Changes at Krause (F&W)

[bbcard1]

Anybody else remember Ernie White hawking Tuff Stuff at his various very small shows in the south...it did have a good run...Trivia question: What failed product led to White selling Tuff Stuff?

[Bob Lemke]

It looks like I, too, need to post a clarification or two.

As of now, the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards is staus quo. The 2102 edition is scheduled as normal.

To clear up another apparent misconception, I am not now, and have not been since 2006, on the staff of SCD, or its parent company. I have allowed T.S. O'Connell to pick up material from my blog for reprinting in SCD, since much of it is pertinent to my work on the SCBC.

[toppcat]

TS was a large part of the magazine-this is going to be an interesting transition. I just hit my 30th year as a subscriber and while they have been sparse, there are still some good stories and tidbits in SCD. I thought they should have gone back to biweekly a long time ago. I hope this does not mean my other F&W Subscription (Goldmine) is about to enter uncharted territory as well.

[Rich Klein]

Which is always dangerous, but I did post that I suspected because of the early deadlines that both baseball annual volumes are not affected for their 2011 calendar release.

I am concerned about the 2012 releases though

Rich

[Bob Lemke]

Rich,

Actually, the smaller annual Baseball Card Price Guide (modern stuff) HAS been killed.

The pre-press work on a catalog is cheap compared to the cost of putting the ink on paper. Evidently projected sales weren't there for that title.

[Rich Klein]

So what we know for calendar year 2011 is that there will be for the first time in years NO "modern" baseball card price book and there will be a Standard Catalog again this year but we're not sure how modern prices will be updated for any future tomes.

I appreciate the clarifications

Rich

[Exhibitman]

If you really think about it, there is no need for a price guide on modern stuff. Except for the signed and relic stuff, the values should always be the same: squat and diddley-squat. Just take MSRP for a pack, knock it down 90%, divide by the number of cards, and you have a pretty accurate price point for nearly anything made after 1989.

[judsonhamlin]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

Anybody else remember Ernie White hawking Tuff Stuff at his various very small shows in the south...it did have a good run...Trivia question: What failed product led to White selling Tuff Stuff?

I saw Ernie White a couple of years ago at a postcard show - I fondly recall snooping through his store in Richmond for Goudeys and T-cards when I was in college - although I still don't know why I bought the Topps Big Baseball cards or whatever the pre-57 sized cards were called then.
What was the failed product, anyhow?

[buymycards]

I am going to miss the monthly articles by TJ Schwartz in the now defunct Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly. His article is usually on the last page, and I always read his article before I look at the rest of the magazine. I have been a subscriber for many years and I will miss the magazine. Maybe TJ can write weekly items for SCD?

Rick

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by judsonhamlin

What was the failed product, anyhow?

Ernie made a deal with Charles Schulz to do a licensed set of "Peanuts" cards. It was a serious bomb...the kind of bomb that you could hardly conceive of in those days. The printer took Tuff Stuff as payment for the printing of the cards and flipped it to Krause...or at least that is my recollection. I always thought the publication had pretty good content and decent writer, but a name that was seriously stupid and also pretty misleading.

[Rich Klein]

Concept of who would believe this -- I just received a subscription flyer from Tuff Stuff today.

I don't know who is charge of mailings at F&W -- but somehow the word should have gotten out to stop those mailings.

Rich

[timzcardz]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Concept of who would believe this -- I just received a subscription flyer from Tuff Stuff today.

I don't know who is charge of mailings at F&W -- but somehow the word should have gotten out to stop those mailings.

Rich

And as of this morning you can still go online to subscribe!

http://shop.collect.com/product/spor...92910-shoppage

[buymycards]

Hi Rich,
I received my renewal notice this morning. If I didn't read this board I would have renewed. I wonder what would have happened?

Rick