Looking for suggestions...What set should I build?

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Posted By: Richard

Evening Folks,

This year I have decided to put together my first pre-war set. To help fill the time between pick-ups I am also considering casually putting together a "newer" set -- say 1940's-1950's. About 6-7 years ago I completed or nearly completed (and sold/traded) a couple of sets from the 1940's-1950's, so to start, the following are off of the list:

1947 Smith's Clothing
1948 Bowman
1951 Berk Ross (baseball)
1951 Topps RB
1954 Red Heart
1959 Fleer Ted Williams


Basically what I'm looking for is something that will be moderately challenging and won't break the bank (ie. 1952 Topps is out). On any given day, my opinion changes. I love the artwork of 1952 Bowman, and like the idea of a set like 1956 Topps or 1947-66 Exhibits because of the breadth of stars covered. At the same time, I appreciate some of those smaller regional sets (Remar Bread, Red Man Tobacco, etc). Ideally the set has a good cross-section of the HoFers, stars and "commons" of the era, but doesn't require me to drop a thousand bucks to secure a Mantle.

Is there any chance of that happening?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks for your time.

Regards,

Richard.