Football Pickup Thread

[HRBAKER]

[jefferyepayne]

Great autographs! Love the one of Bakken but it would be even cooler to add HOF holder Roger Wehrli's to it.

Picked this up recently.



jeff

[Blackie]

Jeff that is a classy card brother. The picture shows how football is supposed to be done. The card is a piece of artwork in my mind. Great pickup brother!!!

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by Blackie

Jeff that is a classy card brother. The picture shows how football is supposed to be done. The card is a piece of artwork in my mind. Great pickup brother!!!

Thanks Robert! The '55 Topps set is definitely a classic. Great players and images from a time when no tackler led with their helmet!

Here's another one I picked up in the Fall and didn't post.



jeff

[BigRedOne]

Jeff

Those are some freakin beautiful 55 All Americans you've been posting.

It is indeed one of the classic vintage football sets out there. I started a set a few years ago. When I started out my goal was mid grade EXMT with centering being the focal point.

That didn't last long as I started to gravitated torward NM or better cards with centering still the main focus.

I haven't done much with the set in the last year as cost was starting to kill me on many of the cards. Right now Im at 50 cards(half the set)

I can only imagine what those NM-T and higher cards would do to my budget!
One card like that "horseman" and POOF!!! goes the budget.

Someday I hope to pick up a few more for my set.

I do have many of the Key cards:







Hope to see more of your higher grade beauties!
John Clayes

[jefferyepayne]

Wow, those are killer '55s, John! LOVE the Thorpe. At this point I don't have any other high grade '55s to post. Most of my post-war sets are raw, but I've been slowly picking up graded stars in these sets when I see a good deal.

In general, I like raw cards so I can keep my sets in binders and actually *look* at them when I want to. I'm not a big fan of stacks and stacks of plastic Plus I just can't see the value in getting common cards graded as I'm not into the registry game and it seem like a waste of $$$ that could be used to purchase other things.

Speaking of Mr. Thorpe, I picked this up this week and am pretty excited about it.



jeff

[BigRedOne]

"In general, I like raw cards so I can keep my sets in binders and actually *look* at them when I want to. I'm not a big fan of stacks and stacks of plastic Plus I just can't see the value in getting common cards graded as I'm not into the registry game and it seem like a waste of $$$ that could be used to purchase other things."


Jeff I have the same Philosiphy! While I do enjoy doing a couple graded sets the vast majority of my collection will always be raw.

Ive also posted before about being able to see the "Flow" of a set and how that can only be seen in binder form. From the fronts on one page to the backs on the next page. As I am a centering freak it also allows me to view the overall centering much better.

To me binders offer the best and most user friendly way to store and view sets.
I just go to the library of volumes and pull out which one I want.

I totally agree that giant stacks of plastic holders are no fun when it comes to being able to pull out a card set to view.

I have a 1972 Topps football set(Graded) and it is simply impossible to enjoy them as much. First off the storage case weight a ton! Then having to shuffle through stacks of holders a handful at a time becomes more of a chore than it is fun. I can and do appreciate the beauty of the set in graded form and will likely scan all the cards for easier viewing.



Ive made special divider boards to place throughout the sets I have in binders as well as custom slip covers for each binder that eliminates the the most common problem with binders, loose and or sagging pages. I also change out the pages every 5 years or so.






While I can understand and appricate a beautiful graded set. NEVER could it replace the ability to touch, feel and smell a raw card, Jest like when we were kids.

Ive been criticized and publicly stoned on the CU board for posting pics of cards Ive cracked out of slabs for my raw sets. But that's ok I don't have to justify what I do with my collection to anybody but myself and im quite happy with the collection Ive built over the years.

John