Ongoing HOF project

[bravesfan#1]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Your journey is one that I pursued for nearly 10 years from 2004 to 2014, definitely a lot of fun times. You might want to check out the OldCardboard website, there is a hyperlink on there for Hall of Fame Rookie Cards, which gives you the earliest five cards for each HOF'er. There should be something in there for just about anyone's budget.

Best of luck with the hunt.

Phil

Woah, now that tidbit of info is why I joined this site! Thank you for pointing out OldCardBoard, I'm browsing the link you just mentioned!

[darwinbulldog]

Check this out too: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=141603

[71buc]

Good luck with your quest. I did the same thing for a long time. I abandoned it because although a number of the rookie cards are very attractive Clemente, Koufax, Killebrew, Kaline, Gibson, Banks, Aaron etc are beautiful cards many others are boring or unattractive. Although I own copies of the Rose, Stargell, Jackson, Ryan, Carlton, Sutton, Morgan and Bench serve as examples of this. In the end I decided that I wanted attractive copies of cards depicting members of the HOF. Due to this I added a T206 Mathewson Dark Cap, T205 Baker, 1955 Ted Williams, a 1956 Mantle, 1956 Robinson, 1952 Doby etc. I just find the aesthetic beauty of the card more appealing than the year it was produced.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by bravesfan#1

Woah, now that tidbit of info is why I joined this site! Thank you for pointing out OldCardBoard, I'm browsing the link you just mentioned!

You may as well tell us your name too.

I wish everyone would add their name to their avatar so we could converse more effectively...or, at least, more traditionally.

-Raymond

[h2oya311]

Good luck on your quest! You might say I have a slight infatuation with HOF rookie cards as well...take a look at my imageevent site. I generally prefer the esoteric issues over the mainstream Topps/Bowman/Goudey/T206 issues.

Welcome aboard the board! Always happy to chat "rookie" card stuff with other Net54 members!

[Leon]

Welcome to the forum,
I started out going for Rookie HOFer's when I got back into collecting, as an adult, 20 yrs ago. I wish I would have kept those cards. Type card collecting has been a ton of fun but I still like some of those cards from back then...

[bravesfan#1]

I appreciate everyone's kind words so far. I have three new additions to share.

First is a Marichal SGC authentic rookie that I picked up for $20. This looks to be in amazing shape, but is it safe to assume that this is trimmed/altered if in an authentic holder? I would prefer not to bust it out just because I like the case.


Then a Rice rookie that a net54 member sent me for free to help with my quest


And then I picked up this Greenberg at my last show for $20. Not a rookie - but this counts for me since his stuff is fairly expensive.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bravesfan#1

I appreciate everyone's kind words so far. I have three new additions to share.

First is a Marichal SGC authentic rookie that I picked up for $20. This looks to be in amazing shape, but is it safe to assume that this is trimmed/altered if in an authentic holder? I would prefer not to bust it out just because I like the case.


Then a Rice rookie that a net54 member sent me for free to help with my quest


And then I picked up this Greenberg at my last show for $20. Not a rookie - but this counts for me since his stuff is fairly expensive.

Nice cards and yes, Marichal looks like he has a wavy left border and is trimmed. Just wait till you really start seeing and dealing with the old pre-war stuff. After discovering the OldCardboard site it is all downhill.