Changing the Standard Catalo listing

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by rgpete

Thanks ALR-bishop for your reply I'm surprised Topps Vault don't have a few stashed somewhere, also curious who Topps contracted to produce the coins, more than likely more are out there

Maybe not-they were produced for an in-house pitch so there are likely only those produced for such purposes still around. Materials from these type of meetings seem to have entered the hobby prior to the Topps Vault coming into existence.

[Leon]

I have made numerous contributions and several of my cards are pictured in the SCD. Before Bob left he did a really good job of keeping up with pre-war stuff. Now I think they could care less......

[ALR-bishop]

The only post I have ever had deleted from a bulletin board was deleted by you Leon for a similar comment

[Rich Klein]

Based on a similar thread, I wrote this column last month

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...l-cataloguing/

and a couple of comments which I used in a reader's write type article

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...er-reaction-2/

And it's funny -- the owner of Beckett believes in protecting the data (which is their right) but is not as aggressive as ensuring the new or updated "odd-ball" material is added. (Well that costs money and time as I pointed out)

Here is the email we received on January 1st

Dear Beckett Supporters

As we enter 2015, please know how much we appreciate your support. Your loyalty to our products including print magazines, online data and Beckett Grading Services is truly special and we value your allegiance.

To that end, we respectfully request your help. Unscrupulous parties truly are copying Beckett’s proprietary pricing and data and are attempting to sell it to unsuspecting collectors. While we do our best to curb data theft, every new day brings unique attempts to use Beckett.com data and pricing without authorization.

This must stop! And we believe we can stop it by working together. We are serious about protecting our data and strengthening our relationship with collectors throughout the world.

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•When you are contacted by a third party attempting to sell Beckett’s information.
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[Bob Lemke]

In fairness to current SCVBC editor Tom Bartsch, it should be noted that the book's current ownership gives him zero resources for adding listings, updating prices, etc.

Any time he can find for such enhancements has to be stolen from his "day" job as editor of SCD and God knows what else they have piled on his desk.

[Rich Klein]

Bob:

I had a nice email conversation with Tom about that when it came to show calendar listings. You realize that you still have to send in show listings the really old fashioned ways, unlike Beckett where you can put your listing in through a computer and then just have it approved.

And I get that, if you read my column, you can see why you and I for business reasons no longer do these as our side gigs so to speak but I get the business reasons.

Does not make the whole situation better, just a little bit different then 10 years ago

Rich