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Collector's World 0210
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BUSINESS CARDS
The recipe for profitability in the card-creating industry centers on the old adage that an aspiring chef needs to appreciate eating before understanding cooking. “You have to understand the hobby before you can be successful in the business end of it,” Upper Deck vice president Jay McCracken said. Look at the highest levels of management of major card companies and you will find executives with an appetite for collecting as much as producing. McCracken owns 10,000 Ruben Sierra cards, 12,000 Tony Gwynn cards and has put together eight or nine 1984 Donruss baseball sets in his spare time. Classic special project director Steve Charendoff spent several years piecing together a 1954-55 Topps hockey set. And when was the last time Pro Set president Lud Denny traded cards on a one-for-one basis?. “Last night.”…
RANDOM THOUGHTS
What are you guys trying to do, give your old teacher a heart attack? I have some questions about the quality of some of your work but none about the quantity- I’m glad to say laziness certainly wasn’t a problem with this class. It was also obvious that all of you proofread your assignments this year. I was also happy to see that some of you attempted new projects to try to keep up with the rest of the class. Don’t forget, your course ends in one year and there are no guarantees that you’ll be invited back for 1993-94. There’s also a good possibility you’ll have some new classmates then, too. So, rest up, have a good summer and I’ll see you all next year when hopefully you’ll show even more improvement. And,…
HIGH FIVE
The United States failed to win a medal at the Albertville Olympics in February but Americans lead the league in making their NHL teams faster, higher and stronger. Of the 13 players who went from playing for gold to playing for a silver Cup after the Winter Games in Albertville, Americans made the biggest collective impact. That should come as no surprise. The 1980 gold-medal team from USA included such NHL stars as Ken Morrow, Neal Broten and Mark Johnson. In 1984. Team USA sent Pat LaFontaine, Al lafrate and Chris Chelios to the pro ranks. In 1988, Craig Janney, Brian Leetch and Mike Richter went from stars and stripes to stardom in the NHL. While it remains to be seen whether last sea son’s crop of young Americans will reach the same…
BULL ROAR
Over the last year, O-Pee-Chee has been criticized by some Canadian dealers and hobby shop owners for its distribution policies. Particularly upsetting to them is that the card manufacturer shipped its product to the major retailers (chain stores, department stores) before sending it to the smaller hobby shops on at least one occasion. Collectors World sent Wayne Hepburn to interview O-Pee-Chee vice president Malcolm Bull about these concerns and some broader questions on the hobby and O-Pee-Chee. CW: A lot of dealers have accused O-Pee-Chee of not caring about hobby store owners and dealers. How do you respond to that criticism? MB: O-Pee-Chee is aware this business is hobby dealer driven. Many of the changes and improvements we have implemented with our sports cards-improvement of quality, improvement of cut-is due to constructive criticism from…
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