Have any of you guys ever...

[Johnny630]

Great topic ! I've always been a postwar baseball kinda guy and was wondering from some experienced set builders. What's a nice set to build in say ex-mt shape that isn't super hard to complete ? I guess you could say I'm a little intimidated by trying. I've always liked the looks of 57 topps and 71.

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Great topic ! I've always been a postwar baseball kinda guy and was wondering from some experienced set builders. What's a nice set to build in say ex-mt shape that isn't super hard to complete ? I guess you could say I'm a little intimidated by trying. I've always liked the looks of 57 topps and 71.

59 Topps fits your criteria.

[tinkertoeverstochance]

1948 Bowman - currently building it casually again for the third time (finished it twice). 1959 Topps probably qualifies too; I got within 50 cards of finishing around 2007, but sold it before completion. I will never try again to finish any Topps set past 1956....

Lee

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by tinkertoeverstochance

1948 Bowman - currently building it casually again for the third time (finished it twice). 1959 Topps probably qualifies too; I got within 50 cards of finishing around 2007, but sold it before completion. I will never try again to finish any Topps set past 1956....

Lee

Lee, among other projects I am about 60% complete on '65 Topps. That is a lot of cards/commons. Not sure I will venture past the early 1950s again.

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[Harford20]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards View Post--LOL sold my partial 1939 Playball Registry set on ebay a few weeks back, took a beating on it and have regretted it massively.

I am glad this thread popped up.
I have been working on a 1939 PlayBall set for the past 4 years. I have 101/161 cards, all VG-EX to EX-NM with all HoF and stars graded PSA/SGC 4-6 (except DiMaggio and Williams both PSA 3.5). I am down to needing mostly the high number cards, which are very difficult to find in the 4-5 graded range that I can afford.

As a side note to Aquarian, I was watching your eBay listing closely as there were many high# that I wanted, but could not afford to pick this up and then have to try to sell the stars/HoFers that you had.

OK, back on track. Just over the last 2-3 weeks, I have been thinking about selling my 1939 PlayBall set (except the Williams). I am not in a money crunch, just have put this WAY on the back burner for my collecting. Now that I read this thread, I think I will just keep it sitting in my collection for a while. I know I would regret selling it, even if is not my focus of late.

Dave

[Leon]

Sometimes seeing something on this board will ignite or reinvigorate a collecting niche for us. The good thing about collecting cards is there is no right or wrong way. You can sell and buy them back again, if so desired. It's been done on many occasions...Here are a few S74 miscuts that stayed from the first collection.....I guess I was interested more than anyone else.

Originally Posted by Harford20

I am glad this thread popped up.
I have been working on a 1939 PlayBall set for the past 4 years. I have 101/161 cards, all VG-EX to EX-NM with all HoF and stars graded PSA/SGC 4-6 (except DiMaggio and Williams both PSA 3.5). I am down to needing mostly the high number cards, which are very difficult to find in the 4-5 graded range that I can afford.

As a side note to Aquarian, I was watching your eBay listing closely as there were many high# that I wanted, but could not afford to pick this up and then have to try to sell the stars/HoFers that you had.

OK, back on track. Just over the last 2-3 weeks, I have been thinking about selling my 1939 PlayBall set (except the Williams). I am not in a money crunch, just have put this WAY on the back burner for my collecting. Now that I read this thread, I think I will just keep it sitting in my collection for a while. I know I would regret selling it, even if is not my focus of late.

Dave

[aljurgela]

Wow... I sold my backup set of the TG set a couple of years ago and not only did it "only" bring $50k, I have felt pain over it for years. That set took more than a decade to build, is AMAZINGLY rare and (in my mind) way more valuable. A number of the cards only had two copies known.

At the time, I felt like I could let these duplicate go, but found it way more painful that I expected.... Odd, but true...