Early 1970's sets

[savedfrommyspokes]

I agree, lately on ebay there have been some great deals on the early 70s sets.

I resell them as singles on ebay and the 71s and 72s are very strong sellers. IMO, this is because there are still collectors who cannot afford to drop $500-600 for a complete or near complete set and can only afford to assemble these sets card by card. Over the past 10 years on ebay, I have bought about 20 complete 72 sets, all in the $600-800 range in EX to NM shape to sell as singles...I just think some of these sets recently are cases of sets that have "slipped through the cracks" and were missed by potential bidders for whatever reason.

Over a few months, I had one collector purchase nearly 2/3 of a 72 set card by card...all in NM shape including the last two series. I am thankful, but if I were him I would have saved my money and purchased one of these bargain deal sets for a fraction of the cost.

[darkhorse9]

I have completed every set from 2012 back to 1954 and have done so card-by-card. I don't do it for the value. I do it because it's fun.

I've already told my son that when I die he is to sell my entire collection immediately for whatever he can get for it and use that money to do something fun. I don't care if he gets $10,000 or $30,000. When all is said and done we will both have some great fun coming from collecting cardboard pictures of ballplayers.

To me. there is no value in buying a complete set in midgrade. The resale would be poor and there's no fun in that.

Just my thoughts.

[brob28]

I agree with darkhorse, for me there's no fun in just buying the complete set & mid to low grade will not have any value increase (IMO). One thing I have found when buying sets or large lots is there seem to be a lot of cards that are off-centered, faded or otherwise not up to my personal condition standards so I end up replacing many cards to get the set condition I want. If I was not as condition sensitive as I am, buying complete sets might appeal to me more.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

I have completed every set from 2012 back to 1954 and have done so card-by-card. I don't do it for the value. I do it because it's fun.

I've already told my son that when I die he is to sell my entire collection immediately for whatever he can get for it and use that money to do something fun. I don't care if he gets $10,000 or $30,000. When all is said and done we will both have some great fun coming from collecting cardboard pictures of ballplayers.

To me. there is no value in buying a complete set in midgrade. The resale would be poor and there's no fun in that.

Just my thoughts.

I think the the exclamation point for the end of the vintage era was the advent of complete sets being available for purchase in April. I have never bought a complete set in my life. As a collector I see no "thrill of the hunt" there. I suppose if I was going to buy a set and bust it up for re-sale that would be one thing, but as a collector i would give a major "thumbs down".