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Judge Dred (Fred)IF the big 3 grading services wont do this and SCD can't do this (limited resources) then a collaborative effort by many collectors would be the key. Dave said he's accumulated a lot of data of pre-1916 and mentioned that it's almost a full time job in itself. When you add in all of the Goudeys and other common issues of the 30's and early 40's then it will be a challenge and obviously something that must be done my several people.
The information would be interesting to see, call the effort CARD (Collectors Accumulated Resource Data) or something to that affect. The only question is what will it evolve into in the future? Will it become a collectors price guide service that can be widely distributed? Will it become another Beckett Guide? Are there enough vintage collectors to support such an effort? Initially, the information will intrigue.