Dmitri Young collection on CD

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Just as I was posting in another thread about how much I was hoping that big-time collectors would SHARE their collections with everyone else via the internet...

I see where Dmitri Young is SELLING people the ability to see his collection.

http://www.globalauthentication.net/dyoungcd/dycollection.asp



I doubt he needs the money... so I wonder why he doesn't just put up a website and let everyone see his collection for free?

He obviously doesn't care that people know who the owner is.

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Posted By: Josh K.

My card collection on CD will be in stores in time for Christmas - please dont forget to buy one for your loved ones.

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Posted By: Bryan Long

I'm sure that some will buy this CD. I don't see how anyone would buy this CD to look at someone else's cards when you can just come to Net54 and look at all the wonderful cards that exist within the net walls. Someone with too much money to spare I guess.

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Posted By: Robert

Someone would have to be an absolute idiot to buy something like that...they don't even go into detail on what is on the CD.

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Posted By: leon

I don't know who Dmitri Young is, I guess I should, but I am not paying money to see anyone's collection. I guess we could all put our respective collections on cd and charge for them....but not sure that is in good hobby "spirit".....I think our little websites with our cards, and mine is woefully out of date, is fine. I enjoy sharing not "charging" to share.......

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Posted By: DJ

This is simply amazing to me for some reason.

I talked to Dmitri several years ago about baseball cards and he was telling me how he had just paid "Big Bucks" for a Pete Rose rookie and he was working on a "Mint" Willie Mays. I can understand if the CD had music on it as many player's like Jack McDowell and Bronson Arroyo try to live out their musical fantasies but to gauk at another's person's collection via a CD is amazing to me.

The guy makes like $30K a day, is this necessary?

Don't give Hal any ideas!

DJ

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Posted By: Alan

I agree with everyone. Crazy !!!

However, is this worth it ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1887-1914-Over-3-000-Early-Baseball-Cards-Images-on-CD_W0QQitemZ5226605524QQcategoryZ26362QQssPageName ZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: Max Weder

I suspect many of the images on the ebay cds of this type have been taking from the American Memories site at the Library of Congress, all of which are available for free, even in high res tiff format.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbhome.html

Max

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Leon:

Dmitri Young plays for the Tigers.

You wouldn't know him since he started playing AFTER 1921.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Dmitri is a great guy and has an awesome collection of high-end cards. I know he is close to Baker and Rocchi. Sounds like something that GAI is making money on, not Dmitri.

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Posted By: John

I just tried to log onto Hal’s website and there’s an $8 admission charge or I can buy a one year pass for $39.99 anyone know anything about this?

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Baby steps. These are just baby steps.

Soon I can recoup the cost of my Wagner if everyone in North America logs on.

(he's kidding, folks)

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Posted By: Chris Mc

On Hal's first post there is a web page, on that web page there is a link to contact Mr. young directly. I will e-mail him and see what he has to say and maybe the rest of the board can do the same and throw a little " shame on you", his way.

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Posted By: Chris Mc

Hi, being a rare card collector I think it is a shame to offer a cd of your cards to sell for viewing . I make far less than you and I am happy to share my collection with others. I am not alone in this regard.
Sincerely, James McAlister

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Posted By: DJ

I sent Dmitri a friendly e-mail this afternoon. Being an AOL'er as well, he read but no response. Good luck if you guys get one.

DJ

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

dat, dat boy is smokin too much WEED !!!

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Posted By: Peter Spaeth

Given where the link goes, it seems to me complaints if any should be directed to GAI. I very much doubt Dmitri Young views this as a money making venture.

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Posted By: Peter Spaeth

"dat, dat boy is smokin too much WEED !!!...."

Would someone care to explain this to me? Is it a movie reference I should have picked up on?

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Posted By: Bottom of the Ninth

I certainly hope it is from a movie as I was taken aback when I read it. Dan? Anyone?

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

not that hard......someone is smokin something to charge to look at someone collection. Didnt know this statement would be so touching.

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Posted By: Peter Spaeth

Maybe people like me and Greg who live on the coasts are just too sensitive to phrases like "dat boy" used in reference to an African-American.

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

I guess PETER!!!!!.........that Iam not up to your level of slang intellegence !

My hillbilly West Virginian Uncle Steve always said "dat boy".....does this mean that my mothers brother is African AM.?......that is his way of talk....

Flint is a town of mostly black and I do not insult anyones RACE !!!

I also have used "dat" in other posts refering TO baseball cards,so...if you are going to throw me to the wolves personally , you email me FIRST !!!!


and it is Greg and I.

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Posted By: Peter Spaeth

Not throwing anyone to the wolves or saying you intended it that way, but surely you can see how it could be misinterpreted. EDITED TO ADD And "Greg and me" is right, object of "like" not subject of sentence. You wouldn't say "Smart like I" would you?

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Posted By: John

Hey Peter and Greg give it a rest. Taken aback come on guys, I didn’t read anything into it that seemed like Dan was being anti-black towards anyone at all.

