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Gwynn545
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I have one from 1982. The 200th Issue!
They are very aware of their place in the hobby:
Filled with advertisements, Sports Card Digest (SCD) was the first card "magazine" I ever got. Most kids sat with their Sears catalog and dreamed of what they wanted, I sat with SCD and dreamed of what I wanted. I bought posters and magazines mostly, things that I couldn't find at my local card shop. I bought a few random oddball sets. Wish I would have focused more on single cards or sets!!! I will give you a rundown of it, just a random assortment of things. Sorry for the rambling!
Here are some examples of advertisements:
Hmmm...an ex/mt 1952 Topps set for $6,950? Not bad. Wonder how many they had!
$6.95 for a Gretzky RC set? $8.95 for a set w/ Bird/Magic/Erving? (I actually bought a couple of these sets back then! Split them all apart!)
Almost every dealer was selling sets of the current year product, 1982 Topps, 1982 Fleer, and 1982 Donruss.
Average set prices were
82 Topps: 12.25
82 Fleer 8.95
82 Donruss 9.95
Although, many also sold a set of your choice, a binder! and 50 sheets!! for $25!! THose were hot deals!
Another major sell was boxes and cases of cards. A case of a 1982 product was about $140
One dealer had a nice special: Case: $39 down, and 4 monthly payments of $25 each!
THis issue had a review of the 1982 Fleer set
Interesting read. The reviewer disliked the set, hated the photography, and thought the special cards were silly. HE also was upset that there were no manager cards this year! "A real letdown"!! He ranked 1982 Donruss well above Fleer.
The 1982 Donruss Checklist was included later in the issue, with RC of Brett Butler and Mike Marshall getting the photo examples!
Oh, here's another ad for Rookie cards, a 1955 Clemente RC for $95? I wonder if that's good.
TONS of card show ads, most of them had special guests:
Here's a small article about a new card show in a town called White Plains, NY... I wonder if this is the 1st? I feel like I've heard of this...
Pictures from Mickey Mantle, at 50 years old, comes back to NY for the "New York 1" Baseball Card show at the Statler Hilton Hotel. Mickey and Duke were signing.
Even the great Greg Luzinski came to a show at the Deleware Valley Show in Prussia, PA
A small article about another show where the guest is not showing up. In summary: Steve Carlton is not coming to the Troy Hilton card show in Detroit. According to the promoter, Carlton agreed to come for $2900, plus $2.50 for every auto. Promoter is refunding the $7 advanced autograph tickets.
Bob feller sold his All-Star jersey to two people at the same time. SCD was tryng to get to the bottom of it. To Quote from the article about Bob Feller selling his All-Star uniform to two different people, "It seems Feller made more promises than he had strikeouts in his career."
If any other SCD readers bought one, please contact SCD.
Another small article about a new trend in Autographs. Willie Stargell and Tim Raines started "selling their autos to the public". Rod Carew followed suit, with an ad is this specific SCD:
The article ended with about 50 more addresses of baseball player O-P. Looks like it was a regular part of the magazine.
Here's some more examples of prices for interesting cards pulled from random ads:
Reggie Rookie: $20
Ryan Rookie: $12
Bench RC $10
53 Bowman Color Mantle: $140
51 Bowman Mays: $245
53 Topps Mantle $150
55 Clemente $60
56 Mantle $45
56 Koufax $12
48 Leaf Williams $75
Some names from the past throughout SCD (ahhh, memories):
Kit Young, Hall's Nostalgia, Larry Fritsch Cards, Richard Gelman, Rotman
Different companies selling plastic sheets throughout SCD(No Ultra Pro?):
Safe-T-Pages
Rotman Plastic Sheets
Tomarc Enterprises
Baldwin Plastic Pages
Photo Organizer Plus
A part of an article talking about the Hall of Fame voting coming up soon. Hank Aaron. Should he be unanimous? The writer says, "Not likely, since some writers never vote 1st timers..."
(Sound familiar)
Another thing sounding familiar is the article about the "Information Gap" and getting kids involved (or keeping them involved)
150 kids came to a "session" and they were most intrigued by the "authentic uniforms"...sounds Prophetic If You ask Me.
