Your oldest post war set

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Posted By: identify7

That is, the one which you completed first out of the ones which you still have. When did you complete it?

I do not have a completed baseball card set, I never have had one, and I am not currently trying to build one.

I did complete a non-sports set which I still have, in 1956, but that is off topic.


For the intent of this thread, how long you have had the set counts, the date of issuance of the cards, does not count at all.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

GIL

My very 1st BB cards that I collected as an 8 year old. There are 44 BB players in this set and four Boxers.
I have my original cards (just the BB) for 60 years, now. Here are three of them......

TED Z

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Posted By: daryle

My oldest is the '52 Topps BUT I completed the '53 Topps in January of 1996. Last card was #229 Krsnich.

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

1951 Topps Redbacks. Bought most of the cards in the early 80's, got some more as a Christmas present one year, finished it in 1990 or thereabouts, except for the 2 variations. Great set, one I consider the first concerted effort by Topps at issuing baseball cards along with the Bluebacks (which I consider as one set actually but that's another story as it would ruin my response).

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Posted By: Al

Oldest post war set completed, Topps 1959, in 1964. Oldest post war completed set, the 19 card baseball subset of the Topps 1948 Magic Photos

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Posted By: identify7

And my mother only bought Wonder Bread (it helped build bodies seven ways, back then. But how many of the "ways" can you name?). But it doesn't matter, I was a two year old when that Bond Bread set came out, and I would probably have eaten the cards then.

Nobody is going to beat you on this either, Ted. Great set! When did you take final possession of it? Or, didn't it get saved for you.

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Posted By: Dan P.

The oldest I completed were the 1960-64 Topps sets. I collected them as a kid but they were left behind in a family move in 1966 and I built them again from 1977-83 after I got back into collecting as an adult.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

GIL

These cards, and most of my original collection (1947 - 1952), stayed in the attic of our home in Hillside, NJ for 25 years.
And, I recovered all of it in 1977.....when I renewed my interest in BB card collecting.

TED Z

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Posted By: John Harrell

To date, the 1949 MP&Co set is the oldest I've completed. It's not a very attractive set but it does have a Williams and DiMaggio card and it's not too expensive.

John

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Posted By: Gil

Please remember:
It is what set have you had the longest, not
Which one was issued first

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Posted By: Bob

First large set I completed was the 1974 Topps set when I was 15. I think the last card was Reggie Jackson. From 1976 on I bought complete sets, so those don't count. The next one I completed might have been '69 Topps, but that wasn't till 1978 or so.