THanks for the thoughts, Richard.
I think buying them graded would clearly be the more economical way to go, but whether such cards exists is a problem. I was thinking of an '84 Donruss, '87 Topps set, 88 Score, '89 Upper Deck, '90 Leaf or '91 Stadium Club, what I think are the most beautiful and/or personal to me. Some, namely 87 and 88, just don't have enough cards submitted to buy graded ones, though!
Alternatively, one idea I had was buying up random sets or lots to put together a raw Gem Mint-caliber set. Brush up my grading eye/evaluating, and have a true, honest Gem Mint-caliber raw set. It could easily be documented by a photo-hosting program (my taking front/back scans and uploading them there). I could be the new Mr. [Gem] Mint for some given series.
I've also thought of doing a '91 Studio set, the issue with the cool to weird b&w portraits. A ~250 ct set, that's a bit more attainable. I thought about an '84 Fleer Update, '86 Topps Traded, or marquee add on set like that, but I just can't talk myself into it.
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