Box of 20

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

But I have the gene, i need eleven more cards to reach the K2 summit of 500. I can smell it. Every day I comb the Web looking for my guys in a condition and at a price I can live with. They can run, but they can't hide......Chesbro, Jimmy Collins, Cranston, Doyle (NY), Hickman, Johnson, Paige, Shaughnessy, Carlos and Sid Smith and Thornton are in the crosshairs and they know it. I will ultimately succeed, hopefully this year. I am a set collector and proud of it. Make me an offer I can't refuse and your check is in the mail (or a Paypal gift if you prefer)

I have the set collector's gene as well. I love your mountain climbing analogy as it is so true! For me, it's an exhilarating experience to complete a set. Acquiring that last card is a rush regardless of whether it is of a superstar or a common.

The other reason I don't mind searching out commons is that I look at each cards as a window into a players life at a particular point in time. While I love the fronts of my cards, the backs that contain player information are even better. How was this player doing in 1935? His stats. His health. How did his team do? Was it early in a career that resulted in induction in the HOF? Or was he a one season wonder that wasn't able to realize his promise? Or did he never really have much success? Did he go to college? Play other sports as well?

Houston Antwine of the old Boston Patriots died the other day. He was not a HOFer but a very good player that I didn't know a lot about so I pulled all of his cards and spent some time looking at them and reading up on his career. Kinda my own personal tribute to his life. You all probably saw that his wife passed the next day as well.

I'm not trying to romanticize our hobby too much but I personally enjoy the "people" aspects of my cards regardless of whether the person on the card was a superstar or a common.

jeff

P.S. sorry for the football reference in a baseball thread but it was timely

[tbob]

I definitely have the set collection gene. I tried collecting only the large letter variation P2s and the HOFer Domino Discs and slid in to collecting the whole dang complete set of each. It definitely is an adventure to track down the ones you need, but inevitably the one by one collecting makes it much more pricey to collect the set than to just wait and wait and wait and try to buy a complete set in an auction. I have always felt that it is idiotic that a complete set won't sell more for the sum of the parts, with all the time, work, hair-pulling, etc. involved, but I get the fact that many people don't want the Topsy Hartsels or Al Matterns of the world...

[wonkaticket]

After years of collecting sets, this year I think I will be trying a hybrid of this. I will still continue to upgrade and add to my 2 fav sets T206 & T212.

But vs. 20 I'm going to go for a top 100 cards of my own choice.

Cheers,

John

[Orioles1954]

When I get back into the hobby, I will definitely do a "Top 25" and focus on my true love, the Baltimore Orioles and its history.