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lampertb · #1 09-18-2025, 01:20 PM

I'm 58 cards away from finishing '56 Topps in raw, low grade. I posted about this on one of the BST forums too, but if anyone out there has low-grade 56T that you'd be willing to trade or sell, then I'd love to swing a deal.

darkhorse9 · #2 09-18-2025, 02:56 PM

I'm plowing through a 1939 Play Ball set. I'm down to just six of the low numbers before I start on the high numbers. Of course two that I need are DiMaggio and T. Williams.
It's been interesting how easy it is to find the stars, but commons are often really tough to find, and for no real apparent reason. Why am I having trouble finding a Goody Rosen or Fred Sington at a price that isn't insane?

Bigdaddy · #3 09-18-2025, 07:13 PM

Question for those of you that have multiples of sets from the same year - do you cull the best cards out and put those in one set and let the other have the leftovers (a high grade set and a lower grade set) or do you just let the cards fall where they may?

I've got two or three sets from some years in the 1970s and thought about putting the nicer cards together in one set, but it just seems like a long, boring night(s) to wade through thousands of cards, comparing each one.

Elberson · #4 09-18-2025, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

Question for those of you that have multiples of sets from the same year - do you cull the best cards out and put those in one set and let the other have the leftovers (a high grade set and a lower grade set) or do you just let the cards fall where they may?

I've got two or three sets from some years in the 1970s and thought about putting the nicer cards together in one set, but it just seems like a long, boring night(s) to wade through thousands of cards, comparing each one.

I just let them be�..

Zach Wheat · #5 09-19-2025, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elberson

I just let them be�..

Same. However, for most sets I keep a master spreadsheet to keep track of what I have and what I upgraded.

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