Sports Collectors Digest complete set ad from 1985 - What would you buy?

[rjackson44]

Hi brian everything

[jayshum]

I'm not sure yet about the lower price ranges, but for the highest range you listed, I would have to go for the 1952 Topps set. While I agree the T3 set is one of the most beautiful sets there is, if the 1952 Topps set really has an EX-MT Mantle, Robinson and Campanella along with half the high numbers, the current value of that set would dwarf any of the others listed. The T3 set has a VG Cobb and more than half the set is G-VG including many with pinholes so it would be worth nowhere near what the 52 Topps set would be (especially the Mantle these days).

[jingram058]

The 1952 Topps with EX-MT Mantle would blow everything else so far into the woods you would have to go looking with a tractor.

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by jingram058

The 1952 Topps with EX-MT Mantle would blow everything else so far into the woods you would have to go looking with a tractor.

On a total $ amount yes, but on a % basis, the E90-2 American Caramel set with an EX-MT Wagner might be worth 100X the listed price of $225.

The Wolverine and Sepia postcard sets are both probably worth 50X their listed prices of $700 and $1,750.