They are very aware of their place in the hobby:
Filled with advertisements, Sports Card Digest (SCD) was the first card "magazine" I ever got. Most kids sat with their Sears catalog and dreamed of what they wanted, I sat with SCD and dreamed of what I wanted. I bought posters and magazines mostly, things that I couldn't find at my local card shop. I bought a few random oddball sets. Wish I would have focused more on single cards or sets!!! I will give you a rundown of it, just a random assortment of things. Sorry for the rambling!
Here are some examples of advertisements:
Hmmm...an ex/mt 1952 Topps set for $6,950? Not bad. Wonder how many they had!
$6.95 for a Gretzky RC set? $8.95 for a set w/ Bird/Magic/Erving? (I actually bought a couple of these sets back then! Split them all apart!)
Almost every dealer was selling sets of the current year product, 1982 Topps, 1982 Fleer, and 1982 Donruss.
Average set prices were
82 Topps: 12.25
82 Fleer 8.95
82 Donruss 9.95
Although, many also sold a set of your choice, a binder! and 50 sheets!! for $25!! THose were hot deals!
Another major sell was boxes and cases of cards. A case of a 1982 product was about $140
One dealer had a nice special: Case: $39 down, and 4 monthly payments of $25 each!
THis issue had a review of the 1982 Fleer set
Interesting read. The reviewer disliked the set, hated the photography, and thought the special cards were silly. HE also was upset that there were no manager cards this year! "A real letdown"!! He ranked 1982 Donruss well above Fleer.
The 1982 Donruss Checklist was included later in the issue, with RC of Brett Butler and Mike Marshall getting the photo examples!
Oh, here's another ad for Rookie cards, a 1955 Clemente RC for $95? I wonder if that's good.
TONS of card show ads, most of them had special guests:
Here's a small article about a new card show in a town called White Plains, NY... I wonder if this is the 1st? I feel like I've heard of this...
Pictures from Mickey Mantle, at 50 years old, comes back to NY for the "New York 1" Baseball Card show at the Statler Hilton Hotel. Mickey and Duke were signing.
Even the great Greg Luzinski came to a show at the Deleware Valley Show in Prussia, PA
A small article about another show where the guest is not showing up. In summary: Steve Carlton is not coming to the Troy Hilton card show in Detroit. According to the promoter, Carlton agreed to come for $2900, plus $2.50 for every auto. Promoter is refunding the $7 advanced autograph tickets.
Bob feller sold his All-Star jersey to two people at the same time. SCD was tryng to get to the bottom of it. To Quote from the article about Bob Feller selling his All-Star uniform to two different people, "It seems Feller made more promises than he had strikeouts in his career."
If any other SCD readers bought one, please contact SCD.
Another small article about a new trend in Autographs. Willie Stargell and Tim Raines started "selling their autos to the public". Rod Carew followed suit, with an ad is this specific SCD:
The article ended with about 50 more addresses of baseball player O-P. Looks like it was a regular part of the magazine.
Here's some more examples of prices for interesting cards pulled from random ads:
Reggie Rookie: $20
Ryan Rookie: $12
Bench RC $10
53 Bowman Color Mantle: $140
51 Bowman Mays: $245
53 Topps Mantle $150
55 Clemente $60
56 Mantle $45
56 Koufax $12
48 Leaf Williams $75
Some names from the past throughout SCD (ahhh, memories):
Kit Young, Hall's Nostalgia, Larry Fritsch Cards, Richard Gelman, Rotman
Different companies selling plastic sheets throughout SCD(No Ultra Pro?):
Safe-T-Pages
Rotman Plastic Sheets
Tomarc Enterprises
Baldwin Plastic Pages
Photo Organizer Plus
A part of an article talking about the Hall of Fame voting coming up soon. Hank Aaron. Should he be unanimous? The writer says, "Not likely, since some writers never vote 1st timers..."
(Sound familiar)
Another thing sounding familiar is the article about the "Information Gap" and getting kids involved (or keeping them involved)
150 kids came to a "session" and they were most intrigued by the "authentic uniforms"...sounds Prophetic If You ask Me.
