Set Collectors - Report in your progress!

familytoad · #1 11-13-2016, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by familytoad

Scott....that's a great wife for sure! Yes there are more Old Judge cards but not many wives would encourage going for that set

My own progress is coming along nicely. Just 91 more cards to complete my Topps Run from 1952 through 1980. That excludes the 52 highs that I am not interested in. The bulk of those needed are 67 Topps high numbers. I have all the cards from the 1953-62 years. I also have 1969-1980 done.

I have a few Bowman sets going, but only 1950 is complete.
I have a few prewar sets complete...T205, E95, E96 and E210-1.
I'm working on C46, E90-1, E210-2 , T212-2 and T212-3.
I upgrade occasionally on the prewar, but rarely on the Topps run as I don't mind G/VG or whatever I get to fill the binders.

All this activity has been after I swore off adding more sets. I was going to focus on my pre-war HOF collection which is my favorite portion of this sickness.
I want to acquire all of the HOFers from each of the main prewar sets. Yup, the grandest goal and likely unachievable. Still, I have made nice progress on that too

I sure could use some discipline to keep focused, but it's all good!

Update, I have lowered my number to just 75 cards to finish my version of the Topps run from 1952-1980

I really am disliking high numbers from the decade of the 60's but I "have" to get them I guess.

Regrettably, my overall collection list didn't really get shorter as I added 1953 Bowman color, 1975 Topps Mini and 1947 Tip Top since I wrote earlier in the thread. After I picked up a trio of T3 Turkey Red HOFers, it also made me consider a low grade run on those to go with the handful I already had.

It will never end.

ALR-bishop · #2 11-13-2016, 08:16 AM

It is definitely an illness Brian.

But you do have an impressive collection

spaidly · #3 11-13-2016, 03:39 PM

42 cards away from a super crispy NM 1960 set.
55 cards away from an ex-mt/nm 1965 set
31% in my mostly NM 1957 set. Just got both Robinson rookies. Wallet says, "Ouch."

I need the Mantles for all three in PSA 7 so keep me in mind for those if you are selling.

Scott

kailes2872 · #4 11-13-2016, 09:17 PM

I completed 55 and 54 a couple of months ago and have been trying to fill in some holes with 70's football and basketball while making sure that I don't spend the Christmas money. Last month, I picked up a nice deal on 75-76 NBA. I am closing in on a nice deal on 77 NFL.

Come late February, I am going to look to buy a nice mid-grade 55 and 54 Bowman (with Williams). I am looking for stars in the PSA 6 range. I figure that I will look at the AH's for the best value - but if anyone has any of those that they might be cosigning and you want to split the difference on the potential BP, then please keep me in mind.

Also doing some light upgrading along the way. It is a really weird thing when I get through a project. The 54-56 mission was 2 hard years of looking for deals, managing check lists, upgrading the binder, etc. Once it is done, it is a relief, but I find myself a tad lost as I am not on the daily hunt.

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