Name your collection

[Jmad]

Originally Posted by bsuttonosu

I've been collecting the Topps League Leader cards for awhile. Almost have the whole run. I highly recommend this as a collection. It's a relatively inexpensive way to get a ton of great players and to learn about guys you never realized had such great statistical seasons. '61 was the first year and I consider the master set to run through 1984. Topps ran a LL series every year for those 24 years. After that they didn't do it on a regular basis or didn't do it in the base product.

Obviously these aren't difficult cards to find so I try to keep the hunt fun and I'm in no hurry. I don't buy these on-line, only at shows. There are always plenty around so it gives me something to look for and talk about when I'm at a show.

My other major collection is a George Brett master set (from his playing years only). This one will keep me busy forever. Some of the oddball cards are tough to find. I have about 350 of the 700 unique cards that I've been able to identify. And yet I constantly come across new cards I didn't know about and aren't catalogued.

Great info on the LL set. I like knowing there is a beginning and end as it relates to continous production. I'm just not a fan of the new cards and want to stay away with the exception of a few RC's.

[cwazzy]

My main focus is everything Roy Campanella. I collect it all: vintage, modern base and inserts, game-used cards, etc. He's pretty cheap as far as HOFers go and he has some GREAT looking cards.

I also collect Cardinals cards. I'm actively working on the T206 Cardinal set in as many backs as I can afford. So far I've got 11/18 with a 12th in the mail as we speak. I've also started the T205 Cardinal set and have started to add cheap raw vintage Cardinals as I come across them if they have great eye appeal. Eventually I'd like to have every Topps and Bowman Cardinals team set up to 1980 as well as the big sets like the Goudeys, T3, Leaf, etc.

[Jmad]

Originally Posted by cwazzy

My main focus is everything Roy Campanella. I collect it all: vintage, modern base and inserts, game-used cards, etc. He's pretty cheap as far as HOFers go and he has some GREAT looking cards.

I also collect Cardinals cards. I'm actively working on the T206 Cardinal set in as many backs as I can afford. So far I've got 11/18 with a 12th in the mail as we speak. I've also started the T205 Cardinal set and have started to add cheap raw vintage Cardinals as I come across them if they have great eye appeal. Eventually I'd like to have every Topps and Bowman Cardinals team set up to 1980 as well as the big sets like the Goudeys, T3, Leaf, etc.

I've thought about Cards team sets as well. How big of a bummer is the Wainright news??? I knew something was up last year when he missed his last scheduled start. I guess they were hoping he could rehab it in the off season. Talk about a blow. Hey, at least we have Berkman...???

[JasonL]

some neat collecting ideas that I haven't heard addressed before (LL cards).
I focus on the following player collections:
Ozzie Smith, Kirby Puckett, Ron Cey, Rickey Henderson, Eddie Mathews, Ernie Banks, Frank Robinson, Johnny Bench, and Dwight Evans.
Also starting on Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Aaron.

There's also the HOFer RC collection that I am now selling off, the Handley player collection, the Tobacco Cubs team sets, the T200 set, and the T206 Classic Images set.

Laser-like narrow focus, dontcha think?

[cdn_collector]

An appropriate name for my collection, which would accurately describe my focus, might be 'undecided'. Every baseball book I read, good Net54 thread, etc. causes me to re-think the focus of my collection.

I have started and abandoned many many sets for reasons listed above [Commons. Darn Commons!]. I have considered and abandoned even more sets because the novelty of the idea wore off before I even started the actual collecting part

For me, player and team collecting seems to be the most fun. In addition to some pre-war pursuits, my main post-war pursuit right now is putting together a run of Jackie Robinson Topps cards. I still need a '52 and a '53, and then I may expand to other issues. We'll see.


Regards,

Richard.