1991 Ballstreet Diamond Edition Baseball Forum

But what other set has a copyright date AFTER the release date??? It doesn't make sense!

Seems like there's 2 different conversations going on.

What the set was called.

What the set should have been called.

I think we're supposed to use the name that the publisher used, right?

Sometimes the copyright year seen on the card belongs to the photo on the card but isn't when the card was released. Here's an example from Game of Thrones' autographs. The cards were released in 2018 but the copyright years on the back range from 2015 through 2018.

https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/175059

As mentioned earlier, look at all the Donruss sets in the 80s. The 1985 set has a 1984 copyright, the 1986 set has a 1985 copyright, etc. The years in the database reflect when the product was issued.

Coming back to this one, where the copyright is a year later instead of earlier .... it's likely this came out in early 1992, so the set should probably be named something like "1992 Ballstreet Diamond Edition 1991"

AND EVERY F******* ARGUMENT GIVES EXAMPLES OF THE COPYRIGHT DATE BEING EBFORE THE RELEASE DATE! THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT; I HAVE POINTED THIS OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT YET THE SAME ARGUMENT! I GIVE UP TRYING TO MAKE SENSE TO A BUNCH OF...

I agree with you sandyrusty on the issue, but here is a discussion on books related to this very topic, and I'm not sure they figure it out either:

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-post-dated-copyrights/556031

For what it's worth, the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards has it as a 1992 set.  At least the publishers there see reason.

I distinctly remember getting packs of 1988 Topps for Christmas in 1987.  So there's an example of a set with the copyright date after the release date. 

I also remember going to the LCS in the late 80s and early 90s to pick up the wax for the upcoming year.  My wife at the time even bought me some1990 Topps for Christmas that were released in Decemberr of  89.

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/33346/1990-Topps-Major-League-Debut-1989

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/33444/1991-Topps-Major-League-Debut-1990

https://www.tcdb.com/ViewSet.cfm/sid/13367/1992-Topps-Major-League-Debut-1991

So based on not only the quoted argument but many others in this thread, these 3 sets are wrongly dated.  After all, Topps are the ones who put the year in the title; TCDb put the year iin front of the set.

Someone want to tell Sportlots they have these cards listed as the wrong year as well. 

https://www.sportlots.com/inven/invenbin/result.tpl

Oh and the sellers on ebay as they also have them listed wrongly as 1992.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cal-Ripken-Jr-1992-Ballstreet-Diamond-Edition-Card-D1-/324246886690

And probably many of the other sports card guides and sources.  After all, I have heard from all the experts on this site; THEY can't be wrong, they never are.  Just ask them.

I see your point of view Bruno, and think it should be listed as a 1992 set or at least a 91-92 set.  I don't remember Ballstrett very well but did they have cards in EVERY issue or just end of year ones?  Did this happen in other years too or just this one.  These are all questions that should be considered and explained in detail.  It seems the replies have all been hung up on one of the problems or the other but not both problems together.  It seems that both the copyright date AND the name of the set should be addressed together, not individually.  Furthermore, even if the 1991 is in the name, that doesn't mean that alone makes it a 1991 set.  I would nominate you to ask Admin for clarification on this set, but my vote would be make it a 1992 set with 1991 in the name.  Even with a search feature, it shouldn't be too hard to find.

I would imagine another option would be asking Spaz why he named the set what he did when he created the listing.  I'm not blaming him for all this, not by a longshot, I would imagine it was because of the 1991 in the name, but like other listings on this site, sometimes information comes to light that makes a set needing to be changed.

Or maybe we're both wrong and Doc and Marty McFly went a year into the future, took pictures and created cards, then got them copyrighted, then went back to 1991 and released them.  GREAT SCOTT! CARD'S AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE!