Sports Collectors Digest was one of a group of 50 magazines sold in a bankruptcy auction last month. Publisher F+W Media filed for Chapter 11 earlier this year and the company’s assets, including magazine titles from various hobby and collectible realms, went on the block. The buyer for SCD and five other collectible-oriented publications was Cruz Bay Publishing, a division … [Read more...] about Sports Collectors Digest Among Titles Sold at Bankruptcy Auction
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Beckett Launches Vintage Publications
Beckett Media has launched a new magazine aimed at vintage sports card collectors and a new paperback checklist/information guide focused on older cards in all sports. Beckett Vintage Collector magazine debuts this month with a look back at the cards of the 1950s, features on the Topps vs. Bowman war and Kellogg's cards, test issues, rare football sets and other stories. … [Read more...] about Beckett Launches Vintage Publications
Ramblings: Past Not Always Better
We spend quite a bit of time talking about the "good old days" of the hobby but one should realize not everything was better years ago. Sometimes the past can’t compete with the present. There’s no debate that the dissemination of information is much better and more efficient than it once was. There was a time when everyone waited for the new Beckett magazine(s) to come out … [Read more...] about Ramblings: Past Not Always Better