2010 Wishes
 

Now we have had the chance to review your favorite pick ups during 2009,
or even the last decade (in the memorabilia section, what five cards would like to add to your collection in 2010

Our list includes high grade examples of the following

Lections
Yum Yum (player photo)
T 208
T 209 Four Color- PSA 7 or higher
T 216

For good measure
a few more 1954 Wilson Franks in PSA 8
1958 PSA 8 Ryne Duren (only Yankee we need)

What's on your shopping list for next year?


Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
bdorskind@dorskindgroup.com

Bruce,

I'm changing my buying pattern for next year; I'd be happy to pick up one or two higher-priced items rather than a pile of lower-priced ones. Accordingly, I'm saving my pennies for the National in Baltimore, in hopes of picking up either a W600 or E107 Washington player. (Maybe both, if things go well.)

Bill

Is it my imagination, or does this look just like an America's Toughest Want List buy ad? (hi Bruce:))

Since I moved from Connecticut to Tennessee 4 years ago, I have found nothing of interest. For 2010 I'm just hopeing that something good shows up at an auction or flea market here. It would be nice to actually hold a real find in my hands. Frank

2010 Wishes
 

Nice mid grade T3's of Matty and Cobb.

PS. And Bruce, your team got one of my favortie players in Granderson. Hope the trade works out for both teams. Sorry to misdirect the thread.

Death threat sent via personal email.

I'm in an elite group...I have death threat immunity.

easy list
 

I would like to get a D351 (C'mon Dan, I gotta have something ya want?) and a D355 in 2010. Those are easy wishes and I am sure they will come through :).

edited to add...and Dan, not a card I only have one of (read WT) and/or can't replace.

2010
 

a zeenut with a coupon attached.
happy holidays from the guzze's

Anything contemporary of:

1. George Wright
2. Oscar Charleston
3. Cristobal Torriente
4. Andy Cooper
5. Biz Mackey
6. Josh Gibson

Even one would be nice!:(

I'd be happy with a 1934 Goudey #37.

wish list for 2010
 

1. E107 Frank "Noodles" Hahn
2. M116 Tulley Sparks
3. E145 James Erskine Mayer
4. E135 Claude "Lefty" Williams
5. E254 George McConnell

all for under $100 apiece:rolleyes:

The 1914 Beltzer's Nebraska Indians postcard that's listed in my sig file.

That should be easy enough shouldn't it?

2010 Wishes
 

Cards I need for the sets I am working on.

1) T206 Boston Nationals (Currently at 75 of 174)

2) E90-1 Boston Nationals (Sweeney, Ritchie, Shean)

3) N300 Boston (Ganzel, Long, McCarthy, Nichols)

Jim VB Never Gives Up
 

We find that the child-like, idiotic posts of JimVB to be a waste of space.
Whilst we believe the planet would be a far better place without his existence, we have never issued a threat to anyone.

It is time for JimVB to give up.

Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List

A Covaleski Zeenut or a '15 Heilmann Zeenut would make my year.

2010
 

I hope to pick up the following in 2010:

1)Either Mathewson T206 in V/G condition or better

2)Any Cobb T206 in V/G condition or better

3)Speaker T206 in V/G condition or better

Actually,there is A LOT more on my wish/want list,but these would be the ultimate...........:)

I beg to differ with you. And I bet several other board members do also.
Your email threat to me was on 04/17/09. Check your records.


It is so difficult to be taken seriously in the hobby, when you have, on multiple occasions, made threats to people who may disagree with you on a given issue.


I keep "you" as a running joke, Bruce, because you have made yourself one. I will stop mentioning it when you stop making pompous posts about your collection and collecting habits.


It's amusing, and kind of sad, that you don't realize that everyone else is laughing at you.

Jim VB Never Gives Up
 

If we were concerned that fools like you and your friends were laughing at us, we would never built several multi-million dollar business, graduated Magna cum Laude from an Ivy League university or developed one of the most extraordinary baseball memorabila collections extant

Laugh all you want... We'll laugh all the way to the bank and have a big smile
when you laughing fools are history.

As the infamous movie line goes

Frankly, we don't give a damm

Why do I have a picture of a short, fat, bald guy, wearing boxers and black socks, rolling around on his bed surrounded by slabs?

Can't shake it.

With all that going for you I don't understand why you persist in making enemies in what is essentially just a hobby.

Rare cards of any Brooklyn player for me!

Jim VB Never Gives Up
 

Jim

The short fat guy lying in bed with slabs is someone you should
recognize.

He has been your boyfriend for the past 5 Years.
Once an ass, always an ass



Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List

Okay everyone, how about we take a time out?

