My Journy through the 1972 Topps Set

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by groundhog

Nice job on completing the set.

Just bought some cards off of eBay:
Lou Brock-$1.89
5 card lot-$2.99
619 Rich McKinney
608 Mike Corkins
105 Gary Gentry
80 Tony Perez
41 Tommy Davis

COMC is a great source for finding cheap cards also. Good luck with your set.

[groundhog]

Originally Posted by bnorth

COMC is a great source for finding cheap cards also. Good luck with your set.

Thanks for the suggestion. I like your signature too. All 3 of my T-206's have either holes or writing or paper loss on them.

[groundhog]

Also, how much do you think I will be spending on this? Obviously it won't be under 100 but if it costs about 1500, I know I wont be able to do it.

[Section115]

I have spent a little over $100 in my quest for this set and am at about 50%. However, I don't have any of the big cards and only 1 high number so far. Buying nice exmt and nrmt lots has given me a nice chunk of dupes that I can hopefully use to knockdown the list of commons that I still need.

[groundhog]

Originally Posted by Section115

I have spent a little over $100 in my quest for this set and am at about 50%. However, I don't have any of the big cards and only 1 high number so far. Buying nice exmt and nrmt lots has given me a nice chunk of dupes that I can hopefully use to knockdown the list of commons that I still need.

Thanks for the help

[stlcardsfan]

To put the set together from scratch in Ex-ExMt condition I am guessing is going to be $750-$1,000. Based on the purchase you listed it might be toward the high end. Here are a few suggestions:

Do not But it Now on Ebay. 95% of them are rip-offs. Look for free shipping sellers.
Try to buy a starter set / lot to get you started. Ideally this lot will have a nice group of high #s as well as some stars.
You might want to do this 2-3 times. You will have some duplicates, but this will give you some sale and / or trade bait and minimize your searches of single cards. Ultimately you will have to search for single cards at some point, but that is where it can get expensive.

Good luck. I have always loved that '72 set.

[groundhog]

Originally Posted by stlcardsfan

To put the set together from scratch in Ex-ExMt condition I am guessing is going to be $750-$1,000. Based on the purchase you listed it might be toward the high end. Here are a few suggestions:

Do not But it Now on Ebay. 95% of them are rip-offs. Look for free shipping sellers.
Try to buy a starter set / lot to get you started. Ideally this lot will have a nice group of high #s as well as some stars.
You might want to do this 2-3 times. You will have some duplicates, but this will give you some sale and / or trade bait and minimize your searches of single cards. Ultimately you will have to search for single cards at some point, but that is where it can get expensive.

Good luck. I have always loved that '72 set.

Thanks a lot man, that helps a lot. The first purchase price might not be totally accurate, because I bought them in June of last year on a different forum and I deleted the pm.

Received the Lou Brock today, looks great. Will have a picture of everything I have at the end of the week once I get everything in.