| Hollywood42 |
04-27-2017 09:32 AM |
Thanks again all, good to see some familiar faces usernames, as well as meet some new ones!
Not entirely sure where to post this as I don't feel this merits a new thread, but wanted to share some of my eventual plans for vintage. I have literally no real timeline on starting any of these projects (all are unstarted at this point)- I could just as easily pick up my first cards today as I could a year and a half from now. But, I would like to get all of these vintage projects started eventually, and wanted to share a bit about what they all are-
Baseball
Twins sets- So this one is actually already started, as I do have some vintage Twins in my Twins PC- Nothing high value or high grade though. I've been mainly focused on the Topps set from each year, though I would like to get some others as well. Would be super cool to have a complete Twins run of Topps cards from 1961 on!
T206 Minneapolis Millers- I feel like I'm almost obligated to get a few T206s in my collection. Plus they are just super cool. I won't be able to afford any of the better names, but I would like to get some of the cards, so as a Minnesotan I figured that going after the Millers from the set would be a nice way to break into the set. Should be easier and a lot more affordable. I believe the best name from the Millers is Jimmy Collins, which will be cool to have a HOFer. Maybe from there it will turn into getting a few other HOFers/other good names from the set. Who knows! Would prefer lower grade PSAs or SGCs for these at this point
1933 Delong- I've seen some posts in pickup threads across a few different forums, and some guy posted a bunch of Delongs that he acquired and they were beautiful. I'd love to start slowly building the set in PSA low grades
1934-36 Diamond Stars- This is just another cool looking set that I wanted to pick up some cards for. However, the checklist also looks pretty nice too- A lot of affordable guys I haven't heard of, but a few HOFers mixed in as well- Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey, Lefty Grove, Rogers Hornsby, Hank Greenburg, Jimmy Foxx, Tony Lazerri, Charlie Gehringer, and more are in the set. I'll be going after low grade PSAs to start this one as well- Affordable, but will be looking for eye appeal cards. Will be cool to have nice artwork, as well as some cards of some of those HOFers I mentioned without shelling out big bucks for them
1941 Play Ball- Again, just a really nice looking set and a cool checklist. Some bigger names in this one, including Dimaggio, Pee Wee Reese, and Ted Williams, so that might be a bit of a step up from the Diamond Stars set. Really like the way PSA holders look with these, so again will likely go after low grade PSAs
Basketball
1971-72 Topps- I don't collect basketball at all really, but I bought a huge lot of cards from my neighbor's husband that passed away a few years ago, and while the majority are junk era cards, there's a decent number of vintage finds in there (nothing huge). Among them are a good number of '71-72 Topps basketball, and I just really like the set. Such a '70s feel with the team name on the front of the card. Just really fun cards to look at. Probs will go raw with these for better affordability and easier storage
Hockey
1971-72 Topps- Pretty much the same as with '71-72 Topps basketball, I just really like the design and how these look. Thinking raw for these for the same reasons as above
Dunno, just wanted to share my plans. Again, don't know when I'll actually start on these, but I'm looking forward to getting going!
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