Completing 1967 Topps baseball set

[OlderTheBetter]

My first Topps cards purchased from wax packs as a kid were 1968 but I really dove in to cards in 1969. I had probably 5000 or more but most disappeared over the years.

In 2019 I completed my 1968 set going card by card that I started in 2017. The average grade is Ex-mt 6 but many stars are NM 7. It was interesting to see how expensive some of the high number commons were but overrall it was a good project but I can't say that it was fun. Fun now to look at my binder.

In early 2020 I was going to do the same for 1969 but bailed on that. Just too much work and the pandemic boosted prices overall much more than I was willing to pay at that time.

So I applaud your 1967 effort! It's worth it though sometimes it won't feel so.

[jingram058]

Congratulations! And in view of a different thread, where people went into a frenzy over 67 Topps cards glued to scrapbook pages, indicating the value of this set, quite an accomplishment. I sure wish I could have foreseen this decades ago, when I collected this entire set from packs, according to the checklists, only to walk away from them when I moved out of the house. Mom asked me many times, did I want all my cards. I told her 4 or 5 times no, just get rid of them. She finally did. Then baseball cards became valuable. Oh well, story of my life, shooting toes off.

[Elberson]

I love the 67 design…..

When I put the set together (exmt or better) it was a rush picking them all up, 5th and 6th series had some tuff ones, and with the 7th series….you had to throw book value (compared to sell value) out the window…..great set. Just great.

BUT wait….i wasn’t done yet….i went to crazy town and put together 2 more sets. All coming down to needing Seaver or mantle but that’s the fun part for me with just waiting for right one to pop up. I’m a weirdo when putting sets together and like to pick up an extra 5th and 6th series (sometimes 7th) for my extra piles.

[DHogan]

I completed my 67 set in excellent condition after 10 years of working on it in 2005. I had a hell of a time trying to find a center Don Clendenon card. It was fun building that set.

[Peacemaker]

I'm close to completing the '67 set. I recently pick up the Brooks Robinson and Colavito cards. This brings me down to needing only 25 to finish. I will be looking for the Seaver at Strongsville. After that the only big card will be the Mike Shannon.