Ongoing HOF project

[bravesfan#1]

Hello all, I'm new to this forum but have frequented other forums over the past few years. I have mostly collected modern baseball cards since I first started collecting, but I recently just got into vintage cards.

Over the past few months, I have started working on a new project that I think will take me awhile to complete - a rookie card of every member of the baseball HOF (well, as close to a RC as I can afford). There are many tobacco cards and the '52 Mantle that I will never afford, so for those I will just try to find a card as close to their rookie as possible. The key to this project is that I am looking for low grade copies of the 30's-60's rookies and then better looking copies for the newer stuff. As the years go by, I will hopefully upgrade some of the low grade items as my budget increases. I resale modern stuff pretty heavily, so this is definitely a step in a different direction for me so I will hopefully gain some very important hobby knowledge on this forum.

I am up to 40 total cards as of 8/17/2017. I will use this thread to track my progress for those interested. Below are some key additions I have had recently. If anybody can point me in the direction of low-grade copies of cards I need, please send me a PM!

Picked up this Koufax rookie last weekend for $155. Not the greatest of shape, but I am going to send it in my next PSA sub just to have it in a slab.


Picked up this Gibson rookie for $40 at my local card shop.


Killebrew rookie picked up for $30


McCovey rookie


Winfield rookie


Mazeroski rookie - picked this up for $10 at my local card shop


Ozzie rookie


Carlton rookie


Morgan rookie


Yount rookie (miscut but got it tossed into a deal for free so I'll take it!)


Picked this up on eBay for around $10 if I remember correctly. The seller misspelled his name.