I did it! 1957 complete!!

[spaidly]

I just finished my favorite set in NM+ with decent centering throughout. With maybe 25 cards to upgrade still it will be my best set I've ever built.

For me, the last 10 cards I needed were mostly Braves who won the championship that year. Also, series 1 in high grade raw is just as hard as series 3.

Now I'm on to 1959, 1961, and 1963 plus I need about 100 cards to upgrade my 1966 set to strong exmt/nm.

Happy Hunting!
Scott

[ALR-bishop]

Congrats Scott, 57 is my favorite set of the 50s, although 59 is a sentimental favorite. Why no 60 and 62 ?

Edit-- never mind on 60, do not read far enough

[baseballfan]

congrats!!

I am down to 6 for mine to be complete

[Zach Wheat]

Scott,

Congrats! Well done...always refreshing to complete a set....although in a sense you are never really done, given the upgrades.

Z

[KCRfan1]

Congratulations! How about a couple pics!!!!!

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Congratulations! How about a couple pics!!!!!

Congrats !!---what were the last four you needed to finish ? Lucky Penny ? Checklist 4/5 Bazooka back ? ??


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[spaidly]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Congratulations! How about a couple pics!!!!!

Tomorrow I will post some photos...

[spaidly]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

Congratulations! How about a couple pics!!!!!

Here is a photo of the set with a few of my graded favorites. The Aaron I have wanted since I was 10 years old and this one has super deep dark ink coverage with no snow. Teddy Ballgame is the first one in my adult collection so I wanted that one to be super nice. Had a beat up 58 Williams back in the day. The Mantle is super tough to find centered and I'm happy with mine.

Thanks for all the encouragement!
Scott

[spaidly]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Congrats Scott, 57 is my favorite set of the 50s, although 59 is a sentimental favorite. Why no 60 and 62 ?

Edit-- never mind on 60, do not read far enough

I love 1962 and have about 35% of it. I guess those green tint variations intimidate me.

One day, it will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.

[Beastmode]

Originally Posted by spaidly

I just finished my favorite set in NM+ with decent centering throughout. With maybe 25 cards to upgrade still it will be my best set I've ever built.

For me, the last 10 cards I needed were mostly Braves who won the championship that year. Also, series 1 in high grade raw is just as hard as series 3.

Now I'm on to 1959, 1961, and 1963 plus I need about 100 cards to upgrade my 1966 set to strong exmt/nm.

Happy Hunting!
Scott

Is it Raw or graded?

[spaidly]

Originally Posted by Beastmode

Is it Raw or graded?

A mix. Mostly raw but they are really nice. The important cards, about 40, are graded. Most are 7s with a few high end 6s and a few nice 8s that are my favorites such as Johnny Podres and Ted Kluszewski.

[ALR-bishop]

Never fear, Darren on here usually has a set or two of them for trading.

[ALR-bishop]

[spaidly]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Lucky Penny photos

Consider my mind just blown.
Scott

[biggsdaddycool]

Nice! One of my favorite sets. Working on PSA 7 Pirates Team Set from that year.

And have never seen the lucky penny before! That's awesome!


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