I will echo the use of Greg Morris as a source for raw cards as you build vintage sets. Also check out Battersbox.
As I build sets (going back in time one year at a time - completed 1966 last summer, starting with 1965 now) I start with the priciest card in the set, which for most of the 60s is Mickey. Then, using a Beckett Vintage magazine I literally go to the next most expensive and so on. Intermixed with this, I will get bunches of 40-50 from Morris auctions, Battersbox, Scottsdale Sportscards and elsewhere. When buying high dollar cards, I do go for graded but I prefer SGC - their 4s and 4.5s look great and fit the condition I'm looking for and they generally go for less than similar in PSA. I eventually break them out anyway and place them in the album when the set is done.
As I'm building the set I keep the cards organized by teams in a 660-ct box. When complete, into an album organized by number - it's a habit I picked up 30 years ago and I remain a slave to it.
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