br /><br />If you're still checking this site out, what are you doing nowadays??? Where are you working?<br /><br /><br />Frank.

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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>He still works for Krause doesn't he??? I thought I read that he was moving to another collectible that they cover? Maybe I'm misremembering in my old age.

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Posted By: <b>Bob Lemke</b><p>I hadn't realized that the details of my current situation had not been adequately promulgated on this forum. After more than 32 years, I left Krause (now F+W, tomorrow ?) on May 1, 2006. I joined Whitman Publishing Co., Atlanta (for many years headquarterd in Racine, Wis.), a subsidiary of Anderson Press, Florence, Ala.<br />You may know Whitman best for its #1 worldwide best-seller of all time, A Guide Book of United States Coins by R.S. Yeoman (the "Red Book".) I am editor of Whitman World Publications (books). Primarily I compile world coin reference catalogs/price guides. I remain in Iola, Wis., in a one-man editorial office. <br />While my mobility is even more limited than in the past, I hope to get onto the coin show circuit a bit more often in the future.<br /><br />My baseball card hobby involvement is very limited these days. I'm mostly an observer, trying to make time on my coffee breaks, lunchtime and weekends to keep current with the vintage bbc world via this forum. My real hobby these days is creating my own baseball and football cards. I have a site on Photobucket with most of my custom creations pictured; you can access them by typing goldflamedpt into the search, and it will ask you if you meant user name. I have "albums" there for my 1955 Topps-style college football cards, misc. football cards and baseball card creations. Much more to come.<br /><br />I do not miss the responsibility of being the principal author of the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards. In reality, I do miss the actual compilation of new listings for vintage issues, and updating -- often on the basis of what this forum comes up with -- existing listings. For instance, I belive if I was still editing the book, I'd pull the Ty Cobb Tobacco card out of T206 and give it it's own listing. But I don't miss the pressures of trying to maintain the quality of the book in the face of ever-more restrictive dictates from a bottom line-squeezing management. <br /><br />I'll keep lurking here, and try to pitch in when I have something germane to contribute. It was a struggle to keep from contributing to the recent Lew Lipset thread; I've never been banned from his auctions, but when I was publisher at SCD, I did ban HIM from advertising . . . and Bill Heitman, too. Long stories for another time.<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Bob- I have a near complete run of R.S. Yeoman's Redbooks that go back to 1957. These were my actual childhood copies. Isn't it one of the best selling books in the history of publishing? ...Oh you mentioned it in your thread- it is the best selling book. Sorry.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>All the best in your current business role. We always appreciated the Krause Big Book additions you made and the contributions you made to this board...Both will be missing something without you.....I hope you continue to lurk and do chime in from time to time.........warmest regards

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Bob,<br />Have you found some new evidence that would justify changing the designation of the Cobb back?<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Bob, it's good to hear from you. I hope everything goes well with your new job.<br />Bob M.

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Posted By: <b>Richard Dwyer</b><p>My first suggestion for the Red book would be that they put it on a cd-rom and make it searchable. I would pay more than the book for this option.

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The Red Book was part of my childhood. I even remember the Blue Book- that was the one dealers were supposed to use to determine what to pay for a coin for resale.

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Posted By: <b>andy becker</b><p>hi bob,<br />i too wish you nothing but the best in your new career.<br /><br />your topps all american lou gehrig is, and always will be, one of my favorite cards. <br /><br />best regards<br />andy becker

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>I would like to wish you great success with your new adventure.<br /><br />And Bob, I still have fond memories of all the support and encouragement you provided me regarding all my BB<br /> and FB articles on the 1948 thru 1953 Bowman cards that you published in the early 1980's in your BASEBALL<br /> CARDS Magazine and SCD.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />TED Z

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Posted By: <b>Mark Evans</b><p>Mr. Lemke-- The '55 Topps cards are classics, especially Jack Kennedy and the Stooges. Mark