Diamond Dust punchboards - to punch or not to punch?

[Exhibitman]

There are no cards in that board: they don't fit. You will get a plain slip of paper with numbers on it.

Look at the Grove and Newson cards: do you see a 727 or a 1468 on the list on the front of your board? Nope. But those are the actual card #s. Lemke [RIP] or whoever made the list likely took the front numbers on this common punchboard and used them as a checklist with no proof that they represent the actual 'innards' of the board itself. I've punched one of these small greenies and they don't have cards in them.

[Zan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

There are no cards in that board: they don't fit. You will get a plain slip of paper with numbers on it.

In some way this board must be associated with the checklist in the Standard Catalog. The checklist matches all of the dollar winners, and all known auctions of the punchboard cards match the checklist

[Exhibitman]

You have it backwards: the checklist was created decades after the boards and was likely derived from a 624 hole punchboard the writer happened to see and described in the SCD listing. That is why the alleged SPs match the checklist.

The checklist is useless for your purposes because the cards cannot fit into your board. They are too wide. But please do punch out all 576 holes on your board and share the results here.

FWIW, the concept of SP in this set is irrelevant. The cards are almost never found, so they are all rare.

[Zan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

The checklist is irrelevant; the cards cannot fit into the 3/4" thick board. They are too wide. But please do punch out all 576* holes and share the results here.

*The Standard Catalog listing describes it as a 624 hole board, not a 576 hole board.

There are 624 holes on my board. (12x13) x 4

[Exhibitman]

Great. Punch away and let us know what you find. Might make a good article for SCD.

[Exhibitman]

BTW, I feel like we shouldn't even be discussing cards in a thread on this board.

[Zan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

BTW, I feel like we shouldn't even be discussing cards in a thread on this board.

I see what you did there