is an american advertising weekly paper published at iola wisconsin . the magazine provides an avenue through which sellers traders and avid buyers of sports memorabilia may interact . scd was started in 1973 by the stommen family . in 1981 it was purchased by krause publications ; krause was acquired by f w media its current publisher in 2002 . the thickness of the magazine has varied throughout the years and could arguably be seen as a reflection of the sports collecting market . for example the july 13 1990 issue contained 332 pages ; however the january 22 2010 issue was only 36 pages long . accounts of some athletes of the past and their activities festoon some of the pages . other issues are written similarly . pages are 11x14 inches 28x35 .5 cm . scd has long billed itself as the voice of the hobby and mixes hobby news with features collecting stories athlete profiles and opinion . the magazine is one of the few publications that have been successful in the sports card and memorabilia hobby . it s accompanying website 1 offers content similar to the magazine with a handy auction prices realized database that is the only one of its kind in the hobby and a tool that has become very popular among collectors looking for prices on memorabilia and vintage cards . the site also offers videos blogs features and a forum . classified ads remain a staple of the magazine although it is rare when classifieds fill a full page . many collectors have relied on the scd classifieds over the years to build and maintain their collections . before the internet it was a major source for buyers and sellers in the hobby to network . recently political pundit and cable tv lightning rod keith olbermann penned an exclusive series of stories for scd about topps proofs cards . olbermann is one of the country s leading authorities on tobacco era baseball cards and rare topps proof cards . scd now hosts an online radio program for sports collecting 2 new programs are added weekly . the magazine remains the sports collecting hobby s leading news publication with a loyal subscriber base . scd has been effected by the trend toward selling collectibles on the internet . issues have shrunk and the publication rarely features fresh editorial product . in recent issues editors have recycled 10 year old previously published interviews . correspondents who provided columns and features were dropped for budgetary reasons and most of the limited editorial content is produced in house . external links edit official website v t e f w media magazines acrylic artist american woodworker antique trader the artist s magazine bank note reporter beadwork blade burda style usa 50 % cloth paper scissors coins coins prices the collector s guide comics buyer s guide creating keepsakes creative machine embroidery deer & deer hunting digital scrapbooking family tree frame building news goldmine gun digest handwoven horticulture how interweave crochet interweave knits kintscene lapidary journal jewelry artist love of quilting mccall s quilting memory makers metal roofing military trader military vehicles numismatic news old cars price guide old cars weekly paper crafts the pastel journal piecework popular woodworking print quick quilts quilter s home quilters newsletter quilting arts quiltmaker rural builder script magazine sew beautiful sew news simple scrapbooks sky & telescope southwest art spin off stringing sports collectors digest step by step wire jewelry tuff stuff tactical gear trapper & predator caller turkey & turkey hunting watercolor artist woodwork woodworking world coin news world tea news writer s digest publishing adams media abbott david & charles family tree gun digest how impact interweave krause memory makers north light popular woodworking tyrus writer s digest retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sports collectors digest & oldid 682701327 categories magazines published in wisconsinwaupaca county wisconsinamerican sports magazinesmagazines established in 1973collectingbaseball cardsephemera1973 establishments in wisconsin navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 september 2015 at 12 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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