Anyone attempting a signed 1952 topps set?

[homerunhitter]

Such a beautiful and historic set the 1952 topps is. It looks like it’s an expensive quest but anyone here trying to collect signed 1952 topps?

[Republicaninmass]

Hi, yes I have tried a few times. I always felt it was the defining set from Topps and a signed post war monster would make an arduous challenge.

I got up to about 185/407 before I lost steam and sold off.

Then I got up to 389/407 before I sold off 2 years back in Memory lane.

Many people are working on the set, albeit slowly. it's a marathon, not a sprint! At least 1 or 2 people a year reach out about starting a signed 1952 set, it isnt that uncommon. With the advent of ebay, putting together a mainstream set may seem not challenging enough. Much like stamps and coins, the advanced collectors seem to gravitate towards the tougher errors, rarities, and in card collecting, the signed cards.

I have been picking up some of the really rare ones from time to time as interest certainly seems to ebb and flow around the signed sets. Plus, with little to no knowledge of the players death dates and signing habits, it is almost akin to flying blind into the signed set. PLENTY of cards I thought I would never see I ended up owning 2 or 3 different copies of. Some I swore would come out of the woodwork, I havent ever seen, or 1 copy has appeared.

Also, you can collect however you want. Just do a team set, favorite players, low series, horizontal ones. Nobody says you have to make the whole run.

If you ask, why did I sell? Well, I guess it was because I saw some prices on the HOF cards getting up in price, and IF my cards were to sell, I could basically focus in retirement in the next decade. i couldnt put my own interest in cards above my family