Set collectors - which ones do you collect and how are you doing on them?

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Posted By: Steve Wolfe

Hi all, I'm Steve Wolfe and although I've enjoyed reading here for a while, this is my first post.

Anyway, I thought this thread would be an appropriate "icebreaker" for me to chime in on the fun. I have many sets on the registry, although most of them are more modern than is the focus of this board. While I do have a number of graded sets, I'm also a bigger fan of my raw collections, and in addition to the graded sets listed below, I have at least one raw, and in some instances for late 1960's and 1970's sets, two or more raw sets for each year.

As my graded set building began to wind down, I've recently been acquiring more prewar stuff, especially CJ's and T-206's, in both case concentrating on mid to higher grade HOF'ers.

Of the sets listed below, all are 100% complete, but the only ones I'm actively upgrading are my Goudey, 1948 and 1949 Bowman, and 1952 Topps. All the other sets are pretty inactive, and in each case they are all of the "basic" variety, as I've never held much interest in chasing master sets, although I admire those who do. Anyway, here are my graded sets for what it's worth:

1933 Goudey: 5.45 GPA, #11 current
1948 Bowman: 7.23 GPA, #11 current
1949 Bowman: 7.09 GPA, #6 current
1951 Bowman: 7.36 GPA, #11 current
1952 Topps: 6.79 GPA, #11 current
1954 Topps: 7.42 GPA, #16 current
1955 Bowman: 7.52 GPA, #5 current
1956 Topps: 8.00 GPA, #14 current
1957 Topps: 8.01 GPA, #10 current (tied)
1959 Topps: 7.75 GPA, #12 current (soon to be retired)
1970 K's: 9.14 GPA, #7 current
1971 Topps: 8.10 GPA, #1 current (best 2005 & 2006)#4 all-time
1972 Topps: 8.50 GPA, #4 current
1973 Topps: 8.51 GPA, #5 current

I apologize that several of these sets are modern and thus not entirely within the scope of this Board's focus, but I enjoy them just the same, but don't anticipate much in the way of activity. I also have several player sets, but no need to post those here.

Steve