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My Journy through the 1972 Topps Set
Hello everyone. I have been a card collector for about 2 years. You might wonder why I have taken so long to get to my third post. I am wondering that myself. I went through a Modern Phase and still am, but I want to start building my vintage collection. I am in high school, so Im working on a short budget, but I am not going to give up on this.
First Mailday(Paid $9.50): 6-F. SCHERMAN 7-E. HERNANDEZ 10-A. OTIS 12-J. CARDNAL 13-J. GRZENDA 14-P. KOEGEL 17-D. DUNCAN 18-J. PIZARRO 19-B. COWAN 20-D. WILSON 22-R. GARDNER 24-T. FORD 27-B. JOHNSON 32-C. JONES IN ACTION 226-1971 WORLD SERIES 304-J. PEPITONE 550-B. ROBINSON Third Mailday 200-L. BROCK-$1.89 (Paid $2.99): 41-T. DAVIS 80-T. PEREZ 205-G. GENTRY 608-M. CORKINS 619-R. MCKINNEY Fourth Mailday-(0.00) 555 Ron Santo (HOF) 506 Indians RC Stars 375 Reggie Cleveland 366 Jimmy Rosario 363 Ron Klimkowski 345 Rick Wise Boyhood Photos 315 Paul Splittorff 312 Clay Carroll IA 305 Ken Boswell 297 Claude Osteen 288 Johnny Jeter 274 Al Severinsen 264 Tommy John 260 Ralph Garr 248 Tom Bradley 208 Milt Pappas 121 Ed Sprague 109 Jerry May 60 Manny Sanguillen 46 Glenn Beckert IA 40 Bob Barton IA 39 Bob Barton 31 Cleon Jones 48/787 6%:D |
What shape are you looking for and do you have vintage to trade?
1972 is by far my favorite set of all time, so good luck to you! |
I put together a 69 Topps set pre-internet in the 80s while in High School, I know the challenge! Good luck in your journey, very cool. Great set...I'm about 45 short myself...
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Agree with Darren, it is a great set, but what made you pick that year ? What "modern" stuff do you collect ? Did you see your shadow ?
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I've been working on the 72's for years now, my favorite set, although I was always bummed out by the lack of In Action cards of the Cardinals.
Just need 50 easy high numbers now, which are pretty easy to find on Ebay if I wanted to finish it. Enjoy the chase. |
Groundhog....
Email me your address and I'll look through my collection for dupes. I'm sure we'll find a few and they're yours at no charge. My only request is when you get older you "pay it back" to someone else new to the hobby. Best wishes, Scott scottglevy@yahoo.com |
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Good luck on the set groundhog! |
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I mostly collect David Wright and the Packers(born in Green Bay). And no, I didn't see my shadow because all I can see is snow.:D |
If you're studying for the SAT's, make sure you spell "journey" correctly. ;)
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I started the set in 1972. Finished it about 2 years ago just for kicks. I was missing most high numbers. They were easily found on eBay, all in great ex-NM shape.
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Just bought some cards off of eBay: Lou Brock-$1.89 5 card lot-$2.99 619 Rich McKinney 608 Mike Corkins 105 Gary Gentry 80 Tony Perez 41 Tommy Davis |
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Also, how much do you think I will be spending on this? Obviously it won't be under 100 but if it costs about 1500, I know I wont be able to do it.
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I have spent a little over $100 in my quest for this set and am at about 50%. However, I don't have any of the big cards and only 1 high number so far. Buying nice exmt and nrmt lots has given me a nice chunk of dupes that I can hopefully use to knockdown the list of commons that I still need.
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To put the set together from scratch in Ex-ExMt condition I am guessing is going to be $750-$1,000. Based on the purchase you listed it might be toward the high end. Here are a few suggestions:
Do not But it Now on Ebay. 95% of them are rip-offs. Look for free shipping sellers. Try to buy a starter set / lot to get you started. Ideally this lot will have a nice group of high #s as well as some stars. You might want to do this 2-3 times. You will have some duplicates, but this will give you some sale and / or trade bait and minimize your searches of single cards. Ultimately you will have to search for single cards at some point, but that is where it can get expensive. Good luck. I have always loved that '72 set. |
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Received the Lou Brock today, looks great. Will have a picture of everything I have at the end of the week once I get everything in. |
If I were you I'd head down to Chicago for the Sun Times show in a few weeks if you're still in the area, you could fill in a lot of your commons there.
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1972 was the first set that I collected. I have little left from my 1972-1974 sets (but virtually everything I collected from 1975-1991).
About 10 years ago I got a great 1972 starter set at a huge discount at a show. The seller was packing up and sold me this and a 1971 starter set for about $100. I've periodically picked up cards for the 72 set and now need about 50 high numbers (all commons) to complete the set. |
It's those darn high numbers. From about #656 to the end they run $4-6 each in ex condition and $10-12 each, and up, for nm. I foolishly am trying to assemble a nm condition set and am about 15 cards away. At $10-12 each those high numbers are killing me! If I had to do it again, I'd save up and just buy the whole set. For some reason, this is one set where the sum of the parts are way, way more expensive than the whole.
If you use ebay, I've had luck finding one seller with a bunch of cards at starting auction prices of 99 cents. I wait until the last minute and bid on a bunch of them. You get a combined shipping price that way and because they're plentiful (low numbers anyway), you'll often be the only bidder. The best luck I've had though has been to visit a card show. No guessing on condition, no shipping charges and you can walk around and shop for the best deals. And every dealer at a card show will give you a good break if you buy a bunch at one time. You can also find good starter sets as well. I would add that the "in action" cards seem to be really poorly centered and you'll pay a premium for nice ones. |
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Couldn't agree more with your comments. I bought 74-current when I jumped back in...had I known what I now know, I would have bought 72 and maybe even 71 outright. I love the thrill of the chase, but these two are tedious killers... |
Agree with stlcardsfan. Buy bigger lots. Sell off doubles on ebay. High numbers were tough on me because I can not stand off-center cards. I think I bought them nainly through lots and sold the double on Ebay singly. No idea what the set cost me as I had about 75% of the set from when I was a kid in 1972 and they were - even for an 11 year old- handled with care. I am 5 years working solely on 1934-6 Diamond Stars now. Still maybe 3 -5 years to go. All raw. On this set I have a listing on the price of each vard I paid. Easy for only 106 card set. I'm afraid to add up the cost right now.
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Long time without a post, sorry with that I have been busy. Anyway, I had a nice mail week.
First off, thanks to other members offering me cards for free. That is really nice of you. Harliduck sent me 25 cards for free. Thanks a lot man, your generosity is astounding. The cards were: 555 Ron Santo (HOF) 506 Indians RC Stars 375 Reggie Cleveland 366 Jimmy Rosario 363 Ron Klimkowski 345 Rick Wise Boyhood Photos 315 Paul Splittorff 312 Clay Carroll IA 305 Ken Boswell 297 Claude Osteen 288 Johnny Jeter 274 Al Severinsen 264 Tommy John 260 Ralph Garr 248 Tom Bradley 208 Milt Pappas 121 Ed Sprague 109 Jerry May 60 Manny Sanguillen 51 Harmon Killebrew 46 Glenn Beckert IA 40 Bob Barton IA 39 Bob Barton 31 Cleon Jones Also, I got 6 other commons/semi-stars too. Right now I'm at 48/787 which is 6%. |
Forgot to add a question. How did they track down those boyhood photos. Did Topps call their parents asking for photos. I'm curious.
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Good luck.
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