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Posted By: Grant Sandground

Guys,

Thanks for your feedback on our Graded Card Investor magazine. Good catch on the "Goudey RC thing". We added those tags over a year ago for a book we did on Rookie Cards where we had to try and figure out RC's for all the pre-1948 sets. Obviously, that's an area open for interpretation and we stuck to the guidelines that are more synonymous with post-WWII sets (nationwide distribution in wax packs, baseball-themed product etc.) and 1933 Goudey was pretty much the beginning of that format.

All of the RC tags really weren't intended beyond the "Utlimate RC" book project as the status for which cards are RC's for pre-WWII cards are typically left undefined. Most folks would likely consider Babe Ruth's RC to hail from the M101-4 and M101-5 issues but who's done the research to figure out all of the commons and minor stars? In any case, the RC tags were really not intended to appear in standard print publications such as GCI - they slipped under our radar while we were cramming like mad to make sure we had pricing up to snuff.

Again, thanks for the catch on the Goudey RC tags . . . we've gone back and cleared out RC tags for all pre-WWII issues in GCI. As to which cards are the standard, recognized RC's for pre-WWII superstars such as Ruth, Cobb and Wagner - it's a great topic to discuss . . . and could be a very cool article for GCI. Which pre-WWII sets are or are not "mainstream"? Do Cobb's RC's hail from the Dietsche Postcards set? Does anyone see a need to add RC tags to sets like T206?

Again, thanks to everyone for taking a look through our Graded Card Investor magazine. We're making our best effort to put out a print publication that benefits the collecting community and we hope you enjoy it.

We look forward to hearing your additional feedback so we can continue improving the content for forthcoming issues.

Thanks,
Grant Sandground
Beckett Media LP