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    Does anybody out there have a copy of the September 1988 Beckett
    monthly? If someone does, I would like a photocopy of the article
    "Baseball's Best!". 
    
    Send mail to BOGUSS::DAMIANO, my mailstop is LVM.
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    John D.
    

    
    I have about 500 issues of SI (Sports Illustrated) that I have saved
    in the late 60's and very early 70's.The books are in great condition,
    they were tripple wrapped in plastic,and stored in large plastic
    bags.When you look at them you could see how they changed over the
    years,( the front cover ).Could someone tell me if they could be worth
    something.
    
    About 65% are Football
      "   20%  "  Baseball 
      "   15%  "  Basketball
    
                                                     John       
                                                         
    

    A new Magazine is out by TOPPS.  Has anyone seen it?  I have not
    received one yet, but I did get to take a quick look at one and it
    looks like a sure Collectors Item.  It has a fold out 1990 complete
    check list of all the cards, with pictures of each card, and it has
    about 8 special Topps Mag BB cards in the Mag.  Looks like these will
    be sure winners for speculators and collectors, as they are all star
    players.  Looks like the Mag's articles are written for the younger
    collectors, and thats good for a change.  We keep forgetting its a kids 
    hobby too, and their the future of the hobby, so Topps looks like its
    really catering to them for a change, instead of the sleazy dealer out 
    there.  The 8 cards and checklist is definitly worth the $2.95 if you
    can find one.  Good Luck!!

    You can subscribe to it through an Ad inserted in the 1989 topps traded
    set.  Don't recall the price but it was alot cheaper than $3 a whack.
    I think the fold out poster is great, now I don't have to collect the
    set they are all there.
    

    The Magazine is a little shallow for adults, but there is a few
    interesting articles, one about Don Mattingly, he is a real card and 
    memorabilia collector, and furnishes his restuarant with all the stuff.
    Also, describes the latest rookies and who may be hot in the up coming 
    season.  The cards alone are worth the $2.95, and I believe the
    subscription price is $9.95 for 4 issues, which will come out quarterly
    per year if you subscribe.  I don't personnally think that they
    are trying to compete with the Beckert Mag or SCD, but are trying to 
    reach the younger card buffs, and put a little fun into the hobby, ie
    puzzles, contests, chances to win free information, and articles about
    new BB players and youngsters making card collecting their hobby.
    They don't have card prices or anything related to the "investment"
    side of the hobby, which is refreashing for a change, especially for
    the kids.  As adults, we know everything anybody does now a days is for
    a buck, but give the kids a break, and I think that this is what this
    magazine is trying to do, let them have a little FUN!

    
    
    
    	Does anyone know where I can buy the current SCD magazine around the
    
        Northboro-Marlboro area or the Natick-Framingham area ??
    
    	I know that you can get a subscription to it, but I only want to buy
    	
    	it occasionally, like once every 2 or 3 weeks.  
    
    
    	Thanks in advance for any information you might be able to supply
    
    
    						Juan
    

    The Concord Card Shop in West Concord carries it.  Its located right
    across from the train depot.  Plus, its a fun store to go and look
    around, he always has new stuff arriving in there.  Its worth the trip.

    
    RE: .-1
    
    	Actually John, Tuff Stuff des have a customer service award.
    They call it their "diamond dealer award" or somesuch.
    
    	My main purpose in scoping this note out was this:
    
    	I opened my new Beckett's FB (#18 - Moon), and inside was a
    survey form.  Fill out, mail it in (postage paid envelope included),
    and get a six month subscription/extension-to-an-existing-subscription!
    
    	Don't know if it's all new issues of Beckett's, random issues
    of Beckett's, or what.  But sounds like a fair deal for 5 minutes
    of my time!
    
    							-rjk

    
    Wouldn't you know it ...
    
    	A little "annoyance" card just fell out of my Beckett's that
    explains everything:
    
    	"BECKETT PUBLICATIONS will give EVERYONE who completes this
    survey a 6 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION to their favorite Beckett magazine
    ABSOLUTELY FREE!
    
    	Make your opinions count.  Help advise us on the content
    of future issues.
    
