Post-War Collecting Strategies

[Peter_Spaeth]

Maybe not a great time to do it at least at the upper end, but I am focusing on RCs of HOFers, and have also bought a few Mantles. I only had the urge to build a set once and got over it pretty quickly.

Baseball cards from other countries, containing U.S. and U.S. Territory born players in H. O. F. in the U.S. and in other Countries.

Wally Yonamine born in Hawaii, and is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Maybe not a great time to do it at least at the upper end, but I am focusing on RCs of HOFers, and have also bought a few Mantles. I only had the urge to build a set once and got over it pretty quickly.

This has been my strategy as well. I actually tried to build a set twice but didn't follow through. I am almost finished with a Mantle run though. Only three cards to go. I would say just start by adding a few cards here and there of your favorite players, or from your favorite set. Then decide if you want to put a run or whole set together.

Edit: I don't upgrade cards I already often but have a few times. If I see a nice card at a reasonable price I'm always open.

[DBesse27]

I highly recommend player collecting.

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by DBesse27

I highly recommend player collecting.

Me too. Problem is, I couldn't decide which player to collect.

[ALR-bishop]

And because he can not decide which players to collect he collects them all. He is a closet set collector. Admit it Bob.

[Volod]

I admit to obsessively building sets back in the '80's, but after completing most of the Bowman and Topps issues of the early 50's, kind of lost interest in the hobby for about twenty years. In retirement, needed something to keep me off the streets, so hauled out the old stash, and realized that it contained small numbers of cards from sets never attempted, so, despite much higher per-card costs, decided to return to the obsessive-compulsive hoarding days of yesteryear, and have been feverishly working on completion of sets I never imagined I ever would want to finish. This third-childhood phase of my collecting is not nearly as gratifying as the second, which dealt only with cards actually remembered from the first, but at least it may keep me from being fitted for a straight jacket.

[Exhibitman]

I like to focus on the cards I wanted when I was a kid. I was an obsessive Aspergers collector so I had great depth of collecting knowledge even as a child. I've been getting the cards I coveted then. All four sports.

I also collect certain players. Al Rosen Sandy Koufax Hank Aaron.

I like oddball and regional stuff too. Keeps the collecting juices flowing.

I've never enjoyed set building. I am currently working only one set, the 1968 Atlantic Oil.