What's the "easiest" and best pre-war set to complete?

ronniehatesjazz · #1 09-18-2017, 07:49 PM

All the ones mentioned are great in regards to cost. Also the 41 play balls should get some love as mentioned above (the 40 issue isn't attractive though IMO). I think one that's overlooked though are T205's. Second best t card set I think and you can piece together a low grade set for ~$10k if you're patient. I'm working slowly on it right now and have snagged some of the key cards for very reasonable prices. I think it's the perfect set in regards to iconic affordability and relatively easy to put together yet still challenging.

rats60 · #2 09-19-2017, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ronniehatesjazz

All the ones mentioned are great in regards to cost. Also the 41 play balls should get some love as mentioned above (the 40 issue isn't attractive though IMO). I think one that's overlooked though are T205's. Second best t card set I think and you can piece together a low grade set for ~$10k if you're patient. I'm working slowly on it right now and have snagged some of the key cards for very reasonable prices. I think it's the perfect set in regards to iconic affordability and relatively easy to put together yet still challenging.

Defintely not t205 if you want an easy set. I decided to try to complete the set 3 years ago when I realized that I already had over half the set. I am still trying to finish it. The short prints are a nightmare, toughest set that I have tried to complete. I would suggest t206 set of 518 before attempting t205. I wonder how many of these sets suggested are easy or are you going to be spending years trying to finish them unless you want to hit BIN at double or triple VCP.

brianp-beme · #3 09-19-2017, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rats60

I wonder how many of these sets suggested are easy or are you going to be spending years trying to finish them unless you want to hit BIN at double or triple VCP.

I think the list sterlingfox provided is a good one for sets that are relatively easy to complete and would not kill the budget, with just a dozen or so high dollar cards among them all. I would add to his list the 1941 Play Ball set, since many consider it to be attractive color set, it is only 72 cards with no rarities, and just the Dimaggio, Williams, and Reese being the cards with biggest price tags.

Brian

ronniehatesjazz · #4 09-19-2017, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rats60

Defintely not t205 if you want an easy set. I decided to try to complete the set 3 years ago when I realized that I already had over half the set. I am still trying to finish it. The short prints are a nightmare, toughest set that I have tried to complete. I would suggest t206 set of 518 before attempting t205. I wonder how many of these sets suggested are easy or are you going to be spending years trying to finish them unless you want to hit BIN at double or triple VCP.

That's odd I've had little difficulty finding the SP's with the exception of Hobby (which I'm not going for anyways). Maybe I've just been lucky.

rats60 · #5 09-19-2017, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ronniehatesjazz

That's odd I've had little difficulty finding the SP's with the exception of Hobby (which I'm not going for anyways). Maybe I've just been lucky.

Where are you finding them? I have them in my watch list on EBay and I am signed up with most of the Auction Houses including Collectors Central which duplicates a lot of the prior. The only show that I go to is the National though. I just don't want to pay 2 or 3 times VCP.

I am not sure about those suggesting E sets either. They don't seem to be readily available unless you don't care about price. I'd say t202 before t205 or any of the E card sets, although t201 is easier than t202.

The Nasty Nati · #6 09-20-2017, 02:46 PM

I haven't attempted it, but the Diamond Stars seems like a very doable set. Very underrated in my opinion and the art deco design is great. In many cases the design is better than Goudey on a lot of the players.

E96 might be another 'easier' one, but personally, I think the players all look like they are wearing blush makeup. Not really for me.

Mark · #7 09-20-2017, 02:58 PM

What about E220? Has anyone put together a complete set? I don't think that there are any terrible scarcities, but I might be wrong.

Steve D · #8 09-21-2017, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Mark

What about E220? Has anyone put together a complete set? I don't think that there are any terrible scarcities, but I might be wrong.

E220 has an insanely difficult Babe Ruth in it!

Steve

Cozumeleno · #9 09-21-2017, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by rats60

Where are you finding them? I have them in my watch list on EBay and I am signed up with most of the Auction Houses including Collectors Central which duplicates a lot of the prior. The only show that I go to is the National though. I just don't want to pay 2 or 3 times VCP.

I am not sure about those suggesting E sets either. They don't seem to be readily available unless you don't care about price. I'd say t202 before t205 or any of the E card sets, although t201 is easier than t202.

They'll eventually surface. I had a hard time with several. Joss was the toughest for what I wanted to pay. Had about 4-5 SPs that I overpaid on just to get them. You can go a few months until you see a few of them on eBay at a half decent price. The basic 208-card set was enough for me but I've added a few of the variations/errors beyond that since then.

yanks4 · #10 09-23-2017, 09:14 AM

34 Goudey

Bridwell · #11 09-24-2017, 11:31 PM

I had been thinking the same question as the OP a few years ago. Some of the pre-war sets are available to collect, but not very attractive IMO.

For me, I ended up doing PSA registry sets of 1934 Goudey and 1934-36 Diamond Stars. Both were fun to collect. I also did an E96 set, in mostly SGC. These were all great looking sets to collect, and prices seem reasonable these days. If you're patient you can get some low prices bidding on ebay or from the various auction houses.

Leon · #12 09-21-2017, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by rats60

Defintely not t205 if you want an easy set. I decided to try to complete the set 3 years ago when I realized that I already had over half the set. I am still trying to finish it. The short prints are a nightmare, toughest set that I have tried to complete. I would suggest t206 set of 518 before attempting t205. I wonder how many of these sets suggested are easy or are you going to be spending years trying to finish them unless you want to hit BIN at double or triple VCP.

T205s are being really fun to collect especially trying to find just the right ones. However, with the SP's and HOF'ers I don't think it will be cheap to complete...

bbcard1 · #13 09-19-2017, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ronniehatesjazz

All the ones mentioned are great in regards to cost. Also the 41 play balls should get some love as mentioned above (the 40 issue isn't attractive though IMO). I think one that's overlooked though are T205's.

I was coming here to post the same sets. On my T205 set, if only worried about getting a full set of fronts. Nothing wrong with the guys who like tougher backs, they jsut didn't engage me.

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