February Pickup Thread

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I’ve often told myself that I’m NOT building the ‘75 Topps set. (I have Brett, Yount, Ryan, Schmidt, and a handful of other HOFers)

Guess I’m NOT building the mini set, either. I’ve only got five HOFers. I can stop any time I want….

Why stop? Get 'em all, man!

[Balticfox]

Two months ago I decided that I absolutely, positively needed to add more critical mass to my collection of 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1965 Topps Baseball cards. Accordingly I just added these from a fellow boardie:

1957

6 cards including these:



1958

28 cards including these:



1959

5 cards:



1961

3 cards:



1962

52 cards including these:



1963

12 cards including these:



1965

3 cards:



Since I've been concentrating on the earlier tougher issues, I only have 28 cards from the 1965 set. Therefore I need a large EX/MT+ lot (centering is not important to me but I want bright cards with sharp corners) to really get going on the 1965 set.

[deweyinthehall]

Good luck with the 65s - I built a set 20 years ago, sold it, and am building another now. I think it's one of the best looking from the 1960s, and honestly one of Topps' best looking sets ever. From my experience, it is relatively easy to find cards in really nice shape at very good prices - obviously I was paying less 20 years ago but even now with the craziness, still some really good bargains to be had. No huge rookies, and beyond the Mantle, you can get any card in a nice mid-grade really affordable. Also, high numbers are plentiful and not very much more expensive than the rest. Having recently completed a 1966 set, I need the breather.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

I think it's one of the best looking from the 1960s, and honestly one of Topps' best looking sets ever.

I agree! It was also the final year I bought any Baseball cards as a kid. By 1965 though my card collecting buddy and were such high powered efficient collectors that we completed a "set" from 1-264 by mid-May so I didn't dwell on them nearly as much as I did collecting the 1962 and 1963 Topps issues.

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

From my experience, it is relatively easy to find cards in really nice shape at very good prices.... No huge rookies, and beyond the Mantle, you can get any card in a nice mid-grade really affordable.

I call the ones I pictured above "high grade" but I neither know nor care what the grading companies would call them.