Bob Lemke was a distinctly different individual. Meticulous. Patient. Intelligent. Trustworthy.
And it is going to take a similarly special person to create an updated version of the Standard Catalog.
I communicated with Bob about a few corrections I had, one was changing the Lelivelt card from Jack Lelivelt to William Lelivelt, they were brothers. When I discussed some cards he had that he wanted to see in person, that meant I had to package my treasured Green Joyce card and mail it to him. He mailed it back. And after that, I was good with mailing him other cards for him to see. I'm sure others of you did that with him, or you got to meet him in person. I mention this because of what has been previously mentioned about not just trusting an email with a digital image that someone sends.
I'd like to see an updated Standard Catalog. Could this board do it? Could we commit to prepurchase catalogs to raise money for remunerations for an editor or editorial team? It would be a long term project... but then it's not like anyone is printing new Old Judges, Collins-McCarthy's, Nadja's, or T cards to be considered.
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