All you type card freaks!!

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by jimivintage

Share your stories and offer some advice!

I'm a set builder at heart, but I started a pre-war type collection about a year ago. My working list is : all the sets listed in old cardbaord.com. I sort of hit a wall at around 75 diferent types. Currently sitting at 82 types. I may have found all the relatively-common-types-that-I-can-afford. It is a great way to learn more about a wide variety of cards, plus you can get a better feel for multiple sets. I've found a handful of pre-war sets that I really liked once I hold a card in person, and am buying more than one card of those types.

Here's where I give you a suggestion for type collecting: Pick one of the acc letter designations and try to collect all of those. That may satisfy your need to build sets, limit your search abit, and also give you a taste of type collecting. I got pretty close to getting all the "R" types - I needed an Uncle Jacks and an R311 leather and some of the wide pen types. Then I decided to limit my cards in size to postcard size and smaller and sold a few of the larger ones, but you get the point.


Tony

[jimivintage]

Originally Posted by tonyo

Here's where I give you a suggestion for type collecting: Pick one of the acc letter designations and try to collect all of those. That may satisfy your need to build sets, limit your search abit, and also give you a taste of type collecting. I got pretty close to getting all the "R" types - I needed an Uncle Jacks and an R311 leather and some of the wide pen types. Then I decided to limit my cards in size to postcard size and smaller and sold a few of the larger ones, but you get the point.


Tony

I was thinking along these lines, but I like so many cards in all these designations. I really like T cards, so perhaps that's the route. The rare stuff scares me!

[Leon]

Yes, there will be a brick wall or two with T cards....Pick some subset you like and go for those. Try not to be too OCD and maybe pick a value limit for yourself. You could go crazy (as I look in the mirror) otherwise. The reason I chose type collecting is I like variety.

[jimivintage]

Well, your recommendations are worth a lot to me, Leon, so what ya think? R-class? T205 backs?

[GregMitch34]

I'm confused, I had thought you were aiming to be a "type" collector and now you're back to collecting set or sub-sets?

[jimivintage]

Not sure what I'm doing yet. I think the idea might be to start by collecting one of each t206 back first, and then branching off after coming close to that task. Or perhaps starting with E cards or R cards first and going from there. No set collecting....at least not in addition what I'm already collecting.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

I'm confused, I had thought you were aiming to be a "type" collector and now you're back to collecting set or sub-sets?

To me, the beauty of type collecting is you can literally collect anything you want. But that is just the way I see it and others could see it differently.
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Jimi- Maybe you could go to my site or oldcardboard and just try for one from each ACC designation, to start with....so .....1 B card, 1 C card, 1 D card, 1 E, 1 F card etc.... Or just collect whatever you like. For me, I want one of each type card from 1900-1949, backs included and variations included. I used to do 19th century too but it just got to be too much for me.

[jimivintage]

Originally Posted by Leon

Jimi- Maybe you could go to my site or oldcardboard and just try for one from each ACC designation, to start with....so .....1 B card, 1 C card, 1 D card, 1 E, 1 F card etc.... Or just collect whatever you like. For me, I want one of each type card from 1900-1949, backs included and variations included. I used to do 19th century too but it just got to be too much for me.

I love the idea, Leon. I have your site bookmarked already. Just need to sit down and get it organized, and really think about it. I have to be realistic, too. Why was the 19th century too much? Too much money? Too many one of ones?

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by Leon

To me, the beauty of type collecting is you can literally collect anything you want. But that is just the way I see it and others could see it differently.
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Jimi- Maybe you could go to my site or oldcardboard and just try for one from each ACC designation, to start with....so .....1 B card, 1 C card, 1 D card, 1 E, 1 F card etc.... Or just collect whatever you like. For me, I want one of each type card from 1900-1949, backs included and variations included. I used to do 19th century too but it just got to be too much for me.

I have always considered the term "type collector" to be hobbyspeak for a person that snags what moves him at that particular moment. When he gets the urge to bid on something his options are endless. He can go after what ever there is to go after, if it gives him the "warm fuzzies". Once I shifted my focus to Pre-War, I became a fullblown type collector. It allows me to feed my monkey as often as it needs to fed. If you chase a single set and there are no cards available, then what do you do? wait? I just checked my ebay purchases for the last 60 days. I have scored cards from 26 different issues. 18 Pre-War sets and 8 from the Post War era are represented.