Post-War Collecting Strategies

[markf31]

Since I got back into the hobby almost 5 years ago I have been a pre-war card/autograph/memorabilia collector. I have been thinking about starting into post-war collecting limited mostly to the 1950s and 1960s.

With my focus on the pre-war side, specific examples of cards that fit my collection goals might pop up once every couple weeks at the most, but more often than not I can go a couple months between specific acquisitions for a particular set, player, etc.

Given the relatively higher populations of 50s and 60s issues like Topps and Bowman, Berk Ross it seems a little overwhelming as most auctions, eBay listings and even BST listings here, I can find at least a handful of examples of a particular card I may be interested in at a given moment.

Anyone care to share some of your strategies for post-war collecting? Maybe focus on 1 specific set or player at a time? Do you look to upgrade condition often?

Maybe its just my collecting OCD that I find I like to have specific goals and strategies in place, and that I just need to jump in the deep end.