Card Collectors Bulletin Oct. 1, 1944 Whole #32

[Leon]

The next installment....

[barrysloate]

It's interesting in reading these early issues that baseball holds no particular significance among collectors. Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb are no more in demand than military generals, fish, or flags of the world. That would of course change over the years, but in the article which opens this 1944 issue there is not even a single mention of a baseball card.

[Jay Wolt]

Leon Thanks for posting, the Bulletin was well worth the .30 cents a year subscription fee

[Cerberus]

I just set a snipe for lot #81 in the Bray auction (Mecca folders), and will probably break them up, if I win. Let me know if you're interested.

[36GoudeyMan]

Seems like Alan Hager missed some grades when he came up with his 10 point system.. Based on the Card Collectors Newsletter, I think it should be 12 points:

10 - Gem Mint
9 - Mint
8 - Near Mint/Mint
7 - Near Mint
6 - Excellent/Mint
5 - Excellent
4.5 - Sound
4 - Clean
3.5 - Very Good/Excellent
3 - Very Good
2 - Good
1 - Fair/Poor

[Leon]

It's interesting that as we go through these we see the exact same things we talk about today being talked about back then. Notice how you could put your spending limit in the auction bids too. I wonder if they had ever even heard the term "shill?"