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[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

I love your '60s collection. If you combine it with my '50s, we have....well still not as much great stuff as Al Richter (damn him), but still something awful good

Thanks John, that would be super cool to see...it would be cool if we could all gather with all our stuff and just check it all out...and yeah, Al is on another plain...life goals!

Can't wait to hold the 6000th card! My last 70's card was 1971 Don Baylor RC...never will forget that.

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Thanks John, that would be super cool to see...it would be cool if we could all gather with all our stuff and just check it all out...and yeah, Al is on another plain...life goals!

Can't wait to hold the 6000th card! My last 70's card was 1971 Don Baylor RC...never will forget that.

My final one for the '50s the other day was a '57 Juan Pizarro. Seemed to be a slight hoarding thing going on w/ it recently on ebay for low/mid grade ones, but I caught a set break by someone in a fb group.

I'm nowhere near in the '60s and '70s. Have a '67, '71, '73, '75, '78. Loooong way to go. Plus those are most of my favorites from the era, so not nearly as much motivation

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

My final one for the '50s the other day was a '57 Juan Pizarro. Seemed to be a slight hoarding thing going on w/ it recently on ebay for low/mid grade ones, but I caught a set break by someone in a fb group.

I'm nowhere near in the '60s and '70s. Have a '67, '71, '73, '75, '78. Loooong way to go. Plus those are most of my favorites from the era, so not nearly as much motivation

Wow, Juan Pizarro for all your 50s...that's awesome and would have never guessed. My last card for my initial just 57 set was Koufax, then I sold set. Shouldn't have done that...lol.

You certainly have a great start...67 is the big boy and 71 is ROUGH. I'd recommend you do the 66 set...I believe the highs are still not at the value they should be, and I think that set is completely underated. Love that set, and would compliment your 67!

[Harliduck]

Finished my 1960 Topps set...finally! Got sniped 5 times on the 561 Al Kaline AS and finally scored a nice one. Focus now is on the 1964 Topps...one step closer to the 60's being complete. I feel like I am competing with twice as many set collectors than last year...haha. Good for the hobby, tough on us!

[campyfan39]

I am down to only needing 2 for my 1954 tops set and 6 for my 1954 Red Heart set.
1964 is off to a good start as well with about 150 so far

[jiw98]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Finished my 1960 Topps set...finally! Got sniped 5 times on the 561 Al Kaline AS and finally scored a nice one. Focus now is on the 1964 Topps...one step closer to the 60's being complete. I feel like I am competing with twice as many set collectors than last year...haha. Good for the hobby, tough on us!

Nice set John. It's kind of odd to me that the last card that you needed was that Kaline. I have 3 of them setting on my desk. I was a big Kaline fan when I was younger.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by jiw98

Nice set John. It's kind of odd to me that the last card that you needed was that Kaline. I have 3 of them setting on my desk. I was a big Kaline fan when I was younger.

That would have been nice to know Jeff, I would have made an offer...

I am a huge Kaline fan as well. I have an employee in Detroit who literally grew up with Al as his idol. When he passed, I shipped my only autographed card to him (psa 73 Topps) as I knew he would need it more than me. That was a great moment. He held a zoom meeting with around 25 guys and we toasted Mr. Kaline and the card...the boys from Detroit area were very emotional. Cool moment and showed what he meant to a lot of people.


So that card was on a BIN for $32. My goal was to beat the BIN for my last card. 5 TIMES with cards equal but no better exceeded the $32 mark, a couple close to $50. I finally said screw it, bought the BIN! Not sure how that became the last card, always funny how the last card happens. I usually buy the big cards first...

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Wow, Juan Pizarro for all your 50s...that's awesome and would have never guessed. My last card for my initial just 57 set was Koufax, then I sold set. Shouldn't have done that...lol.

You certainly have a great start...67 is the big boy and 71 is ROUGH. I'd recommend you do the 66 set...I believe the highs are still not at the value they should be, and I think that set is completely underated. Love that set, and would compliment your 67!

Thanks! I have more pride in my '67 and '71 than most others. And since I'm not a Rose fan (foresee only wanting to spend '63 kind of $ on one that's been run over by a dump truck), I could quit the hobby with that '67 being my only '60s one and be content.

Was just able to find exactly the deal on the kind of '70 set that I hoped to (which is not easy, as it's fairly popular and can be tough to find at a price that's fair vs. the underlying breakup value).

So now halfway through the '70s, and it's the five that I prefer the most. Motivation to get the rest will be lacking

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

Thanks! I have more pride in my '67 and '71 than most others. And since I'm not a Rose fan (foresee only wanting to spend '63 kind of $ on one that's been run over by a dump truck), I could quit the hobby with that '67 being my only '60s one and be content.



Was just able to find exactly the deal on the kind of '70 set that I hoped to (which is not easy, as it's fairly popular and can be tough to find at a price that's fair vs. the underlying breakup value).



So now halfway through the '70s, and it's the five that I prefer the most. Motivation to get the rest will be lacking

I can't tell you how much it helped me reading this post. Here's my deal: I have a complete '53 Topps set. Then I am working on '54 Topps (have the big boys), '55 Topps (7 shy of complete), '52 Bowman (4 shy of complete), and '55 Bowman (25% complete but have Mantle, Mays, and Aaron). '50 Bowman is probably going to happen, as I have Jackie and Yogi. I also have a few '56 Topps stars and commons and would like that.

However, prices aren't exactly going down these days, and I am trying to not freak out. I am coming to the realization that I probably won't be able to round out the 50s, let alone collect the 60s sets I like. I am even considering dropping down to VG (or even G in places) to give myself a fighting chance of going a little further. Even at that, I am realizing I'm not going to be able to do it all and am learning to accept that and be content with what I am able to collect.

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[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

I can't tell you how much it helped me reading this post. Here's my deal: I have a complete '53 Topps set. Then I am working on '54 Topps (have the big boys), '55 Topps (7 shy of complete), '52 Bowman (4 shy of complete), and '55 Bowman (25% complete but have Mantle, Mays, and Aaron). '50 Bowman is probably going to happen, as I have Jackie and Yogi. I also have a few '56 Topps stars and commons and would like that.

However, prices aren't exactly going down these days, and I am trying to not freak out. I am coming to the realization that I probably won't be able to round out the 50s, let alone collect the 60s sets I like. I am even considering dropping down to VG (or even G in places) to give myself a fighting chance of going a little further. Even at that, I am realizing I'm not going to be able to do it all and am learning to accept that and be content with what I am able to collect.

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What makes it even easier to be content is that we've been fortunate enough to have a lot of our big boys already. Most set work is still really downhill from there, even in this market.

It's one thing to pay $250 for a '77 set that would've cost $150 before covid. But paying 5 grand for Mays or Jackie cards that were $1000 a year ago? That's an incredibly tough pill to swallow. I know I couldn't do it.

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

What makes it even easier to be content is that we've been fortunate enough to have a lot of our big boys already. Most set work is still really downhill from there, even in this market.



It's one thing to pay $250 for a '77 set that would've cost $150 before covid. But paying 5 grand for Mays or Jackie cards that were $1000 a year ago? That's an incredibly tough pill to swallow. I know I couldn't do it.

Agreed. I do have pretty much all of the big cards to the sets I am working on. Of course, there are some HOF cards left to buy but nothing crippling. Whenever I start to build a set, I have always tried to get the big ones first because if it took me two or three years to build a set, those key cards would have risen even more during that time. Even in this market mid and lower grade commons and semi stars are still affordable.

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