Posted By:
Jeff Prizner1.) Because they are aesthetically beautiful
2.) Contain a wide breadth of players (HOF'ers, semi stars, etc)
3.) Affordable, relative to scarcer sets in those eras
I would love to collect scarcer sets (and I have tried in the past), but when 1.) I'm simply collecting them because they are scarce and/or 2.) I have to drop down a second mortgage to get a simple common...then, I would rather give up scarcity for aesthetic enjoyment and the knowledge that i have enough money to pay my bills.
1. Tons of other issues that are just as, if not more, aesthetically beautiful as the Big Three.
2. as do so many other issues
3. many affordable, especially in lower grade
I'm not saying you have to sell your house and collect n167's, or have to go track down the Alpha Engravings, I just personally think collecting the Big Three is kinda unoriginal.