    	This copy has been especially selected.  Only a few copies in
    your area have this survey in it.  Your survey is in an envelope.
    Please use the attached stamped envelope to mail your completed
    survey back to us.
    
    	Thank you".
    
    

Not sure where else to put this, rjk, feel free to move...
    Copied off usenet, fyi...
    
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                         Brill-iant Ideas:
A Sports Collector's Gude
                           By BOB BRILL
	Upper Deck has hit a tape measure blast. Baseball 1992 is now in the
hands of collectors and a quick look shows why Upper Deck continues to
score big.
	``This baseball card set is the best by far that we've done,'' said
Jay McCracken, VP of sales. ``We had some criticism the first three
years because we really didn't change things.
	``The graphics are considerably different. We've added some various
colors for the subsets.''
	The other innovation is the gray shadow on the right side and bottom
which make the photos look as if they were coming off the card.
	The ``Bloodlines'' subset is interesting. The Griffeys are the
highlight. The card features Ken Sr., Ken Jr., and the recently drafted
Craig. Others sharing cards are cousins Dwight Gooden and Gary
Sheffield, Kevin and Keith Mitchell, and brothers Ramon and Pedro
Martinez. The Ripkens, Alomars, and Gwynns also share cards.
	This year's short print special has Deion Sanders in a quadruple
acton shot changing from his Atlanta Falcons uniform to his Braves
uniform.
	Ted Williams is the latest Hero of Baseball. He follows the tradition
of placing greats from the past in a continuing subset. The others are
Reggie Jackson, Nolan Ryan and Hank Aaron. McCracken says there are
about seven Williams' cards per box.
	``Home Run Heroes'' replace the ``Silver Sluggers'' in the special
1992 Jumbo Packs.
	Jim Abbott is on a Stay in School card, while another features the
Expos' Rondell White and Seattle's Marc Newfield. In street clothes
they're standing in front of a road sign which points to their
designated major league cities.
	Other cards highlight Steve Avery's mastery over the Pirates during
the NLCS and Dave Winfield's 400th home run.
	Each team's checklist features a painting by Vernon Wells with the
home stadium in the background. The Toronto shot has Dave Stieb in front
of a partially open Sky Dome while the Texas painting has Nolan Ryan
instructing a youngster on pitching.
	New York's Howard Johnson stands in front of a big apple rising out
of a black top hat which reads ``Mets' Magic.'' Dave Justice welcomes
fans to the ``Chop Shop'' in Atlanta.
	The only drawback is Upper Deck's promotional zeal. The Cubs and
Brewers cards have scoreboards displaying the dates of the Upper Deck
Heroes of Baseball games scheduled for those stadiums in 1992. The
company crossed the line of commercialism.
	The 26 card Star Rookies are bordered in red, white and blue. Taking
a page from the successful Upper Deck Basketball layout, the card backs
feature an attractive wood grain panel.
	Three cards you won't find are Brien Taylor, Mike Kelly and Frankie
Rodriguez, who signed exclusives with other companies.
	``We're concerned with some of the companies trying to sign
exclusives,'' said McCracken. ``Smaller companies with their draft pick
sets attempting to sign players to exclusive contracts dilutes
everything for everybody.''
	To cover itself, Upper Deck inked a deal to print minor leagues
cards, which are due in September.
	BASEBALL FLOOD: Now that most major baseball cards are on out,
dealers say sales of Donruss have fallen off. Donruss was the first out
and caused quite a stir with it's new design Diamond Kings.
	SUPER HANDOUTS: Minutes after the final gun signaled the end of Super
Bowl 26 Upper Deck handed out 15,000 commemorative sheets at hotels in
Minneapolis. The numbered, limited edition sheets depicted the 
``Champion Washington Redskins.''
	COMPETITIVE EDGE: Topps apparently made a quick change on Daniel
Berthiaume's Stadium Club Hockey Card (no. 290). With NHL rinks
featuring Upper Deck sideboards it's been difficult to pick photos
without the Upper Deck name. The letters behind the Kings' goal are
partially whited out but the logo is still visible behind the net.
	BIRD SOARS: After lengthy negotiations, Lime Rock Int. signed Larry
Bird to an exclusive three-card hologram set. The holograms picture Bird
at Indiana State, in Boston and a third commemorating his trip to
Barcelona. Lime Rock will produce 250,000 sets, with 2,500 signed
holograms.
	STAR TOUCH: Former child actor Scott Schwartz, who starred with
Richard Pryor in ``The Toy,'' won a $5,000 card from Action Packed.
Schwartz, 23, works in a collectibles store near Los Angeles. He pulled
one of 25 certificates placed in foil packs and will receive a solid
gold Randall Cunningham card. Designed by Tiffany it is valued at $5,
000. The first one sold at auction for $25,000 at the 1991 National.
	Q & A: VALUABLE WORDS: ``I've subscribed to The Sporting News and
Sports Illustrated for years. Some of the covers have Hall of Famers.
SI's Michael Jordan 'Man of the Year' issue has a hologram and I've seen
dealers asking $15. How much are these worth?''
	C. Skaug, Lancaster, California.
	We too have seen the Jordan issue for $15 dollars. Dealers plucked
them from newstands in a hurry. Rod Malloy, Editor of Malloy's Sports
Collectibles, says the Jordan should sell for $5-$10. Malloy's publishes
