Surviving Copies of the 1939 United States Card Collectors Catalog

[FrankWakefield]

As stated above, Mr. Burdick would most likely be displeased with the current state of the hobby.

And as to his mention of soaking; people would have started soaking T206s soon after the cards came out. A collector gathers cards, pastes them into an album, then it isn't long until additional cards have been gathered which could lead to reorganizing the order on the pages. How many of us have moved cards a few spaces over in 9 or 15 pocket sheets? I truly believe that there are very few T206s that are in decent shape or better that didn't get soaked at some point. And I see nothing wrong with that.

Founding fathers... Burdick, Nagle, Wagner (the collector).

A wonderful letter, and thread. Kinda makes me wish I'd not gotten a hardbound, newer ACC; and had instead gotten that 1939 edition. Thanks for posting.

[darb44]

Thanks for this post I used it to help authenticate a copy I was looking at that I believe to be legit. It just showed up in the mail and looks very clean. If I wanted to authenticate and possibly slab it similar to how comic books are slabbed, who would you all recommend? I believe CSG is the leader in comics but have no idea if they’d be able to deal in this. Thoughts?

[darb44]

Also happy to post pictures to add to this thread

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by darb44

Thanks for this post I used it to help authenticate a copy I was looking at that I believe to be legit. It just showed up in the mail and looks very clean. If I wanted to authenticate and possibly slab it similar to how comic books are slabbed, who would you all recommend? I believe CSG is the leader in comics but have no idea if they’d be able to deal in this. Thoughts?

CGC is the portion of that company that does comics and magazines. I'm sure they'd love to grade it.

[teza11]

Updated image to include Brad's recent pick-up.

Jeff

[darb44]

Hey all,

Here was my response from CGC... any other options you guys are aware of?

Brad

EMAIL RESPONSE:
Good morning Brad,

Thank you for reaching out to CGC Trading Cards. It looks like you have a very interesting collectible on your hands. Unfortunately, we would not be able to accept or grade this currently. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Crystal Matthews
Customer Service
Certified Collectibles Group
p. 941-360-3990 | f. 941-360-2553
collectiblesgroup.com

[prestigecollectibles]

I've been wanting to add this historical book to my collection for years so I was thrilled to get this copy. I don't believe it is listed above.

Regards,
Robert Klevens

[NiceDocter]

Last paragraph first page…. “ Picking up small wants at good high rates is a loss of money as a rule. I get one occasionally and try to take it if I can get it right but most owners want about 10 times the real value.” Things haven’t really changed that much LOL 😂