Lighten up, or go to a rally, enjoy some soymilk and discuss this horrible thing that occurred here with Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon I’m sure their looking for a new cause of some sort.

My nizzels are getting too sensidizzel, on the network 54 afizzel you dizzel?

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Posted By: leon

It's real easy to get offended behind a keyboard so let's be careful. I know I speak (or is it "talk") to Dan K regularly and can safely say he writes like he speaks. I am positive there were no bad connotations meant. It ain't that big a deal.....and I still think buying a cd of 145 cards to look at is stupid.... it's probably just a PR move by GAI....good or bad.....regards

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

that is more hilarious then I dunno what !.....thanks for that !

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Posted By: John

No problem “G” I gots my vintage card homies back, those fools straight tried to roll up on you! Joey O he’s from the streets he don’t play dat! Cant we all just get along?

First Shug Knight then this….What are we to do? My posse is here for you Dan, don’t let their size fool you these boys are hard!

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Posted By: Wesley

I talk to Dan occasionally about cards and about other things. I am 100% certain Dan did not mean to insult any group of people.

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Posted By: Peter_Spaeth

To repeat my point because you people obviously missed it, I have no basis to think Dan INTENDED the comment as anything remotely racist. My point is that the word "boy" has a long history of being used in a derogatory (to put it mildly) fashion towards African-American males and I for one would not use it, particularly in a public forum and in combination with the word "dat," to refer to an African-American male because it might be MISCONSTRUED. I am sure that was Greg's point as well, although he can speak for himself. And now I will go "lighten up" and go back to my conference call with Susan Sarandon and Jane Fonda.

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Posted By: Wesley

What do you mean "you people"?

Would you have used that phrase if it were not for my surname? I'm offended.

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Posted By: tbob

Personally, I am offended more by the comment that since Peter is "from the coast" he is more racially sensitive to terms. Man oh man, talk about a mouthful. Does that make everyone from the South automatically less sensitive, aka a bigot? When I was in Vegas last year, I spoke to several Blacks/African-Americans, from cabdrivers to people who worked in casinos to fellow ticketholders at concerts and to a man (or woman) once they found out I was from Arkansas they raved about Clinton (native born Arkie) and said he was "their man" and "the first Black president."
Being from the coast doesn't give anyone a leg-up on racial sensitivity.
My 2 cents.
TBob

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Posted By: Peter_Spaeth

Tbob I could not agree with you more. It was an attempt at humor (playing off a stereotype) but I guess it fell flat.

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

Iam truly sittin here rollin, horribly funny.

Now to think that the word "dink" was used first ,who might that upset?

The Italians , DeNiro says "I dink" often in those movies.

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Posted By: Greg Ecklund

I am highly offended by your "dink" comment - I am reading this as I eat my spaghetti and meatballs and listen to my Sinatra CD collection, and I no longer have an appetite. I'm so upset that I may not be able to watch the Godfather later...maybe I'll feel better if I go whack someone.

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

oh man, fagit about it, the card you sold me ....I knew it was a "FUGAZI"!

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Posted By: Greg Ecklund

Some people are just a bit sensitive and tend to read things in the worst possible context...better to save outrage for when it really counts - otherwise it becomes like the boy who cried wolf.

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Posted By: Wesley

You said boy.

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

oh Wes, that was the quickest Ive laughed on a 3 word liner in my life.

MY stomach bloated , I snorked , cut one , my dogs think that somethings wrong with me now...

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Posted By: cn

The racist comments posted especially by Peter are unaceppetable and especially hurtful to some. Remember Afro-americans were basically shut out of big leaugue ball until 1947 and this is a vintage card board. Lets be a little sensitive since what we collect bascally does not include any afro-americans. Let's hope that most of the people that monitor this board take a moment to realize the horrible discrimation these players endured.

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Posted By: warshawlaw

As penance for this string all of the participants are sentenced to watch "Do The Right Thing" over and over until they puke.

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Posted By: cn

I misconstrued Peter's comments and I apologize for my former post which mentioned him. I did not mean to attack him I just feel strongly about racism and placed blame on someone who is totally blameless.

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Posted By: Peter_Spaeth

Thanks. I feel strongly about it too, as you can see. On an unrelated subject, that "mets86" ID warms my heart as a Sox fan from Boston.

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Posted By: leon

Please don't start any stuff with anyone by the inuendo's you make....thanks.....leon

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Posted By: Scott Elkins

I know I will be at the National next year now Leon. I will be the one in the wheelchair wearing the Army Helmet and American Flag as a diaper at the show!

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Posted By: leon

I consider you a card collecting buddy and good guy....but you know what you said and about whom you said it.....I really don't want old fights started on the board. That's all....thanks man

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Posted By: pete

$7 for shipping/handling ?? arent cd's considered "media mail" ?? it only cost about 2 cents for the cd, 15 cents for the bubble mailer and about $1.06 to mail...he must be an ebay seller too!