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I am getting ready to recontact collectors who have contacted me on my site because there have been some updates, there is a new custom set and it's just been awhile, so I thought I would post it here and let the collectors here have first shot at a few of the new things that I may have in limited quantity. Anyway, here is the email I will be sending out in batches over the next few months.
Well, no one can accuse me of spamming collectors that visit Supercollector Catalog! This is the ninth year of the site and it is only the second time I have sent a mass email and the first recontact since Spring of 2020, though many of you continue to visit the site. Thank you!
Since my last email, I removed all ads from the site and published a bunch of new player lists. I recently made a big push to get webpages for more of the unlicensed oddball sets. I wanted to do it quickly, so I left the descriptions blank and will circle back to update those later. These new sets do not appear in the Set Index drop-down, so just click on main Set Index and you will see all the sets by year with their links (use CNTRL F to search the page).
I have been scanning a bunch of new and old stuff and continue to search for new discoveries from the 80s and 90s, but they are getting harder and harder to find. I have two foreign sets from cereal companies that I am sitting on right now, I've been watching and looking but so far no other copies have come on the market. Stay tuned! I also redid some of the images so they would appear bigger when selected. Now most should appear large when they are clicked on so you can get a good look at any details on the card and can arrow down through all of the images on a page.
I have also found alot of interesting art, advertisements and photography in magazines and other periodicals from the era. I always ignored them because of the flimsy glossy material but have started offering them on card stock which makes them much easier to handle and collect. One of my favorites is the 1992 Red Foley Cartoon History, a great little collectible. Another are the Marketcom Booklet 5x7s from the 1980s. Not a great collectible for the individual collector because different players are on the front and back. It takes a little work, but I have found a way around that issue that has turned our nicely.
Checklists as always are free, just do not confuse the checklists and the pricelists! I feel bad when someone asks for pricing from the checklist that has some of the rarest oddball player items in existence. Many of them I have never even owned. If you do not see a checklist for your player, or the publish date on the player page is not after December 2022, let me know and I will update it.
You'll notice that I have adjusted the levels for free shipping, as shipping costs have continued to go up. I am also trying to move away from paypal because of the fees. The new discount schedule and the updated ordering process can be found at the end of the email.
Finally, I am excited for the new custom set that has started to arrive. It is a retro set of the unlicensed 1990 Dime Sports set that had five or so cards. As of this writing, here are the players in the 2023 set: George Brett, Gary Carter, Will Clark, Eric Davis, Andre Dawson, Wayne Gretzky, Rickey Henderson, Dan Marino, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Kirby Puckett, Ryne Sandberg, Barry Sanders, Mike Schmidt, Ozzie Smith, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Tyson and Tiger Woods. I am really happy with how they turned out and will add to the checklist as I get them from the designer. The 1950's were the Golden Age of Baseball, but as you can see from the checklist, the 1980s were the Golden Age of Card Collecting, as undoubtedly, the most passionate and dedicated collectors are for the players of this era.
Happy Collecting, Tim
Well, no one can accuse me of spamming collectors that visit Supercollector Catalog! This is the ninth year of the site and it is only the second time I have sent a mass email and the first recontact since Spring of 2020, though many of you continue to visit the site. Thank you!
Since my last email, I removed all ads from the site and published a bunch of new player lists. I recently made a big push to get webpages for more of the unlicensed oddball sets. I wanted to do it quickly, so I left the descriptions blank and will circle back to update those later. These new sets do not appear in the Set Index drop-down, so just click on main Set Index and you will see all the sets by year with their links (use CNTRL F to search the page).
I have been scanning a bunch of new and old stuff and continue to search for new discoveries from the 80s and 90s, but they are getting harder and harder to find. I have two foreign sets from cereal companies that I am sitting on right now, I've been watching and looking but so far no other copies have come on the market. Stay tuned! I also redid some of the images so they would appear bigger when selected. Now most should appear large when they are clicked on so you can get a good look at any details on the card and can arrow down through all of the images on a page.
I have also found alot of interesting art, advertisements and photography in magazines and other periodicals from the era. I always ignored them because of the flimsy glossy material but have started offering them on card stock which makes them much easier to handle and collect. One of my favorites is the 1992 Red Foley Cartoon History, a great little collectible. Another are the Marketcom Booklet 5x7s from the 1980s. Not a great collectible for the individual collector because different players are on the front and back. It takes a little work, but I have found a way around that issue that has turned our nicely.
Checklists as always are free, just do not confuse the checklists and the pricelists! I feel bad when someone asks for pricing from the checklist that has some of the rarest oddball player items in existence. Many of them I have never even owned. If you do not see a checklist for your player, or the publish date on the player page is not after December 2022, let me know and I will update it.
You'll notice that I have adjusted the levels for free shipping, as shipping costs have continued to go up. I am also trying to move away from paypal because of the fees. The new discount schedule and the updated ordering process can be found at the end of the email.
Finally, I am excited for the new custom set that has started to arrive. It is a retro set of the unlicensed 1990 Dime Sports set that had five or so cards. As of this writing, here are the players in the 2023 set: George Brett, Gary Carter, Will Clark, Eric Davis, Andre Dawson, Wayne Gretzky, Rickey Henderson, Dan Marino, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Kirby Puckett, Ryne Sandberg, Barry Sanders, Mike Schmidt, Ozzie Smith, Darryl Strawberry, Mike Tyson and Tiger Woods. I am really happy with how they turned out and will add to the checklist as I get them from the designer. The 1950's were the Golden Age of Baseball, but as you can see from the checklist, the 1980s were the Golden Age of Card Collecting, as undoubtedly, the most passionate and dedicated collectors are for the players of this era.
Happy Collecting, Tim
