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[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by jiw98

I just picked up the last of the Mantle cards for my 61 set. Down to 84 cards total 37 of which are hi numbers. I'm hoping to complete this set by the end of the year.

I finished my 61's last summer...what a journey. Buying HOFers basically 3 times and dealing with the high numbers, you will feel super accomplished when your done. Getting any Mantle is a good day...

BTW...I took my time on the highs, knew what I wanted to pay and after multiple snipes I eventually put them all together in really nice shape at the price I wanted to pay. Where I probably over paid was some of the AS cards at the end...Ford, Brooks, Kaline...I just bought BINs that were a stretch...should have had more patience. I always get ancy at the end...

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

1960's Topps Total - 5602/6000 = 93%
1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 - 1990 Topps Complete
1967 Topps 567/609
1964 Topps 495/598
1963 Fleer Complete
1963 Topps 450/576
1962 Topps 473/598
1960 Topps 570/572

I love your '60s collection. If you combine it with my '50s, we have....well still not as much great stuff as Al Richter (damn him), but still something awful good

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

I love your '60s collection. If you combine it with my '50s, we have....well still not as much great stuff as Al Richter (damn him), but still something awful good

Thanks John, that would be super cool to see...it would be cool if we could all gather with all our stuff and just check it all out...and yeah, Al is on another plain...life goals!

Can't wait to hold the 6000th card! My last 70's card was 1971 Don Baylor RC...never will forget that.

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Thanks John, that would be super cool to see...it would be cool if we could all gather with all our stuff and just check it all out...and yeah, Al is on another plain...life goals!

Can't wait to hold the 6000th card! My last 70's card was 1971 Don Baylor RC...never will forget that.

My final one for the '50s the other day was a '57 Juan Pizarro. Seemed to be a slight hoarding thing going on w/ it recently on ebay for low/mid grade ones, but I caught a set break by someone in a fb group.

I'm nowhere near in the '60s and '70s. Have a '67, '71, '73, '75, '78. Loooong way to go. Plus those are most of my favorites from the era, so not nearly as much motivation

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

My final one for the '50s the other day was a '57 Juan Pizarro. Seemed to be a slight hoarding thing going on w/ it recently on ebay for low/mid grade ones, but I caught a set break by someone in a fb group.

I'm nowhere near in the '60s and '70s. Have a '67, '71, '73, '75, '78. Loooong way to go. Plus those are most of my favorites from the era, so not nearly as much motivation

Wow, Juan Pizarro for all your 50s...that's awesome and would have never guessed. My last card for my initial just 57 set was Koufax, then I sold set. Shouldn't have done that...lol.

You certainly have a great start...67 is the big boy and 71 is ROUGH. I'd recommend you do the 66 set...I believe the highs are still not at the value they should be, and I think that set is completely underated. Love that set, and would compliment your 67!

[Harliduck]

Finished my 1960 Topps set...finally! Got sniped 5 times on the 561 Al Kaline AS and finally scored a nice one. Focus now is on the 1964 Topps...one step closer to the 60's being complete. I feel like I am competing with twice as many set collectors than last year...haha. Good for the hobby, tough on us!

[campyfan39]

I am down to only needing 2 for my 1954 tops set and 6 for my 1954 Red Heart set.
1964 is off to a good start as well with about 150 so far

[jiw98]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Finished my 1960 Topps set...finally! Got sniped 5 times on the 561 Al Kaline AS and finally scored a nice one. Focus now is on the 1964 Topps...one step closer to the 60's being complete. I feel like I am competing with twice as many set collectors than last year...haha. Good for the hobby, tough on us!

Nice set John. It's kind of odd to me that the last card that you needed was that Kaline. I have 3 of them setting on my desk. I was a big Kaline fan when I was younger.

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Wow, Juan Pizarro for all your 50s...that's awesome and would have never guessed. My last card for my initial just 57 set was Koufax, then I sold set. Shouldn't have done that...lol.

You certainly have a great start...67 is the big boy and 71 is ROUGH. I'd recommend you do the 66 set...I believe the highs are still not at the value they should be, and I think that set is completely underated. Love that set, and would compliment your 67!

Thanks! I have more pride in my '67 and '71 than most others. And since I'm not a Rose fan (foresee only wanting to spend '63 kind of $ on one that's been run over by a dump truck), I could quit the hobby with that '67 being my only '60s one and be content.

Was just able to find exactly the deal on the kind of '70 set that I hoped to (which is not easy, as it's fairly popular and can be tough to find at a price that's fair vs. the underlying breakup value).

So now halfway through the '70s, and it's the five that I prefer the most. Motivation to get the rest will be lacking

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

Thanks! I have more pride in my '67 and '71 than most others. And since I'm not a Rose fan (foresee only wanting to spend '63 kind of $ on one that's been run over by a dump truck), I could quit the hobby with that '67 being my only '60s one and be content.



Was just able to find exactly the deal on the kind of '70 set that I hoped to (which is not easy, as it's fairly popular and can be tough to find at a price that's fair vs. the underlying breakup value).



So now halfway through the '70s, and it's the five that I prefer the most. Motivation to get the rest will be lacking

I can't tell you how much it helped me reading this post. Here's my deal: I have a complete '53 Topps set. Then I am working on '54 Topps (have the big boys), '55 Topps (7 shy of complete), '52 Bowman (4 shy of complete), and '55 Bowman (25% complete but have Mantle, Mays, and Aaron). '50 Bowman is probably going to happen, as I have Jackie and Yogi. I also have a few '56 Topps stars and commons and would like that.

However, prices aren't exactly going down these days, and I am trying to not freak out. I am coming to the realization that I probably won't be able to round out the 50s, let alone collect the 60s sets I like. I am even considering dropping down to VG (or even G in places) to give myself a fighting chance of going a little further. Even at that, I am realizing I'm not going to be able to do it all and am learning to accept that and be content with what I am able to collect.

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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

I finished my 61's last summer...what a journey. Buying HOFers basically 3 times and dealing with the high numbers, you will feel super accomplished when your done. Getting any Mantle is a good day...

BTW...I took my time on the highs, knew what I wanted to pay and after multiple snipes I eventually put them all together in really nice shape at the price I wanted to pay. Where I probably over paid was some of the AS cards at the end...Ford, Brooks, Kaline...I just bought BINs that were a stretch...should have had more patience. I always get ancy at the end...

I have always liked that set a lot. I've never tried to build it because I don't think I could do much better than probably vg or maybe vgex ish. So, I haven't tackled it, but I always think of it. Kudos to you for doing it!