[NateMack]

I recommended this to another collector recently, but how about doing them both at the same time. You really do save money in the long run by finding great deals across multiple sets collected at the same time. Then you can whittle down a pair of sets at the same time and put the money you save into one of the higher priced stars that both sets have in them.

That being said, the 56 set is much, much easier to complete. The 53 set has about 60 high numbers and the 53 Mays and Mantle cards are going to be high dollar in any grade. The 56 set has only 1 real high dollar card, the Mantle, and it is a fraction of the cost of the 53 Mantle.

What grade are you going to collect in these sets? Are you going slabbed or raw?