My top 5 list (all low grade):

1. PC742-1 Jake Stahl
2. Lou Gertenrich (Red Sox example)
3. Witmor Candy (Red Sox example)
4. 3-4 N172 teams I don't have
5. E94 Cicotte

I'm done Barry.

Was someone saying this board is tame compared to the old Full Count one just yesterday? :confused::confused:

Peace on Earth, Good Will to All
 

2010 Wish List
The last cards you need are the toughest. (DUH!)
1. WWG Ice Kings: Thompson & Chabot (last 2)
2. Mutoscope Follies: Double Trouble (last 1)
3. 1910-11 Obak Vancouver & Victoria players (need 7)
4. T209-1 Contentnea Color series (need 4)
5. Threat from the Dorskind Death Panel, Jas. Spence LOA

Want to buy mine?

Dan

Funniest line I've read on Net 54 in a month.

1915 Zeenut McMullin with tab

Bruce, as I've said before if you can't be man enough to say the same things in this forum that you send me in emails or PM's then keep your racist trash out of my inbox.

I in no way want to insert myself into this situation, argument, or whatever you might call it but the fact that someone is worried about racism online, especially a hobby board worries me. Elitism is a problem; to those who need to feel better: most people truly don't care about others who attempt to "show off" and prove their "superiority" through their material possessions. Can't we all just get along? As cliche as it sounds this is a place to talk about the hobby and enjoy ourselves, not to be racist and hatred to those you do not even know. I am a 17 year old and seem to know better than some on this board, who are relentless in their worthless causes. Whatever this argument is, no one will actually "win" except the website and community as a whole when it comes to an end. I am not calling out anyone in specific and have no grudges because I do not know the details of the argument. Despite this, I can tell that there is a problem and it bothers me that it is getting in the way of hobby conversation and cluttering the boards.

To whoever you are and whoever you may be in the future, grow up, this is no place to prove you are better, stronger, richer, tougher, etc. than someone else.

Thanks all.

Happy Chanukah (I'm celebrating!), Christmas, Kwanza, and holiday season to all!!

Seth

Dan, did you get one of these friendly emails in the last hour?

1. The missing color variations I need in the E94
2. 1911 Zeenuts Arlett, Fullerton, Halla, Heitmuller, Lindsay, Ryan SF, Smith SF.
3. E98 red background Cobb
4. T205 Hoblitzell no stats on back
5. A DVD of "It's A Wonderful Life" to be forwarded to the board member (for immediate viewing) who doesn't believe that George Bailey is truly the richest man in town, even though many others have more money :D

Yep. One wonders what the message would have read if my interests lied in collecting the Negro Leagues or Jewish players??

David,

I'd suggest that you should contain your collecting interests to the ultra rare stuff. This last item is far too common for a collection as fine as yours.

Seth,don't let these things bother you-stay focused on your goals,you have a nice collection going.
JimVB-I happen to like your post's,I don't know you,but you are always here,and I like what you have to say:D
I am not an Ivy League graduate,but I thought damn was spelled d-a-m-n,not damm...........:D

For 2010, I hope that Bruce stops posting such arrogant, inflammatory threads and, if he can't, just stop posting altogether.

Has Dan Lost His Scalp?
 

Once again Dan is drawing an improper conclusion.

We instructed him to stop lying about us We also suggested that there are
some Nebraska Indians who might be interested in his scalp.
That is hardly racism. Rather it is appropriate response to his commentary

The truth is that we have one of the best Negro League collections
in the country. We have donated several pieces to the Negro League museum and plan to leave our Negro League collection to that museum

We don't see why a baseball card post gravitates to this low level of
stupidity. It is clearly the work of a group of irrelevant folks with nothing better to do.

If the posts stick to baseball, then we will share our knowledge.
If they attack for no reason other than hate, you can be assured that we will respond in kind.

Bruce

Stop posting your arrogant crap and maybe these posts wouldn't devolve the way they do. They do you a great disservice and I'm not sure why you continue the way you do. Google "Bruce Dorskind" and I'm sure you'll find the third entry to be quite embarrassing. For all eternity on the internet when someone googles your name they are not going to find "Ivy league graduate" or "one of the finest collections of baseball memorabilia extant", they're going to see that NY Daily News blog post and think "Wow! That Bruce Dorskind sure was a sociopath". Congratulations.

My top 5 would be
T206 Luther Taylor Carolina Brights, Drum, Broadleaf, American Beauty
E91 Luther Taylor
C46 Luther Taylor
1905 Fan Craze Taylor
Taylor photo W600, 1905 Rotograph, 1908 Rose

2010, I am going Taylor craze :)

Dan
 

We have picked up a great deal of new business in the last
three months. We're quite sure that said, many new clients Googled us

In fact two of them asked about the Daily News post.

