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Dan ParadisDan, I've been "trying" to collect rookie cards for every MLB HOF player now for 2 years. I've defined pre-war rookie cards as the closest card to their 1st MLB card that I can afford. Obviously, that's ridiculous. However, it's virtually impossible to complete a collection of HOF players real 1st MLB cards unless you're willing to spend $1,000,000 on cards (actually I don't think a million is enough).
As someone mentioned earlier, forget about Cy Young's 1893 and for the most part, just about everyone that has a 1st card is a E107 (they're very rare and expensive).
So what I decided to do is collect Fan Craze cards (instead of E107's). They are reasonably priced and I think really nice cards. I am trying to collect OJ's since most of the HOF'ers OJ cards are reasonably priced (around $500-$1000 in low grade).
I actually have a spreadsheet of every card I've purchased (along with when, grade, $$ spent,etc). If you email me I'll send it to you. Keep in mind I wasted a lot of money while "learning the ropes"!!
Here's a link to pictures of my HOF cards:
http://picasaweb.google.com/danp306/MLBHallOfFamers
Here's a link to future HOF:
http://picasaweb.google.com/danp306/FutureHOF
Good Luck!
Dan