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Originally Posted by vintage954
Darkhorse...how long did those sets take you to complete? I myself am a set builder and I feel like its been forever. I only do EX or better. What about you?
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It probably took me about 15 years total. I had the recent stuff and then decided to do the 1969 set (my childhood favorite) After that I decided to fill the gap between 1969 and the current stash.
When that was done I started working backwards. My original goal was to just do back to 1962 (my birth year). I also had a huge start on 1954 so I finished that.
Then, of course, I had to fill the gap between 1954 and 1962. That's how I got where I am today.
I'm EX or better on everything from 1956 to today. I went VG/EX on the 1954 and 1955 Bowman set. I'm working on the 1955 Topps set as well (still 9 cards away) but I'm a little looser on the grade there since it's the second set from that year.
For the 1940's I've opened up my grades to G/VG just to give the wallet a break. I can always upgrade later. My goal is to have a set from every year. That's not possible with the 1940's so I'm doing the best I can
1940 Play Ball
1941 Play Ball (1/2 done)
1943 MP&Co (done)
1944-1946 represented by Salutation Exhibits (12 cards away minus 1939 SP)
1947 Bond Bread
1948 Bowman
1949 Bowman.
Of course once that's done I'll have to fill the gap between 1949 and 1954.soooooo.