Is Anyone Updating the SCD Card Catalog?

[rhettyeakley]

Problem with online catalogs is that people misrepresent and misreport things all the time through error or (worse) on purpose.

There are multiple cards listed on sites like tradingcarddb and places like that that simply do not exist and are just the result of people trolling.

There needs to be an actual independent entity doing it or it is worthless.

Just my opinion so take it for what it is worth.

[DaClyde]

Originally Posted by rhettyeakley

Problem with online catalogs is that people misrepresent and misreport things all the time through error or (worse) on purpose.

There are multiple cards listed on sites like tradingcarddb and places like that that simply do not exist and are just the result of people trolling.

There needs to be an actual independent entity doing it or it is worthless.

Just my opinion so take it for what it is worth.

Beckett is much the same, they've had many of the same errors in their data for 30 years. TCDB will correct errors if they are reported. It isn't an online vs cardcopy thing, it is just the nature of the beast. I can't imagine a more "independent" entity than crowd sourcing. I do wish there was more in the way of research references included on the various sites, so you know where the data came from, but that seems to be left up to the various blogs that find and document the sets.

And unfortunately, for modern realeases, Panini produces horribly inaccurate checklists, getting the card numbering and serial numbering wrong on almost every set.

[bcbgcbrcb]

A couple of years before he passed, I had communicated with Bob regarding my efforts to try and get vintage (pre-1948 Bowman/Topps era) rookie cards identified with an RC designation in the Standard Catalogue for future issues. Bob informed me that the last issue was published several years ago and that there were no plans on the part of Krause for future printings.

As far as my specific request, Bob said, in short, that rookie card identification would be too subjective and would be extremely difficult if not impossible to get a vast majority to agree on the specific cards that would be qualified for each individual. I offered my comprehensive list of HOF’ers as a starting point, of which several dedicated and highly knowledgeable Net54 board members had worked together to compile. Unfortunately, the answer was still no but not entirely dismissed. At this point, I dropped the pursuit as it seemed like the entire Standard Catalogue project was not at a point to move forward anyway.

[butchie_t]

Is there any single edition that one should pick up that is more detailed than the others?

I just picked up the vintage baseball card edition 6 for a nice price but I have heard that deletions of items over the course of edition releases have occurred.


Butch T.

[ALR-bishop]

I keep the 2011 edition because it was the last one with post 1980 listings which is handy on occasion

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I keep the 2011 edition because it was the last one with post 1980 listings which is handy on occasion

thank you Al.

regards

[Leon]

I have about 8 of them, starting in 1997 and ending in 2011. I have one that is signed by Bob, somewhere around here. A lot of board members names are near the front, in ackknowlegments, for helping the cause. No one did it like Bob, in the "modern" era, (with respect to Burdick and his cohorts.)
Bob was a great hobbyist, and friend, and is sorely missed.

I would suggest the 2011 also.
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