Set Collectors - Report in your progress!

[ALR-bishop]

59 was the first Topps set I finished and a sentimental favorite. There is a great thread on the 59 set on the CU board in the Registry section

[Tere1071]

Back in January I listed the progress of my 1967, 68, and 69 Topps Baseball Card sets. About three months ago, I decided to stop collecting the 1967 set as I will never be able to afford to complete the high numbers. I was able to assemble 521/533 in overall good condition, but among the missing are the Mantle, Mays, Aaron, and Clemente.

I have made progress on the 68 and 69 sets: I'm missing 19 cards to finish the 68 and 9 to complete the 69 sets. In each year I'm missing the Ryan, Mantle, Bench, and Carlton cards while I have a star in my 68 set that I don't have for 1969. I hope to work out a trade using my 1967 lot as well as using my extras from 1970-75, some 53 Bowman Color extras, and finally what I have left over from my Topps and Bowman Heritage collections.

Each year finds me missing a few commons in the low and high numbers, but I've been reluctant to pull the trigger. For example, the 68 Agee (#465), and 69 McGraw (#601) are priced fairly high. I know both were members of the 69 Miracle Mets, but to purchase either of these from eBay, plus the shipping, means that I'll have to be patient and hopefully find one locally or through trade- hint, hint!

(I broke my resolve the other day and won 68 Topps #528 (Tigers team) by placing a high bid that I thought no one else would come close to matching- I was wrong.)

If anyone is interested in trading, I can send you my want lists of the needed star cards along with my lots which are listed numerically by year. They include semi and high numbers along with lower-tiered stars.

Thank you and happy collecting!

Phil aka Tere1071

[Elberson]

67 is a fun set, don’t give up on it. Yes the highs suck and you can throw book value (for comparison purposes only) out the window because everything sells higher.

You can do it……..

1969 topps will be my next set!!!

[Tere1071]

Originally Posted by Elberson

67 is a fun set, don’t give up on it. Yes the highs suck and you can throw book value (for comparison purposes only) out the window because everything sells higher.

You can do it……..

1969 topps will be my next set!!!

Thank you for your support. Yes, I suppose I could, but at this point I'd have save for several months to purchase a 68 Ryan in good condition. Then, I would have to do the same for the Mantles, 68 Bench, and 69 Ryan. My early days of collecting, 1969-75, pecking away to get certain cards was pretty much the established manner of collecting. In fact, the only Baseball sets that I was able to complete were the 1974 and 1975 Topps and the 1964 60-card Giant series. However, it was fun as there was never any expectation to complete anything.

The difference now is the immediacy of being able to find cards through the Internet. Now, I want to get them out of the way, upgrading as I go along. Their monetary value has no concern, although I gulp at some of the asking prices.

What I have been able to do since early 2000, has easily surpassed my late 60s to mid-70s collection. Nothing here would qualify as a registry set and the 67-69 cards would range overall from fair to vg/ex. The 67 set is an attractive set and it would be nice to complete the low numbers. My main goal is to finish the 68 and 69 sets and see where I will go from there.

Thank you and happy collecting!

Phil aka Tere 1071

[jchcollins]

1972 Topps, the postwar monster - not more card progress actually, I'm still sitting around 380 some cards out of the 787, but I did unexpectedly add a wrapper from '72 last week, when I made a placeholder offer on one for half of what the guy wanted - and he accepted it.

I've always like the idea of getting wrappers / packaging to go with vintage sets, but for a lot of my interests in the 1950's it's simply too expensive. Figured I had better get '72 before that era goes up as well. Looking forward to getting that one in the mail hopefully here later this week.

[jiw98]

My 59 Topps baseball set is coming along nicely. 35 cards to go. I just picked up Mantle and Gibson. Just a couple more Mantles and Mays then it’ should be easy from there.

[Elberson]

1965 topps 2nd set is DONE!!!! Mantle is coming in Tuesdays mail………

1965 is a fun set. The 7th series highs are really cheap. The star cards aren’t too bad either. I used my extras when making this set so I had a lot already and a complete 5-7th series. When I build sets I like to make an extra 5th and 6th series and sometimes 7th series…..so September will be my rebuild project for them.

1969 topps set in next up for October!!!

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by jiw98

My 59 Topps baseball set is coming along nicely. 35 cards to go. I just picked up Mantle and Gibson. Just a couple more Mantles and Mays then it’ should be easy from there.

I am 3 cards away from completing my 1959 set. Need Mantle, Mantle AS and Gibson. Been looking for them for 6 months now. No hurry.

Mike