Decisions...Decisions......I need some input

[mortimer brewster]

I believe the 1971 Topps set would be a good choice.

Many stars from the mid 1950's still going strong. Clemente Aaron,Mays, Killebrew Banks and others

Established stars who played into the 1980's Carlton Seaver,Yastrzemski Jackson,Ryan and others

And Thurman Munson

[Phil68]

Neat question/idea.
Personally, '57, '67, '77
would be my choices. Everybody is in their prime at one point or another. You DO miss Rizzuto, Feller and a few others, but I think that's true of most combos.

The cool thing about 77 is you get guys that entered the HOF 30 years later, so it brings you "up to date"

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by Phil68

Neat question/idea.
Personally, '57, '67, '77
would be my choices. Everybody is in their prime at one point or another. You DO miss Rizzuto, Feller and a few others, but I think that's true of most combos.

The cool thing about 77 is you get guys that entered the HOF 30 years later, so it brings you "up to date"

I love the 57 and 67 set but there is no way I could ever approach affording them especially with the high numbers of the '67's and the mid-highs of the '57. I do like your thinking though and if I had to do it all over again I might go this route.

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by mortimer brewster

I believe the 1971 Topps set would be a good choice.

Many stars from the mid 1950's still going strong. Clemente Aaron,Mays, Killebrew Banks and others

Established stars who played into the 1980's Carlton Seaver,Yastrzemski Jackson,Ryan and others

And Thurman Munson

Great idea but honestly, the 71 set would drive me freaking crazy. I like decent corners and seeing the black corners and edges with white showing would just kill me. Over the years I put two of those sets together and they are certainly beautiful when the cards are spot on but for me to try and do that now....ugh.

[whitehse]

Thank you everyone for your input.

It sounds like the majority who answered have suggested the 1965 set and to be honest, I had considered this one at one time but decided against it. I never was a real huge fan of the look of the 65's and really thought the early 60's would be better as I love the look of the 61 and 62 set but could never afford attempting those. The 1960 set was a real thought but I felt it didn't capture the heart of 1960's baseball which made me take a look at the 64's. There was a time I loved the 64's but now, after looking a number of the cards over I now find them rather bland. After re-looking at 65's I think I am going to take all of your suggestion and go with that one. It has the guys in their prime from the '56 set and a great crop of rookies which makes it ideal for what I am trying to do and the overall design of the set is more appealing that the '64's. So 1965 Topps it is!!!

I am curious what everyone's own personal thoughts on this idea I have about picking specific sets that span the time frames I mentioned (Or other times frames). What sets would you personally assemble?

[cesarcap]

Like others I'd vote for 65, which I didn't assemble. Bought a near complete set. I had that #7 guy from Oklahoma and only had to find <4 commons.

But have you thought about the 1969 set? Sure it's not as pretty as some of the other years and there are a handful of recycled and obviously airbrushed portraits.

But it is relatively affordable, presents well in lower grades (unlike 71, 63 or 62), has the expansion teams, lots of HoF's including Mantle's last card and Reggie's RC. Also has RC's of other popular players: Fingers, Nettles and Bonds and a few others I'm forgetting at the moment. Bench's and Ryan's 2nd are for me more attractive than their 68 RC's. Lastly, Ted Williams shows up a few times.