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Originally Posted by Kenny Cole
I guess I have somewhat of a countervailing point of view. I'm not a HOF rookie collector, per se, but I'm a HOF collector with a lot of rookie cards. I think its fair to say that I have at least one period card of almost every HOFer with a card. I think I'm missing Pete Hill (3 known to my knowledge), Willie Foster (maybe 1 single card), Al Spalding (1 card, have the currency), and Selee (1 card, damn you Paul  ). If there is no card I'm pretty good on a period photo or something similar.
In any event, I would suggest that you move differently. There are about 10,000,000 cards of all the HOFers from the 1990s on. Every one. They are always available and you can always get them in high grade. That will be true 20 years from now. If you want to do the HOF rookie thing, I would suggest that you think about moving back a bit, and look at cards that aren't quite as easily available. Save your money, think about it, and pick an earlier card that meets your criteria. You can always circle back around and pick up the easy cards. |
The collection for now is really going to be post-war Beckett designated RC's after that I will probably get the RC's from 33 Goudey, 34 Goudey, 39 Play Ball, and 40 Play Ball and maybe the XRC's that exist as well. I have ambition to go after first appearance cards later for all the Old Timers, Negro Leaguers, etc. but that is a long ways down the road for me as I have a lot to accomplish prior.