1952 Topps -- Card Gallery

[jayshum]

My Mapes. I saw what the set in Goldin went for as well. Not sure why the Mantle had the grade it did although it would have been a 1 if it got a number. Robinson seemed overgraded at a 3 with the amount of surface wear. Price actually seems somewhat reasonable based on recent sales of individual cards.

[irv]

Originally Posted by jayshum

My Mapes. I saw what the set in Goldin went for as well. Not sure why the Mantle had the grade it did although it would have been a 1 if it got a number. Robinson seemed overgraded at a 3 with the amount of surface wear. Price actually seems somewhat reasonable based on recent sales of individual cards.

All those cards were older graded ones and the majority, if not all, wouldn't receive those grades today guaranteed.

Also, as I have seen since 2016, complete sets never seem to bring the money people expect. Of course I am sure a PSA 8 set and higher would bring some crazy money but for the most part, based on what I have seen, selling the cards individually usually brings more money it seems?

Of course, I suppose, that is how it is viewed as selling individually means a lot of work and such so maybe selling a complete set, especially if viewed as time is money and accounting for all the fees, etc, comes into play?

I'll let others, however, answer that one who have more experience doing/trying both.

[jayshum]

I remember when I was collecting my Topps sets that if I added up the prices in the Beckett price guide in the Hi column for all the listed stars, it was usually close to the listed price for the set. If the set had high priced high numbers, then the price of the stars would be a little below the set price, but it did always seem like buying the full set would be cheaper than buying the cards in the set individually. The problem was finding a full set and having the money to spend for it all at once so none of my sets were bought complete.

[Tom S.]

Here's my #103.

[Gorditadogg]

Cliff Mapes. They don't make names like that anymore.

[bobsbbcards]

[LincolnVT]

My Kolloway.

[jayshum]

My Kolloway