Does anyone here collect complete autographed sets? Here's my 1999 MVP set

[Luke]

1990 leaf is an amazing set for autographs. You should try your best to hang onto that one imo. I tried to get all of the Mariners signed from that set. I think I came up 2 or 3 short, with the Griffey being one of them.

[dgo71]

I am nearly done with 1988 Score, 660-card Regular set and 110-card Traded set. I also work on smaller subsets like 1985 Topps USA cards and the Donruss Diamond Kings from 1982 through 1991.

[roarfrom34]

I have the 1983 Donruss Action All Star set completely signed (took about 20 years to accomplish it)

[cdn_collector]

This is a cool approach to collecting a set. A little crazy, maybe, but cool all the same

I know I don't have the drive to do an entire set. I've considered trying to do a team set though, and am still kicking that idea around still.

Cool projects everyone -- anyone have a gallery/site dedicated to their quest?

[T206Collector]

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[Luke]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

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I'll never get tired of looking at your t206s Paul. Amazing.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

I'll never get tired of looking at your t206s Paul. Amazing.

Thanks! I just wish I knew how to add to the collection. I'm pretty much stuck at this point at 38 signed poses (not including Mrs. Matty & Mrs. McGraw on their husband's cards).

[MacDice]

I am less than 100 cards to go on a signed 1957 baseball set

[peterose4hof]

Originally Posted by dgo71

I am nearly done with 1988 Score, 660-card Regular set and 110-card Traded set. I also work on smaller subsets like 1985 Topps USA cards and the Donruss Diamond Kings from 1982 through 1991.

Do you have any pics/scans of the Diamond Kings autographs. Those are some of my favorite cards of all time?

[dgo71]

Originally Posted by peterose4hof

Do you have any pics/scans of the Diamond Kings autographs. Those are some of my favorite cards of all time?

Not too many. I got the vast majority signed back in the 80's and 90's and only recently started scanning specific cards that I like. Here's a handful that I pieced together from other random scans. Kind of wish Sutton's signature placement had been better but as nice as he was I won't complain! They are somewhat tough to sign without going over their face. I was surprised Perez took the time to sign his neatly since he's usually exceptionally grouchy when signing for free.

[theshleps]

I will be selling off about 30,000 signed cards over the next few months. Most were IP and some TTM, some toughies. If you send me a relatively short lists of cards you need to complete sets post 1969- and are serious about buying I will see what I have. I do have quite a few multisigned. List price you will pay next to each card as I probably won't take the time if you are only willing to pay a few dollars for a specific card. Send it to my email theshleps@aol.com as it will make it easier

[Fluterofd]

I'm new to the forum. I started in the '60's taking cards to the ball parks in Florida during the Spring and mailing to the players via their clubs.

In the '70's I used Jack Smallings' address list and mailed out hundreds of cards to the players at home. TAR put me in contact with other autograph collectors with whom great relationships were established. In the late '70's I offered my services as a photographer to a small weekly paper and that gave me the opportunity to apply for press credentials during Spring training. That was an incredible time for me. Card shows in the 80's allowed me access to some of the West coast players that seldom came to Florida. Golf tourneys in the Winter were great opportunities. It just kind of grew until one day I had some pretty good percentages of sets from '51 Bowman thru '75 Topps.
I was lucky as a kid living in Ft Myers where the Pirates trained. I got three Clemente cards signed- '64 Topps Giant, '61 Topps, '63 Topps. The bigger problem in those days was getting the older cards for the players to sign rather having access to them!

I think my story is similar to other collectors out there. The '33 Goudeys posted were really impressive. I remember meeting an older gentleman from St Pete at a card show years ago. He had a many of the Goudeys signed, most of the biggies and was about to sell them to a dealer that weekend for more than he ever dreamed they were worth-and a fraction of their value now!

I'm still looking for the tough guys in many of the sets. I have duplicates to trade and would enjoy the chance to touch base with other collectors.

Good luck to all!

[Jerry G]

I thought the '58 Topps with the solid background would be very accommodating for signatures. The 58's are also the first set that I actually remember buying off the counter at Al's Confectionary, at the corner of Plymouth and Hodiamont.

When the 1978 Grand Slam card set with player addresses came out, I included an extra card with each mailing, usually a '58 Topps. With this method I acquired 40 '58's. In 2001, I made the crazy decision to get them all autographed. At this point, I am 9 cards shy of complete autographed set and probably as complete as I will get.

[peterose4hof]

Originally Posted by dgo71

Not too many. I got the vast majority signed back in the 80's and 90's and only recently started scanning specific cards that I like. Here's a handful that I pieced together from other random scans. Kind of wish Sutton's signature placement had been better but as nice as he was I won't complain! They are somewhat tough to sign without going over their face. I was surprised Perez took the time to sign his neatly since he's usually exceptionally grouchy when signing for free.

Very Nice! I love Tony Perez's signature.

[carlsonjok]

I've been working on 1963 Fleer baseball, though I don't ever expect to complete it.I know it isn't a very big set relative to what y'all are working on, but I am not an autograph collector, so it is just about the right size for me. I just received my 34th card today (out of 66 cards in the set.) There is probably a dozen more out on EBay that I need, although the condition on most of them is not great. There is also a Koufax for $600 OBO. That is a bit rich for my blood at the moment, though I might be inclined to send the card in if he ever does another public signing.

Cards I don't ever expect to get, because of availability or cost, include: Mays, Drysdale, Adcock, and Clemente.

I think this one is my favorite:

[CooperstownExpert]

Finally completed the sets I'm working on -- 1985, 86, 87 Topps sets, 1986 Donruss, 1987 Fleer...DONE! Sure would like to trade one or two of these away. So many duplicate signatures with the five sets over three years. Send a personal message if interested. I also collect lifetime passes.

[thenavarro]

Wow, some of y'all have some great, large sets signed. Pretty impressive to get a 792 card set signed.

The only complete signed set I have is 1981 Donruss Golf, however, it's only sixty something cards.

I used to have a near complete run of the 82 and 83 Wrestling All Star cards signed but when prices for those started to get so high, I got tempted and sold several. Wrestling collectors are die hard and pay a lot more $$$ with a lot less hassle for relatively modern guys.