What percentage of your Prewar collection consists of HOF members?

[conor912]

I have absolutely no idea. Never looked at it like that.

[brianp-beme]

Thanks for all the voting/responses so far.

Originally Posted by conor912

I have absolutely no idea. Never looked at it like that.

Sounds like it is about time to get crackin' on this vital topic! If nothing else it will give you an excuse to comb through your prewar collection.

Brian

[Lobo Aullando]

Pre-war is a shade under 10%, but post-war is 35%. Those numbers will probably be very similar a decade from now.

[Rad_Hazard]

I'm at 38% for pre-war. Only 21 cards, and 8 HOFers. Now, how many of those non-HOFers should be in the Hall is an entirely different conversation.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by conor912

I have absolutely no idea. Never looked at it like that.

I suspect that there are a good number of collectors here who have so many pre-war cards that they cannot say how many cards they have, let alone how many fall into any category.

[Exhibitman]

I don't do commons. I have a few leftovers from when I was a kid building sets, and I will buy the occasional T206 portrait (Lobert, Leach, Steinfeldt to go with the other three, etc.), but I rarely acquire a non-HOFer. O'Doul is the only one I collect and he's in the Japanese HOF...

[Rhotchkiss]

I went with 100% because, aside from sets and 6-8 brown T206 old mills/brown Lenox, all I collect is HOFers, and specific HOFers at that.

Edited - Actually, I have 5-10 Joe Jackson items, and he is not in the HOF, (but I consider him a collectable HOFer), but still much closer to 100% than 75%

[GeoPoto]

I don't collect any cards because the player is a HoFer. I collect in a half dozen different foci and collect HoFers along with everybody else in the focus. For example, pre-war Washington Senators (Nationals, etc.) which includes a fair number of HoFers: Griffith, Johnson, Rice, Harris, Goslin, Cronin, Manush (with cameo appearances by Mack, Coveleski, Speaker, and a few others). But post-war Senators is a HoF wasteland: Killebrew in '55-60, Herzog in '57-58, Williams as manager '69-71. Then there's first black players which is rich in HoFers: Ernie, Campy, Doby, Monte, Minnie, Frank, and Jackie (out of 19 players total). So, answering your percentage question is difficult.

My only Speaker:

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1688145604

[BearBailey]

No idea? As a set collector I just don’t look at it that way, while the HOFer might cost more not any more important to me?

[Golfcollector]

100% As it is all Sam Crawford....

If I include golf cards it is also 100% on pre war.....as it is all Walter Hagen, Tom Morris Jr and Sr, Bobby Jones, Harry Vardon...and really no one else

[conor912]

Originally Posted by BearBailey

No idea? As a set collector I just don’t look at it that way, while the HOFer might cost more not any more important to me?

+1

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by BearBailey

No idea? As a set collector I just don’t look at it that way, while the HOFer might cost more not any more important to me?

Same here