Hardest prewar sets that have been completed

[brianp-beme]

Not to hijack the thread, but I think it’s in line...

What’s the toughest affordable set to complete pre-war. Many of the ultra rare are not really possible for a regular budget (and continued marriage ).


Hijack duly noted...1936 Goudey. Relatively plentiful, fewer collectors collecting black and white photo cards, small-size (25), no mega-stars in set (Greenberg the biggest star), and backs that could be used in playing a game, making it seem like a game card set that a substantial number of collectors frown upon.

All of this adds up to an affordable, easy to complete prewar set.

Brian

[BuzzD]

Does anyone know of a complete E122 American Caramel set?

[Spike]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Not to hijack the thread, but I think it’s in line...

What’s the toughest affordable set to complete pre-war. Many of the ultra rare are not really possible for a regular budget (and continued marriage ).


Hijack duly noted...1936 Goudey. Relatively plentiful, fewer collectors collecting black and white photo cards, small-size (25), no mega-stars in set (Greenberg the biggest star), and backs that could be used in playing a game, making it seem like a game card set that a substantial number of collectors frown upon.

All of this adds up to an affordable, easy to complete prewar set.

Brian

True, 1936 Goudey R322's an easy enough one to put together. On the flip side for that particular set (pun intended), I leveraged Dave Winer's efforts (via Net54) to identify the entire master set of front/back combos, which totals 176. After a couple years of hunting, I need nine more.

So far, I've paid $5-15 for commons and up to $80 for HOFers, which puts it in affordable territory for many prewar collectors. No clear scarcity differences between R322 front/back combos, so demand's driven by the HOFers and semi-stars like Pepper Martin.