I must be going crazy because I am going to try and tackle "The Monster"

[drmondobueno]

Welcome, Mark. Yiu have just bitten off as much as you can chew, and chew, and chew...

I started my collection last year, jumping in with both feet. Started on eBay and got burned a few times, so I started buying graded cards. I liked the look of SGC, and as a consequence the vast majority f my HOFers are graded. Finally I got clued in to Net 54 and now my focus is on fillng my set with raw cards with the caveat that I buy graded HOFers. Oh yeah, I am doomed. Started picking up a few Backs here and there, marked cards from prior collectors, oddities, miscuts...it s so monstrous that I recently unretired to pay for this bad...err, Newly acquired sophistication.

Oh yeah, some of the threads can be entertaining as wel as informative.

Good hunting!

[conor912]

Originally Posted by drmondobueno

Welcome, Mark. Yiu have just bitten off as much as you can chew, and chew, and chew...

I started my collection last year, jumping in with both feet. Started on eBay and got burned a few times, so I started buying graded cards. I liked the look of SGC, and as a consequence the vast majority f my HOFers are graded. Finally I got clued in to Net 54 and now my focus is on fillng my set with raw cards with the caveat that I buy graded HOFers. Oh yeah, I am doomed. Started picking up a few Backs here and there, marked cards from prior collectors, oddities, miscuts...it s so monstrous that I recently unretired to pay for this bad...err, Newly acquired sophistication.

Oh yeah, some of the threads can be entertaining as wel as informative.

Good hunting!

Wow. Coming out of retirement to fund collecting. Now THAT is love for the hobby.

[TNP777]

Mark, I agree with you about 206s in SGC holders. I wish the flip didn't look so second-rate, but the black backdrop makes smaller vintage look drop dead gorgeous. I think at some point ill send my Superbas set in for stabbing, and then I'll have my wife build some sort of a display case to hang on the wall.

Good luck tackling the Monster. You're braver by far than I am.