Football Collecting Goals for 2018

[mmier118]

For me it’s finishing my mid grade psa 1952 bowman set, all I need are Bobby Dillon and Burt reichichar so that should happen.

I also want to keep plugging away at my low grade chicle set. I have all the Hof’ers and 7 of the 12 high numbers but this is a slow project for me and if I can add 2 or 3 high numbers and 2 or 3 others I will be happy.

I’m also working on collecting the 1997 essential credentials hof’ers so if I can add any of those that will be great. And always looking for any mayo’s I don’t have but would be surprised to add more than one if any this year. An 1888 Beecher would be great too but that’s probably a stretch goal for me.

My biggest goal and I really hope to meet it is to make it out to the National and meet a few of you guys this year. I really think I’ll make it out there so as the event gets closer I’d love to make plans to say hi to whomever is on the board and would like to visit for awhile.

[albrshbr]

As I do every year, I am going to build off of last year's goals, here are my football collecting goals for 2018.

- Pickup 3 more key football HOF Rookie cards (the list is getting short)
- Pickup at least 20 new additions to my Buffalo Bills team sets on the PSA Registry (currently 350/461)
- Upgrade 1 item in my All Time Buffalo Bills PSA Set Registry set
- Obtain 2 Joe Ferguson (Bills QB) special card collectibles, preferably unopened packs with him showing on top or Topps Vault type items
- Attend the National with my 9 y/o son, it will be his first...this is my most important goal!

[sockwell123]

Congrats on finishing all those sets Jeff. Awesome!

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by sockwell123

Congrats on finishing all those sets Jeff. Awesome!

Thanks Shawn! I'm pretty excited about it. Wasn't sure I would ever finish that run.

jeff

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Jeff which was the toughest 1894 Mayos or 1926 Spalding?

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by Hot Springs Bathers

Jeff which was the toughest 1894 Mayos or 1926 Spalding?

A great question, Mike. These two sets are the most difficult to complete in the run.

From a pure scarcity perspective, Spalding is hands down the most difficult set to complete in the run. Nine of the fifteen cards in the set (I'm including the Grange promo card in here) have a total known population of less than 10 cards. This includes both graded cards in the population report as well as the raw ones I'm aware of that pre-war collectors have. I've been able to catalog a total of only 135 of these cards I know exist. That is sick!

By comparison, there are 16 Mayo Dunlop cards in the population report. From a cost perspective, Mayo is more difficult. The set is more than twice as big as the Spalding set and the Dunlop is very expensive ... going for between $6K - $12K for a low grade example (which most are). There are a few other that are hard to get under $1K too (like Hinkey and Poe). Of course you can always purchase one raw off ebay that somebody found in their grandpa's attic for much less

jeff

[Hot Springs Bathers]

A wonderful run!

[talkinbaseball]

To try and finish my mid-grade graded (PSA & SGC) 1953 Bowman "White Football" Football Set, need about 20 to go.

John