TSN and SI Price Guides. The October 1991 issue has the SI price list.
The Sporting News is in the December issue. Common TSN covers range from
$3-$7 dollars, while a 1973 Nolan Ryan covers lists for $20. An October
1932 issue, featuring both Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, goes for $350.
	Readers can address their questions to Bob Brill, Brill-iant Ideas,
P.O. Box 807, San Fernando, California, 91340.
	Go to a show today and have fun with your hobby.
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	LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The foreign card market is becoming more
attractive to manufacturers. Canada has always been a prime target and
Topps has had a small base in Ireland for years, but with nearly 200
card companies bidding for the American dollar the collecting world is
growing smaller.
	``We felt if we were going to do something effective we had to do
something different,'' said Tim Flatt of Front Row, which has shipped
its Italian and Japanese basketball cards.
	Front Row may have rolled a natural. The NBA is popular in Italy and
two key players in the 100-card set began their careers there, Danny
Ferry and Brian Shaw. The Olympics are in Europe and for the first time
NBA stars will be playing. 
	Front Row's cards are bilingual. The cards made by Upper Deck for the
Quebec market are in French only. Of the 4,000 Italian-English cases
only 750 go to Europe. The company produced 30,000 factory sets. With an
average of three sets per wax box, that amounts to 150,000 sets.
Randomly distributed in the packs are silver cards to make 750 sets.
	Flatt says one reason Front Row, a fairly new company, is moving into
foreign markets is that it wants a major license. 
	``The NBA and Major League Baseball have expressed an interest in
companies distributing cards overseas because it's a new market for
them,'' he said.
	Indeed, Front Row has secured its first big league contract and
issued a 10-card Ken Griffey Jr., set.
	Sources at Upper Deck indicate it will soon be branching out to three
foreign markets. Europe is a natural for hockey and basketball while
Asia and Latin America are ripe for baseball.
	Score and Pro Set (French hockey) have both gone foreign. Pro Set 2
it should be noted is loaded with rookies. One box produced 94 rookies.
	The foreign field is attractive for entertainment cards, too. ``Twin
Peaks'' is such a hit in Japan, Star Pics is looking to the Far East.
	``The show is so popular in Japan travel agents there have sold tours
to Snoqualmie Falls, Wash., the setting for the show,'' said Julie
Yolles, Star Pics Media Director. Star Pics, which produces high quality
draft pick sets, also makes cards based on the hit soap ``All My
Children.''
	WEST HONORED: Upper Deck unveiled its nine-card Jerry West subset,
which will appear in high number foil packs. ``I'm honored to be the
first of many former NBA players highlighted by Upper Deck,'' said the
former Laker guard and current general manager. West and the Lakers'
1971-72 championship team were honored in ceremonies underwritten by the
card company. There are 2,500 autographed West cards randomly inserted.
West was a perfect fit for Southern California-based Upper Deck, which
made its first NBA set 20 years after he led the Lakers to a record 69-
13 season.
	AUCTION: An unusual item sold at Lelands last auction in New York. An
autographed hand wrap worn by Mike Tyson sold for $1,200. The top
selling item was a 1934 Tour of Japan autographed baseball. With the
signatures of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Connie Mack it sold for $9,000.
	STADIUM CLUB: 1992 Stadium Club baseball cards should be in stores
this week. Mail order houses advertised boxes for $69-$90. Dealer cost
is just under $40. Topps is adding another quirk to its 1991 Stadium
Club Baseball line. The Special Edition Dome Set contains 200 cards,
including draft picks, Championship Series and All-Stars. It comes in a
miniature Toronto Skydome.
	PINNACLE: Score's Pinnacle Hockey cards could be the sleeper of the
year. A small sampling shows mixed feelings about Pinnacle Football.
Some don't like the smaller photos, although everyone likes the quality
of the card itself. Hockey is similar and is now out.
	``In terms of production levels, it's about as low as we've ever
produced,'' said spokesman Dean Golembeski. ``Our intent is to make a
high-quality card and make it limited, but not so limited that dealers
charge $50 a pack.''
	SAVE A TREE: Limerock VP George Latimer, who produced the Larry Bird
hologram set, has an idea that will cost him money but should help the
ecology. Latimer wants to use recycled paper in his holograms. ``I have
kids and I want to do the right thing,'' Latimer said. ``This is an
industry which chews up a lot of trees.''
                               Q & A
	``I've heard many high-dollar cards have been counterfeited. Is there
any way to tell the real cards from the phonies?''
	R. Chavez, El Monte, California.
	Sports Collectors Digest and the National Association of Sportscard
Dealers and Manufacturers published the ``Sportscard Counterfeit
Detector.'' The book has photos of counterfeits and how to detect them.
The most common forgery targets are Pete Rose, Mike Schmidt and Wayne
Gretzky.
	Readers can address their questions to Bob Brill, Brill-iant Ideas,
P.O. Box 807, San Fernando, California 91340.
	Go to a show today, and have fun with your hobby.


