Best Hobby Story of 2012

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Black Swamp over the Wagner. The Wagner is what most people already supposed.
The Brooklyn Atlantics CDV is a good nominee, although the story has begun in 2012 and won't be decided until 2013.

Agree.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

The Black Swamp Find was indeed the find of a lifetime. It was overall a very positive story (except for those who were heavily invested in high-end E98's prior to that). In my opinion the way the public sale of the find was handled left a lot to be desired. For example, half of the cards of a given player should have been sent to SGC and the remaining half to PSA. This would have better suited the collecting base and arguably increased the value of the cards.

The Wagner story is one of many deplorably bad things that came out of the MastroNet scandal which ran the full gamut of everything that's wrong with the hobby: shill bidding, card doctoring, the lack of credibility of the third party grading, phony memorabilia and people brazenly lying to the public until they get caught red handed.

Obviously, PSA's reputation continues to plummet and they continue to alienate collectors who are leaving the hobby in droves due to the way they handle such nonsense and intensify the scorn of the remaining collectors with a series of highly suspicious bump-ups such as what came out of this 2012 thread:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=155402

[Matthew H]

BSF without question was the biggest hobby story in quite some time.

For me personally, though, the biggest story was the announcement that the Drier Collection was to be sold. I can't wait to see what's offered next! I've heard about their collection, but never really knew what they had.

[ullmandds]

Definitely BSF...great story/outcome for the family...great exposure for the hobby...game changer for how this set will/can be collected forever and ever!

[wolf441]

My vote is for the black mud puddle find. Got much less publicity than Black Swamp. 22 pristine cases of 1987 Topps Baseball

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by wolf441

My vote is for the black mud puddle find. Got much less publicity than Black Swamp. 22 pristine cases of 1987 Topps Baseball

Gee and I was gonna vote for "Bocabirdman joins Net 54"

[bcbgcbrcb]

Phil Garry changes collecting focus to the T206 set. Only 523 more to go, Zach Wheat was my first pick-up.