Set collectors - which ones do you collect and how are you doing on them?

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Posted By: Joe Brennan

I have a number of sets I'm working on, thanks for asking. Here they are in no particular order:

122 T206's Trying to put together all the portraits first and after that go back and fill in the gaps. I found myself buying any T206 and I was all over the place. This way I'm more focused and am slowing down a bit.

1960 Topps Football, mid grade set, need 24 out of 132
1961 Topps Football, high grade set, prolly need 40 or so
1961 Topps Baseball, mid to high grade set, near half way complete
1964 Topps Football, Low grade set. I found this rummaging around at my mothers house 2 years ago. Every card is creased down the middle, like I had them in my back pocket. Need about 20, value not important.
1966 Topps Football. Another chidhood set. I have upgrade most, but this is a true mint set. Complete, but still improving
1966 Philly Football mid grade, need 60 or so.
1967 Philly Football, another childhood set, high to mint grade, complete exept for a few upgrades.

1963 Fleer Football PSA 7 and 8. I wanted a complete graded set so I picked this 89 card set. One of the nicest looking set ever made IMHO. I lack 5 cards from being complete.

I know most of these are not pre war, but I like to search e-bay and sometimes no T206's are to my liking so I can jump around a bit with these sets. All the sets except for the Fleer and T206's will remain raw and in albums. I often take out an album and look at the players from my youth.
I grew up in Buffalo and we didn't have a Major League Baseball team so football and the Bill's were my passion. It reflects in what I bought and saved as a kid. Sorry for the long wind.


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