Is Anyone Updating the SCD Card Catalog?

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Leon

I politely disagree about needing pricing.

I agree with what Adam said (hey Adam). We have enough pricing tools already. Prices can change quickly so anything printed will be out of date when it leaves the printer.
How are you going to price a card like this one below, which needs to be added if this project ever gets started? What we need is to add things to the catalog, imo. Burdick did it with his Card Collectors Bulletins and always considered his ACC as a work in progress. Full speed ahead!! (who's driving?) And of course, Burdick never liked the value aspect of cards, which is why he listed them low. He didn't want to see the hobby become what it has .

That being said, who said this has to be a for-profit project?

Leon, if this is not done as a for profit project, eventually there will be less people involved. And yes I get this board is good for not needing prices but I'm thinking of, ahem, a wider audience.

If you want to do a project for people of this board it's fine to think of updating a catalog this way. If you want a greater reach, you got to have prices at least as a baseline. Having actually, you know, worked for such an outfit, trust me when I say, pricing is what makes things go better. And that's why it's called a catalog. I guarantee you the #1 question you will get from anyone not active on this board will be: "What is this worth" and to have a baseline is a great start.

[Shankweather]

Y'all need to crowdfund this thing. If Leon, Al, and Rich are on board it'll get support.

[rjackson44]

Would love to see a 2024 edition why not. My 2011 will never part with. Just too much info i enjoy reading . Just saying

[steve B]

Sort of had this debate in a different hobby over a decade ago.

Small branch of a bigger hobby, club put out a monthly newslatter/magazine.
One of the leaders was very into computerizing everything.

Not that that was bad, his electronic catalogs included album page software so you could arrange a catalog as you wanted it. And they do small catalogs for super specialized stuff.

But they wanted to make the newsletter electronic only. "Oh, it costs too much to print and mail" - Yeah, that's what I'm paying the yearly dues for.
"It will be better electronically." Ummmm..... how? More actual content? (The print one was sometimes not much more than recaps of meetings and a scoreboard of sorts as to who had how many of the primary finite "set"

I wrote a letter they published about how I learned most of what I know from buying a nearly complete run of newsletters. And that while most people think the internet is forever, it's more ephemeral than most things.
And the main point, that if it's worth knowing it's worth committing to print.

They went electronic, with even less content than before... and I sort of drifted away from that niche. Still get some, as they come my way and are usually super cheap (sub $1 )

[butchie_t]

I now own the 2011 edition of the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards.

I will, strike that, must wear safety shoes whenever I bring this book out for referencing any card I wish to look for from here on out.

I will also need to ensure I use both hands and freaking lift with my back when I pull it off of my bookshelf to use. Due to weigh imbalance concerns, this tome will reside on the bottom shelf. Thus assuring an earthquake proof bookcase if nothing else.

I'm also considering a safety lift for this thing too.

Thank you gentleman for the advise.

Regards,

Butch T.