Is Anyone Updating the SCD Card Catalog?

[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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[Rich Klein]

I just want to state and I realize in this room it's preaching to the choir but

Cataloguing takes time and effort and a "corporate" push to understand why it's important. When I was at Beckett doing the Almanac back in the day as long as Dr. Beckett owned the company, he understood that element since he did price guides/cataloguing by himself in the 1980s the importance of doing both thereof.

Same when Bob was involved with Krause and they understood just how much profit (and rest assured the Standard Catalog was a money maker) that tome could generate and thus the work done would add to the bottom line.

I would love to for someone to take the bull by the horns and do a print version and update checklists, pricing etc.

[butchie_t]

Rich,

How would one (many actually) even begin to take on such a task? The transfer of intellectual data from Krause to the "new guy" would seem to me to be unwieldily enough to pretty much squash any attempt of a resurrection of such a catalog.

I am just a guppy in a sea of big fish (read you all, collectively). Considering such an attempt cost nothing for me to think about. Actually doing and following through with such a task would be way too expensive initially to even believe that something like an update and rewrite to the catalog would even be a break even endeavor.

Thinking out loud here.

Butch T.

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Leon

...I would suggest the 2011 also.
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Thank you as well Leon.

Regards,

Butch T.

[G1911]

I would love if the big book made a comeback, in 2 volumes (there's just too many sets and cards now to cover vintage and modern in one binding). But I doubt it's viable as the online resources just make so much more sense today. Hanging on to my copies until the end, physical is more fun.

[butchie_t]

My thinking out loud thought is just to focus on the vintage aspect of the catalog. With all the available web access to modern cards, not sure it would even be viable to include modern cards as well as vintage.

Then what would be the cut-off for vintage? 1979, 1973, 1986?

And how many would be willing to take this on?

What am I even saying at this point? I'm probably nuts for even bringing it up.

Cheers,

Butch T.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

My thinking out loud thought is just to focus on the vintage aspect of the catalog. With all the available web access to modern cards, not sure it would even be viable to include modern cards as well as vintage.

Then what would be the cut-off for vintage? 1979, 1973, 1986?

And how many would be willing to take this on?

What am I even saying at this point? I'm probably nuts for even bringing it up.

Cheers,

Butch T.

You keep bringing it up because it's your destiny Butch.