A 1952 Topps complete set. Starting "the" ultimate post war project

[baseballfan]

i finished the low numbers and am slowly working on the high numbers when i see them reasonably prices, and i mean slowly. it was a lot of fun and nice to finish it, it can be done. just have some upgrades now to a VG+ set

would like to save up for a Mantle that would kick in into overdrive on finishing the hi numbers.

good luck with it

[cardsagain74]

Picked up a bunch of commons, (very) minors, and Roberts (if he counts) in grade 2-3. No high numbers yet, although spending real money on the Runnels felt similar.

This pace won't continue, but wanted some foundation to get started.

87/407

[cardsagain74]

Attempted to break the high number cherry tonight (an unusually large number of them in my target range were just up for auction). Always got sniped. A clearly creased one that looked great in thumbnails sold for the same as many better cards, so sometimes people seem to just bid on them without even looking.

I'm somewhat concerned about a bubble effect in the market. Not just for these, but in general. Not much desire to force this and spend much more at the moment than I already have on my new vintage collection. If I'm wrong and end up spending 250 a pop for these grade 3ish high numbers in 10 years instead of 100 today, so be it.

Good thing this is a lifetime project.....

[Republicaninmass]

Those highs just keep increasing. I still need a handful and got blown out!

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

Those highs just keep increasing. I still need a handful and got blown out!

So you were one of those who rendered my bids insignificant

There was heavy action on those. Thing is, they still ended up being a better deal than some of the prices on beaters lately. I'd rather spend 120 on a 3.5-4 than 60 on a 1

[Exhibitman]

I am not a set guy so I don’t know the answer to this firsthand and never will but money aside how quickly could a 1952 Topps set be assembled?

[rsdill2]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I am not a set guy so I don’t know the answer to this firsthand and never will but money aside how quickly could a 1952 Topps set be assembled?

If money wasn't an option, theoretically you could complete it right now. Every card is always available on eBay or other venues. Wouldn't be very fun and would be expensive but at any one time I'd be surprised if there weren't at least 10 (probably more) of all 407 cards listed on eBay.

There's also several complete sets available to purchase right now as well on eBay.