    

    
    RE: .18
    
    	If you notice, Mike included a "smiley icon" -->  8^)
    in his mail message.  Look at it sideways.
    
    	It's meant to indicate that this is a humorous comment, meant
    only in the lightest of veins, and not to be taken seriously.
    
    -rjk

    Besides, how many 1967 World Series Programs did they make compared to
    Time Magazine ? Considering you can find  these  fairly easy and horse
    racing on the cover isn't the same  as  say  Mickey Mantle  I wouldn't
    place the value that high (40$). Maybe in the 10-15$ range.
    
    John

       I have some early 1940s Life magazines. I called the Brattle book
    store in Boston to see what they might be worth. The guy told me at
    most $5 each. And that's if they have a very famous person on the
    cover. He said if I thought he was low-balling me to come down and see
    the stacks of them he already had.
                                     Denny

        
        I have old Boston Patriots Pograms at home
    (1965-1967) some old 1960s Red Sox, Celtics, and
    Bruins programs and Yearbooks. 
    
        Where can I have these appraised ? I live in
    Framingham, anyone nearby ? Thanks

    
     Does anyone have the address for the Sport Collectors Digest magazine.
    I have searched the Portsmouth and Hampton, NH area and cannot find
    one. Any help would be appreciated.
    
    Thanks
    John

    
    	Sports Collectors Digest
    	700 E. State St.
    	Iola, WI 54945
    
    	(715)445-2214

    Thanks for the address, you wouldn't happen to know the cost for 
    subscription, would you. 
    
    Thanks Again
    
    John

    
    	According to the magazine, here are the subscription prices:
    
    					      6 Months       1 Year
    
    	2nd. Class Main (Standard Delivery)...$ 26.25         49.95
    
	First Class Mail .....................  94.95        199.00
    
	However, I remember seeing some special subscription offer
    	whereby you get x numbers of issues for a very low price
    	to see if you like it, and then you get another special
    	discount price for a 1 yr. subscription.   I don't remember
    	the details, so you may want to talk to them first.

    
    Okay, thanks..I will give them a call
    
    john