We told them it was an appropriate response to several idiots
whose very presence was a waste of oxygen.

Go back to reservation where you where you and family belong.

We are done with you and responding to a post that simply asked what was on your wish list for 2010.

Bruce- your posts are crossing the line to what is acceptable. Please tone it down (and no private emails, thank you).

Hope for
More E94's, an Honus Wagner.
Also hope what I consigned to REA does well.

Good morning Barry
 

Barry

Whilst we respect your opinion, in this cae we disagree.

Jim VB's comment about some shot fat guy was uncalled four
and we responded in a very direct method which speaks for itself

If you recall, the post was about a wish. not a want list- i.e. we issued
a disclaimer.... In fact we picked up one item from another board
member from this "wish list."

As for Dan, regardless of what we post. his insecurity, low self esteem and
narcissism is often reflected in his commentary. Accordingly, we hit back where we know it will hurt him the most.

All of our posts begin with a comment or a discussion about baseball cards or baseball memorabilia. If someone does not care for our writing style or
views on items or collectors, that is their right.

However, when said person decides to issue personal attacks, we will respond. If they fire an arrow- we will return it with a missile.

We have been an active collector since 1975. We have spent a great deal of money, and undertaken significant research. On four different occasions our
collection has been loaned to museums and it has appeared in four different books.

We never had an issue with anyone or a bad experience more than once.
This hobby, like any hobby, has its share of personalities. Some you enjoy and others you despise.

Our interest is rare ultra high grade baseball cards and memorabilia. We have used America's Toughest Want since 1980. And we choose to write in the second person...if that bothers someone, so be it.

With all the enemies that Dan and JImVB indicate that we have, we have still been able to purchase over $25,000 in rare cards from active board
members since Labor Day. We guess that there is a group that does not care for us. some who like us, and majority pay no attention.

With that said best wishes to Judy and you for the holidays.

Your friend


Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List

Bruce- any negative comments by Jim VB, Dan, or others are an accumulation of bad feelings that have gone on between you and them, and are not precipitated by just a single comment. It does seem that every time you post you do it in a way that is only going to lead to this kind of fighting.

I also want to add that comments directed at Dan such as "there is a Nebraska Indian interested in your scalp" and "go back to your reservation" are extremely racist and have no place in any form of social discourse. Again, I am asking you to tone down your comments. Thank you.

And thanks for the holiday wishes. Holidays are a good time to be a little more compassionate.

I Hope, I Hope, I Hope...
 

After plugging one significant hole in my Old Judge collection (Alcott - Mansfields) this year, in 2010 I'd love to get any or all of these:

Frank Hankinson
William "Buster" Hoover
James Tyng
Ed Williamson and mascot

Re: 2010 Wishes
 

Bruce,

Besides a few miscellaneous cards I'd like to add to my collection
(ie T205 Joss, a few 1933 Goudey HOFers, 1934 Gehrig, etc.), my
collecting goals are undetermined. Having not bought any cards
in almost a year, I feel I'm wandering aimlessly without any goal
or mission in mind.

I'm pretty sure starting in early 2010 I should have some disposable
income so as to work on my collecting again. To the board in
general, any suggestions?

Getting back to cards
 

Would wish to finish off a few sets:
1)1923-24 Exhibits - only Ruth and Gonzales left
2)E96 - only David and Mack left
3)R314 Borderless - only Almada left
4)R314 - No Litho - only Appling, Chapman/Werber, Simmons and Trosky left
5)R303-B - only Foxx left in sepia
6)Orbit gum pins (unnumbered) - only Earnshaw and Stephenson left
7)E121 - Series of 80 - need about 20

Happy Holidays to All!

2010 Wishes
 

Maybe Archive can stop by and mediate lest anyone be misquoted.

In 2010 I would like to find the following:

1. '23-'24 Exhibit Jim Bottomley
2. E98 Jack Coombs - red
3. 1959 Bazooka Ken Boyer (sorry)
4. 1921 Roger Peckinpaugh Exhibit
5. E125 Eddie Plank/Frank Baker

Happy Holidays.

In your dreams. Bruce, it's high time you put your money where your mouth is. You've been spouting this particular line for so long you probably have even yourself believing it.

You work out of your tiny apartment. You have no office, no staff (some "Group"!). You don't even have a website. Hell, "The Dorskind Group" is not even listed in the Manhattan directory!

Sez who?

I'm calling you out, Bruce. You have a distinct choice. You can reply with your usual name-calling, in which you direct everyone to RateYourProfessor.com, or you can provide some tangible proof of your business success.

Either back up your bluster, or, please, can the crap.

