1953 - 1980 Topps run put to bed

[DBesse27]

Congrats on a major accomplishment, from a fellow Bessette.

[KCRfan1]

Congratulations on the set run!

I love the Red Heart set, and the DanDee will certainly keep you busy. That set may pose a challenge for you.

[REGGIE206]

That is awesome!

[robsbessette]

Thanks guys, it's been a fun ride. Now time to upgrade and expand to other sets! I have always loved the post war stuff. For some reason the T cards don't do it for me as much.

[ALR-bishop]

.....and don't forget the variations

[robsbessette]

I've already started. Never thought I'd like them, but I have been pleasantly surprised so far.

[baseballfan]

congrats!!!!

heck of a run you got there. hope I can get there someday, all I got is time.

[familytoad]

Rob, I 'd like to congratulate you here too, after saying so on the OBC thread.
That's a great run!

I'm down to 27 which includes the 1952 low series but I haven't gotten one in months...maybe I don't want it to end
Of course, to me...it's a side project to go after the Topps run since the T's and the E's really do it for me

I might be able to help with 52 lows, but there are some Real Tipton mints 10 or Tipton gem mint 11's in there so you'd probably want to upgrade before you pull them out of the envelope LOL.

Once again, congrats on a very cool accomplishment!

[robsbessette]

Thanks Brian,

I appreciate the kind words. 52 is looming for me. What do you have left?

[quitcrab]

Congrats! U think you should start the Topps 55 double header set. Your going to live the oddball sets like fleer and red hearts.. Scott

[g_vezina_c55]

Wow congratulations

How long to build all these set ?
Builded card by card or buy complete set ?
Great accomplishment

[KCRfan1]

That's amazing Mark!

[Mark70Z]

Congrats on the completion. I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I like the floating heads (for some unknown reason). The Rose looks pretty nice as the final card.

[ALR-bishop]

Mark 9....there are a lot of 60s and 70s Topps odd ball. Some easy. Some hard . Some impossible

Mark 7...how disappointing about your fondness for floating heads :-0

[robsbessette]

I pieced most the sets together with larger lots. Would mainly try to buy in bulk and flip the cards I didn't need. That worked pretty well for me throughout the run. It gets harder as the sets get older, but that's expected.

I have completed 1950 - 1955 Bowman. Still have 48 and 49 to go. I feel like 49 is going to be a beast with Jackie and Paige in there.

I have also gone after the Fleer sets as well with just 1961 left to complete.

So all in all, pretty solid progress. I doubt I'll ever dip into prewar, but ya never know. I really like the subsets from the 60s and 70s so I may jump on that ship. 1971 Topps Greatest Moments are just plain awesome.

Right now I have a little collector ADD, but I'm sure I'll straighten it out eventually.