fraudulent autograph alert!....and SCD?

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

I am aghast at what SCD has turned into under F+W. While they finally had a good article in the 3/23 issue (Keith Olbermann on 68 Topps 3-D, a must read if you collect that set)it is turning into an auction sheet. Most "Articles" consist of re-worded auction house press releases. I have been a subscriber for 26 years and have 2 more to go on my sub. I hope that it is re-sold to a company that cares about the publication and the hobby soon or I'll probably let it lapse in '09.

Having said that, I also get their record collecting magazine Goldmine and that has actually improved IMO since the takeover. On the other hand, it was merged with a mag called Discoveries and I doubt their readership is as happy as I am with the new, combined Goldmine, since their nice pre-Beatles oriented mag is now heavy on the Classic Rock and later eras. It'll be interesting to see if SCD survives. I think there is a market for a good, baseball heavy sports card pub that focuses on the post Old Cardboard stuff and comes out every two months or so. Every week is just ridiculous for SCD now-it's like they have to eat their young to survive with that schedule. Something like a cross between Old Cardboard, the old Baseball Cards magazine (the first 3 years) and the early Beckett Vintage would be nice, especially if it was in color. Man I feel old, I remember when SCD was considering making itself a DAILY!