Building the '75 set. I'd love some advice, please

[kamikidEFFL]

Keeping cost down on such a high graded set haha that's funny.

But in all seriousness it's very tough to do. The main thing is patients. Easier said than done. What you want to do is set a price that you want to spend on the cards. First commons and then the big name cards. Stay at that those prices and no matter what have discipline to stay at that price. It's tough to do but watching auction houses sometime you can find great deals. Where your being very picky with centering and such may be tough to do.

I myself have been building my set for sometime but I have prices on where I want to be on the cards and I refuse to go above that price. It's been slowly coming together but it also helps with blowing money left and right.

So what to do

1. Set prices on commons and stars
2. DON'T GO OVER THOSE PRICES
3. Have fun building your set

[the 'stache]

Hi Jesse.

Ya, I'm doing a pretty good job at learning where to look. The suggestions have helped. Now I need to learn which auctions to play. I'll snipe away, and add cards slowly over time. The way I look at it, I'll probably spend a good deal over what I should for this set. But I will have a set I am really happy to own. And this set will be much easier to build than the T206 set, that's for sure.

I have a lot of different cards I want to buy. Cracker Jacks, early Goudy cards, some 19th century beauties, some supplements like the M101-2, postcards, etc. As of the start of the year, I can start putting that collection together. And I will. I don't have any other big expenses, so I'll just pay my bills, and build my collection.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by kamikidEFFL

The main thing is patients.

Having patients takes patience

[kamikidEFFL]

Good look on the spelling correction. I spoke into my IPad so doesn't always spell stuf right but good lookin out.

[the 'stache]

This set is driving me nuts. This set has so many issues, it's just maddening. The centering is atrocious, and too often when you find a centered card,the card is diamond cut. The corners and edges aren't generally bad, and you can tell how clean they are easily, thanks to the coloring. But the printing imperfections are all over the place. Little print bubbles..I'm going to have nightmares about them soon.

I see this set being sold near mint. I'd love to take a look at some of the cards from these sets, because I guarantee you they won't be near mint. I can't imagine a lot of people take the time to build this set from the ground up.

[mgugs46]

I actually started this set a while ago, as i was born in 75 ... I was going to do both the mini and regular sized set. Had the same frustrations with buying near mint lots that all too often had those pesky print dots. Got some great looking cards from packs from bbce, but the prices have really jumped the last year or so.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by mgugs46

I actually started this set a while ago, as i was born in 75 ... I was going to do both the mini and regular sized set. Had the same frustrations with buying near mint lots that all too often had those pesky print dots. Got some great looking cards from packs from bbce, but the prices have really jumped the last year or so.

And that's the problem with buying lots. While the cards may be in near mint condition, the print dots are a major eye sore. The only real way to avoid them is to buy the cards individually. If you buy 200 mint cards, I'm betting you might get 20 cards without any print flaws. So, you end up buying them again, anyway.

It's ok, I'm in no rush to complete this set. It will be done right. When it is done, should I ever want to, or need to sell it, it would command a premium for its superior visual quality.