Favorite 1960's Football Set

[DBesse27]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

Absolutely! The Fleer sets rock.

jeff

Agreed! And 61 is the best of them.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

Agreed! And 61 is the best of them.

I have been looking at the '61 Fleer set, and I really like what I see. The design is right up my alley...I love the colors and the logos especially. Also, it has NFL and AFL players. I knew I liked the early 60s Fleer sets, but I especially dig '61. I am thinking of building a high grade set as my next project. Before I can get started, I need to polish off my '69 Topps set and get it the way I want it and finish off paying for some '65 Topps baseball. After that, I may well go after '61 Fleer. Any of you have any experiences with this set? I am normally a Topps guy but Fleer looks pretty good right now.

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

I have been looking at the '61 Fleer set, and I really like what I see. The design is right up my alley...I love the colors and the logos especially. Also, it has NFL and AFL players. I knew I liked the early 60s Fleer sets, but I especially dig '61. I am thinking of building a high grade set as my next project. Before I can get started, I need to polish off my '69 Topps set and get it the way I want it and finish off paying for some '65 Topps baseball. After that, I may well go after '61 Fleer. Any of you have any experiences with this set? I am normally a Topps guy but Fleer looks pretty good right now.

I put it together years ago. It's a great set! Can't help you with pricing, etc. as I did it raw and have it in a binder. I don't recall any specific cards being tougher than others for a mid grade set but perhaps there are challenges at a higher grade. Others might know better.

Keep us posted!

jeff

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

I put it together years ago. It's a great set! Can't help you with pricing, etc. as I did it raw and have it in a binder. I don't recall any specific cards being tougher than others for a mid grade set but perhaps there are challenges at a higher grade. Others might know better.

Keep us posted!

jeff

Will do, Jeff. Thanks for the response. When I get some other stuff paid down, '61 will probably be next...just can't stop looking at it. I like it enough that I think I might like to do it in high grade. Ultimately, I may revert to my mid grade ways and do it for less $. You seem to be correct that there doesn't seem to be any commons or anything scarcer or pricier relative to the rest of the set. It just comes down to what I want to spend I suppose. We'll see as the project gets closer to happening.