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[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by campyfan39

I am down to 100 even for my 54 topps set

Down to 3 on the 1954 Red Heart set

Down to 9 on my 1953 topps set
(really 8 as I have just about given up on ever having the Mays)

How are you doing on your 64 set?

[campyfan39]

I need 100 to complete including some stars but I have all the big boys. Also have a decent amount of the highs.
You? I already got rid of my dupes.

Originally Posted by Harliduck

How are you doing on your 64 set?

[Harliduck]

Cool, dang, your ripping that one out! Are you doing 54s too or did you mean 64s? I am down to 36, but DO need some big boys...Mantle, Rose...I usually get the Mantle first! Co-doing 67s at the same time is NOT helping...lol.

[campyfan39]

I won't even try 67!
I sold my Clemente rookie (56 is my fave anyways and so I had some cash on hand and a friend who is a dealer was happy to take it off my hands haha. I finished 54 and made the big dent in 64 and 53!

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Cool, dang, your ripping that one out! Are you doing 54s too or did you mean 64s? I am down to 36, but DO need some big boys...Mantle, Rose...I usually get the Mantle first! Co-doing 67s at the same time is NOT helping...lol.

[cardsagain74]

Current build here (probably one not mentioned much):

'48 Bowman

Always had Yogi. Eventually got Musial. Then someone sold me a lot of about half the set recently.

You know what will happen at that point. But always had in the back of my mind to get the whole set anyway. More than happy getting the little brother of everyone's favorite set of children's drawings from that year (yep not a fan of the '48 Leaf)

Will make due with Stan, Yogi, and Spahn rookies!

Schoendienst is the biggest card I have left now, and it's surprisingly tough.

34/48

[DanP]

I've never been a set collector, always looking for individual cards of HOF'ers. This post inspired me so a few months ago I decided to go after 1970 Topps sets. After all, with COVID restrictions there was nothing better to do.

I have all of them finished except about 100 cards for the 1970 and 1971 sets and a few cards for the 1972 set. There's a local show next Saturday so hopefully, I can get most of what I need.

Thanks to an N54 board member it looks like I'm starting the 1965 set next. Also, I have over 100 PSA graded 1969's so it looks like that set will follow.

[nwfsteve]

All ex-mt and above:

I'm down to 3 high numbers to complete 1972. It's only taken 49 years.

I need 28 to complete 1971, mostly mid-highs. But a 1971 Bob Garibaldi in raw 6 or 7 should not be $10. So we'll hold on that.

I need about 80 to complete 1966, about 25 highs. Plus Mays and Aaron. May never happen.

That would give me complete from 64-65-66, skip 67, then 1968 to 2012 when I abandoned the new stuff. I have a few upgrades in those years to go, but again, that's a hold for now.

I have a nice 1964 partial that I might use to underwrite it and a nice 1961 complete set that I'll also move. I thought about upgrading the 61 set, but it'd be mostly moving from some ex-range stars to ex-mt. Especially in the high numbers, it doesn't make sense. Plus I don't like the 61s.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by cardsagain74

Current build here (probably one not mentioned much):

'48 Bowman

Always had Yogi. Eventually got Musial. Then someone sold me a lot of about half the set recently.

You know what will happen at that point. But always had in the back of my mind to get the whole set anyway. More than happy getting the little brother of everyone's favorite set of children's drawings from that year (yep not a fan of the '48 Leaf)

Will make due with Stan, Yogi, and Spahn rookies!

Schoendienst is the biggest card I have left now, and it's surprisingly tough.

34/48

John...how do your store your 48's? That set has always intrigued me...

[bobsbbcards]

I'm currently trying to piece together T206 (easy backs) and 1967 O-Pee-Chee sets. You'd think I'd be further along with the OPC's, but alas, you'd be unbelievable wrong (C'MON!).

T206 - 40.2%
1967 O-Pee-Chee - 6.9%

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

John...how do your store your 48's? That set has always intrigued me...

I just use card savers for any of the early undersized raw Bowman cards.

Probably not the best idea, but especially as someone who doesn't like binders (my '51s even came in one w/ the custom sheets for that size, yet I quickly plucked them out like they were on fire), I haven't looked into a better solution yet