Welcome Donato. I am also a big Nolan Ryan fan, though my collection is a meager 350 or so different with only the first Topps Mets issues being graded. I got to the point where the oddballs were just too odd and I was missing other players cards for the sake of some of those Ryans.
Nolan remains my third favorite player of all-time, behind Koufax and Mantle.
As you mentioned the vintage cards are representative of the past and can provide a small history lesson all by themselves. I find that too much of one player, even Nolan Ryan, gets terribly repetitious. So I have enough Nolan Ryan cards to keep me happy and add and occasional new 'tribute' card if it looks good enough, but, for the most part, my Ryan collection is retired...just like the man.
I did attend his HOF induction in 1999 - it was special!
These days, I have my favorite vintage players and my favorite vintage sets, but great stories behind a particular player or card make them all the more attractive.
Vintage Baseball is a history lesson that keeps giving.
Enjoy the board,
Raymond
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