Sports Card Publications

[ALR-bishop]

Hey Brian--I still subscribe to SCD...and I am older than you . They have some very good articles from time to time. I especially like those by George Vrechek, another variation guy . Olbermann has had a great series in SCD on Topps proofs and an article on the 3 D set. And Carlton Miller's recent article on the 68 3D set was great.

I save those articles related to sets I have and put them in their associated binders. But I am glad most are also available on line these days for easy access and sending them to others.

The blogs by Dave Hornish and Bob Lemke , who both post here, are great hobby resources, and widely used. The Fleer Sticker Blog project is also great resource if you are a Fleer collector


Heck, I still get three newspapers every day, even though I know most folks now get their news on line.

Darren's article/guide would be a great hobby resource and hopefully SCD and or other publications will help get it out there and on line as well. I put together my 62 set, including the green tints, years ago, but remember it as a slow slog. Darren's guide would be a big advantage to both collector's and grading companies. I have used his several posts of portions of it here to double check my own set

[Leon]

I would skip the SCD and go to Lyman at OldCardboard. They still do a good vintage magazine and are always looking for good research articles. Good luck.

[Volod]

If the goal is to find the largest audience, I think Jason makes a good point about the ephemeral nature of print articles versus a blog. It also seems that the cloak of "authoritativeness" that attaches to publication, as opposed to the more open and accessible quality of a webpage, is diminishing each year with the changing attitudes of the public. Hell, a decade or two from now, all mass communication might be electronic, and most of it might be limited to audio because the masses find reading and writing tiresome and antiquated.

[ALR-bishop]

Can not argue with any of this, but these are variations, and if you want variations officially recognized in the hobby today from a value standpoint it helps if they are listed in SCD, Beckett or The Registry, and the Registry seems to take it's cue from SCD and Beckets....for good or bad. Whatever it's readership ( many of it's articles are on line), it is still a good venue for an article like this. But if they won't move on it, I agree Darren needs another avenue to get it out there