All you type card freaks!!

[jimivintage]

So what does one do when one wants everything? ...and has a very limited budget? Go for sets? HOF collection? These are the things I have done for years and I never seem to be satisfied.

I've never tried (or seriously attempted) a type-card set. For a guy on a budget, and wants it all....where do I start? Where did you start before the addiction picked up for you?

T206/t205 backs?
Caramels?
Postcards?

Share your stories and offer some advice!

[steve B]

I'm pretty much the same sort of collector. I like it all, but don't have the budget to consider chasing a set, or most subsets. Or perhaps it's the discipline to only buy one card a month or less that I just don't have.

So what I have is a very eclectic collection. Covering most sports, and from 1887-2012.

I'd call my style "opportunistic collecting" I have stuff I'm currently interested in, but I won't pass up a nice deal on a card or bunch of cards just because it's not what I currently want.

If you have to have a focus, a few ideas -
One card from each decade 1880's till now.
A type set from any one main issuer- Bowman is pretty easy, Goodwin not so easy.
Stuff like that.

Steve B

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by jimivintage

Share your stories and offer some advice!

I'm a set builder at heart, but I started a pre-war type collection about a year ago. My working list is : all the sets listed in old cardbaord.com. I sort of hit a wall at around 75 diferent types. Currently sitting at 82 types. I may have found all the relatively-common-types-that-I-can-afford. It is a great way to learn more about a wide variety of cards, plus you can get a better feel for multiple sets. I've found a handful of pre-war sets that I really liked once I hold a card in person, and am buying more than one card of those types.

Here's where I give you a suggestion for type collecting: Pick one of the acc letter designations and try to collect all of those. That may satisfy your need to build sets, limit your search abit, and also give you a taste of type collecting. I got pretty close to getting all the "R" types - I needed an Uncle Jacks and an R311 leather and some of the wide pen types. Then I decided to limit my cards in size to postcard size and smaller and sold a few of the larger ones, but you get the point.


Tony

[jimivintage]

Originally Posted by tonyo

Here's where I give you a suggestion for type collecting: Pick one of the acc letter designations and try to collect all of those. That may satisfy your need to build sets, limit your search abit, and also give you a taste of type collecting. I got pretty close to getting all the "R" types - I needed an Uncle Jacks and an R311 leather and some of the wide pen types. Then I decided to limit my cards in size to postcard size and smaller and sold a few of the larger ones, but you get the point.


Tony

I was thinking along these lines, but I like so many cards in all these designations. I really like T cards, so perhaps that's the route. The rare stuff scares me!

[Leon]

Yes, there will be a brick wall or two with T cards....Pick some subset you like and go for those. Try not to be too OCD and maybe pick a value limit for yourself. You could go crazy (as I look in the mirror) otherwise. The reason I chose type collecting is I like variety.

[jimivintage]

Well, your recommendations are worth a lot to me, Leon, so what ya think? R-class? T205 backs?

[GregMitch34]

I'm confused, I had thought you were aiming to be a "type" collector and now you're back to collecting set or sub-sets?