HOF as a “set” collectors - how many of us are out there?

[Exhibitman]

That's fun, Brian.




This is a 1982 Korean card of Hank Aaron from a tour he did over there with the Korean pro league. I know it is kind of a flip of the call (a rare card of an easily collected HOFer) but as an Aaron collector I was really happy to pick it up recently and thought I'd use the excuse to show it off.

[Sinker Slider]

Working on HOFers as well. My order of preference for choosing a card for each HOFer, which I stray from as much as abide by, is:

1) rookies if well defined as such and clearly a card
2) if the rookie is too rare or expensive, the earliest contemporary card I can afford.
3) a card from a mainstream and popular set (t206, Goudey)
4) non-contemporary cards if there aren’t any contemporary ones
5) for managers and executives who played, the earliest card I can reasonably find and afford from the years corresponding to the reason they were elected.

So for example I just bought a 1914 CJ Comiskey (from Misunderestimated—can’t wait to get it, Brian) even though Comiskey has several earlier cards. It corresponds to the reason he was elected and is from a mainstream and popular set, so it’s the one for me.

[KMayUSA6060]

Also working on a Hall of Fame project myself. I categorize my targets as "playing/involvement days", as obviously there are umpires, managers, executives, etc. I'm at 235/333, but did sell ~50 Hall of Famers last year due to financial reasons. Such a fun project that is best tackled with the mindset of it being a lifetime project.

Here is a link to my spreadsheet...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...pwY/edit#gid=0

[The-Cardfather]

Add me to the list of HOF collectors.

I'm up to about 150, so I've got a ways to go.

[DeanH3]

I'm slowly chipping away at it. Up to 140 and counting.