Author, publisher and hobby expert Bob Lemke died of congestive heart failure Tuesday morning at a hospital near his central Pennsylvania home. Born in Wisconsin in 1951 and a fixture in the hobby since the 1970s, Lemke was influential in Krause Publications getting into the sports card and memorabilia publishing business with SCD and other titles. … [Read more...] about Hobby Fixture Bob Lemke Passes Away
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Review: New Standard Catalog Is Eclectic And Thorough
The just-released fifth edition of the “Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards” remains a sturdy reference guide for collectors. Packed into 696 pages are more than 250,000 values for cards issued between 1863 and 1980, with most broken down into three conditions (near mint, excellent and very good). In the book, cards are organized alphabetically and then by year, and … [Read more...] about Review: New Standard Catalog Is Eclectic And Thorough
Variety, Quantity Make 1922 Attractive Target Year for Card Collectors
If you had been an aggressive baseball card collector in 1922, you had plenty of options. More than two dozen sets issued exclusively that year are listed in the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards. Eighty-nine years ago, they were little more than a novelty; something to help sell candy more than anything. Now, the variety and volume of cards, attractive pricing and the … [Read more...] about Variety, Quantity Make 1922 Attractive Target Year for Card Collectors
2011 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards Released
It's bigger than your phone book. Unless your phone book covers mainland China. The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards has become the go-to guide for sports collectors seeking in-depth information and checklists in book form and the 2011 edition is hot off the press. The 20th edition of the catalog features pricing for over one million cards based on recent auction … [Read more...] about 2011 Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards Released