I hate the "except for.." in my PC

[RCFire82]

Going for the monster 524, except for the big four...and maybe the O'Hara and Demmitt...and maybe the Dahlen and Elberfeld...😳

[AMPduppp]

1933 Goudey, except for Nap Lajoie (and the Babes unless you have deep enough pockets for all four).

[Johnny T]

For me, it's the 51 Bowman....complete and fully graded, except missing the Mantle rookie....maybe one day

[jchcollins]

It's nowhere near complete yet, but I am ostensibly collecting the '67 Topps set. Though I have the two big rookies in the 7th series, the rest of the high number SP's will probably wind up being my "except for." Ponying up for Rod Carew is one thing; the idea of paying north of $100 for Mike Shannon feels foolish to me most of the time.

[Yoda]

I am trying to complete a T206 back run of McGraw - glove and only missing the Cycle and Uzit, the only known copy of which sits with our own Teddy Z.

[lampertb]

I have been one card short of completing the '33 Goudey set in trimmed condition (which is weird, but more affordable) for years now. I don't mean the Lajoie.
I have the complete set EXCEPT FOR the green Mel Ott port. I am not willing to pay current prices for a legitimately nice copy, and trimmed ones basically never show up for auction. Frustrating.

[Centauri]

Some of you may not like modern stuff, but I put together a rainbow of 2016 Topps Francisco Lindor. I have every parallel of the flagship base card, including chrome, opening day, factory sets, etc. EXCEPT FOR the 1/1s. Simply impossible to find. I check eBay every day, and I post on various collector forums, but I'll likely never even see the superfractor. I do have all the /5 versions which took plenty of time themselves.

[sagard]

Originally Posted by lampertb

I have been one card short of completing the '33 Goudey set in trimmed condition (which is weird, but more affordable) for years now. I don't mean the Lajoie.
I have the complete set EXCEPT FOR the green Mel Ott port. I am not willing to pay current prices for a legitimately nice copy, and trimmed ones basically never show up for auction. Frustrating.

Times like these you need to pickup a beater and trim it yourself. It may be the only way.

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by RCFire82

Going for the monster 524, except for the big four...and maybe the O'Hara and Demmitt...and maybe the Dahlen and Elberfeld...😳

It's interesting seeing how the T206 set has changed over the years. First it was 523, then 524, then down to 520, and eventually 518. Now your saying we might be heading into a 516 card complete set. With these prices lately, I'm not surprised. I wonder if the day will come when a 500 card set fits a certain complete category. It's still the set that I've had the most enjoyment chasing and sharing information with, to other collectors, during my whole collecting life.

[RCFire82]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

It's interesting seeing how the T206 set has changed over the years. First it was 523, then 524, then down to 520, and eventually 518. Now your saying we might be heading into a 516 card complete set. With these prices lately, I'm not surprised. I wonder if the day will come when a 500 card set fits a certain complete category. It's still the set that I've had the most enjoyment chasing and sharing information with, to other collectors, during my whole collecting life.

Yeah, I was partially kidding about the Elberfeld and Dahlen (they'll happen). The others, it's actually been fun finding "fillers," such as...

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by RCFire82

Yeah, I was partially kidding about the Elberfeld and Dahlen (they'll happen). The others, it's actually been fun finding "fillers," such as...

Me not being a binder guy, allows me to have spaces in my collection without needing fillers. Plus it would be difficult to be a binder user when collecting all the different backs of each card. But I do like using the 2002 Topps 206 mini cards for the "Big 4" spaces. Plus they all come with rare backs to choose from, so it's not like you are putting a dollar card as a place holder. Wagner and Plank are rarest with a Cycle back, and Magie n Doyle are rarest with a Carolina Brights back. I tell other collectors to use these instead of the Dover type reprints if you need to fill a space.

Great looking Wagner by the way.

[brianp-beme]

I have all 68 of the E300 Plow's Candy cards except for the 67 that are not Bill Dahlen.

Brian (I'm just that type card of a guy)

[molenick]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I have all 68 of the E300 Plow's Candy cards except for the 67 that are not Bill Dahlen.

Brian (I'm just that type card of a guy)

Wow...you got me on that one...at first I thought "amazing, he has an almost complete set of E300s"...then I read it again.

My "except for" set is 1933 DeLong. I have 17 of the 24 but five of the missing ones are HOFers (that set is full of them). Luckily I have Gehrig because I bought it in 2017, but it is going to be tough/expensive to finish unless I adjust my condition requirements.