Well put Seth. Stop the babyish bickering and just talk about cards, that's why we are all here in the first place.

David,

It's not worth it. Don't dredge up old fights. I've probably had two other disputes with Bruce since this one.


To Bruce I would add:

You said: "And we choose to write in the second person...if that bothers someone, so be it."

No. You don't write in the second person. Writing in the second person DOESN'T mean that you pretend there is another person there with you. You write in the first person plural. That's very different (and weird.)


I thought they taught that kind of stuff at first rate, Ivy League, schools. :)

It's "weird" Jim. Thank you.:)

a preference
 

I rarely ask folks to say, or not say, anything on the board. That being said I don't think it was necessary to bring back an argumentative thread from 3 weeks ago. Just my 2.5 cents.....

You're right, Leon. Not a good way to start the new year.
I apologize, and my resolution is to hold my tongue.

For 2010, I've decided to switch over from the 206's and focus more on the 213's - 20/80% split; I dunno, something about the 213's I find more attractive than the 206's (maybe it's a Southern thing...)

Also, I wish in 2010 the back and forth "love" banter to continue on this board - quite possibly the BEST male, "soap-opera" around. It certainly takes a little edge off of my work day when I read. Granted, 90% of the time, I'm at a complete loss when the arguments start (I get confused at trying to keep up with all the Joe's, Jim's, and John's - but it's fun!) and I have no idea what anyone is talking about :)

wish list
 

1. Finish up my '52 Topps with all variations that I know of (or hear of) that can be verified.
2.Love to see those books that have Bruce's collection in them........why do never see any posted pictures of these fabulous pick-ups? Anyone know what the books are?

2010 Wishes
 

I hope to keep moving forward with my website and collect boxing and baseball programs and add more in cards

Jimmy

Yea! Back to card talk!
 

My top 5 wants for the year would be: (All graded SGC only, 40-60)
1. M116 Hugh Duffy
2. T207 Doc White
3. T212 Obak 1911 Reddick
4. T212 Obak 1910 Raymer
5. Fan Craze Buck Freeman

.

Careful, man. They fight arrows with missiles.
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Barry - you forgot the comma.

Should be:

It's "weird," Jim.

Unless you think Jim is weird, which would be ok, I guess.

Sorry, couldn't resist :D

The comma should be outside of the quoutes.

"weird",

:D

Whatever way Barry types it is fine with us.


(He was, of course, correcting a spelling mistake, made by our "administrative assistant." We, immediately, corrected said mistake, and fired the assistant. That's our story and we're sticking to it.)


Sincerely,

The Jim VB Group

The comma should be outside of the quoutes.

Should be "quotes", Dan!

Strunk and White would beg to differ. Comma inside the quotes. However, they're dead, so I doubt they'll kick up a fuss.

I am looking it up and I believe that the comma should be inside the quotes.

Shame on you for correcting the person who corrected Barry!

Quotes doesn't have a second "u".
(Try saying "kick up a fuss" five times quickly).

Weird Jim

The comma should be inside the quotes.

I fixed your post for you Rob.

Thanks for pointing out the comma; I'm not sure but it might be acceptable either way, especially since Jim is weird and misspelled "weird" simultaneously (that was a joke:))

As far as placement of punctutation within quotations, at the end of a sentence one would put the quotes after the period. I honestly don't know how that applies in the middle of a sentence. It seems like it should be the same but I would have to look it up.

I see that Anthony has already looked it up, saving me the trouble. Thanks Anthony...because it sure seemed like a lot of work.

I can't wait until we get into the riveting discussion concerning writing styles using first, second, and third person points of view!


(For the record, whenever I get in these grammar/punctuation/usage jams, if I can't get an answer from Barry or Rob D., I ask my kids. You should have heard the rousing discussion we had while doing the annual family calendar! I wanted to know if it was "Mother's Day" or "Mothers' Day.")

Seems awfully wierd to me that punctuation goes inside of quotation marks. English is a second language to me.

It gets weirder. In England the convention is indeed to put the comma outside the quotation marks. Then again, Americans created the language in the first place, so we're right.

I forget many of these rules myself. I just wing it and hope nobody notices, because when I make a mistake it's big trouble...and Dan B. just misspelled "weird." This will never end.

I misspelled "weird" just for you Barry. :)

I did have to look up the quotations rule because I don't trust any of you. I normally consider myself a decent writer and am a bit embarrassed that I didn't know that, but I don't write for a living so I forgive myself. :)

Rule of thumb in etiquette and proper English usage:
If Amy Vanderbilt can jump out of a window you can do whatever the heck you please.

Barry,

As a moderator, Dan can see my spelling mistake, even after I have edited it. I have no doubt he did it wrong on purpose.