Type Collectors- What is your focus?

[Brian Van Horn]

Type Collectors- What is your focus?

None.

[tlwise12]

Brian,

What is the card in the middle on the top row?

Thanks
Travis

[Brian Van Horn]

Travis,

The card is a 1927 Tabacalera La Marena of Everett Scott. The set was produced in El Salvador.

[joeadcock]

Leon

I am attempting to get an example of every pre war set I can. I assume it will take me many years.

As mentioned above by another collector, the expense of some card sets will keep me from achieving this. And of course the rarity of some(You know like T231).

One other problem is that I have many examples of a few sets(i.e.Old Judge, E93) and have a difficult time parting with them to get closer to my goal. In other words, selling them and using that money for more type cards. I am trying to avoid buying any more examples from these sets but for me it is tough.

I'll just get what I can.


Frank

[JLange]

Type - Team - Set. I suppose I collect in that order. I currently aspire to get a type card from every set (that's in my realistic price range), so long as that card is picturing a Cleveland Indian. If I can collect more Indians from a particular set (ie, the "team set") then I try to do so. Finally, for those sets that are exclusively Cleveland Indians, then yes, I would like to complete those sets. I have also rediscovered my interest in collecting HOFers, so that is starting to play out in my collection as well (trying to find a HOFer Type from each set, etc.) Although I have great interest in pre-war cards, I find that most of my purchases are 40s-50s, but I will buy cards generally all the way up to 1980.

[jimivintage]

Always been a HOF collector AND set collector. This is a MAJOR problem! I can't EVER seem to finish what I started because, quite simply, my eyes are far too big for my wallet. I work hard on one project and I get duped into another project because....well, it looks pretty or fun! I don't know how some of you guys do it....year after year with the same goals in mind. I'm lucky to keep the same project for a month!

That being said, my current projects are:

- A sample of each HOFer, with the earliest card of each player I can get.
- 1957 Topps PSA 8 only set
- 1923 Lections
- And a rather odd way to approach a new project....I thought I would try and grab a card from each set a like one at time, starting with card #1 for each set. So, I will grab a T206 Abbatachio, a '52T Pafko, a '23 Lections Chance, etc. Once I get the #1 card of the set, I simply move to card #2. I know...weird, but we'll see what happens.

- I also have a few random projects that I don't work too hard on including both basketball and football HOFer collection (much like the baseball HOF collection), 1948 - 1954 Bowman run (only raw VGish cards)....I don't really have much yet, a 1962 Topps PSA 7 set, and I've even thought about working on some non-sports stuff, although I don't know anything about them.

Sorry for the long post.

Jimi

[DixieBaseball]

Type Collecting Focus ? I collect any type issue I can get my paws on featuring my home town of Nashville, Tn. My type collecting ranges from PC's, photo's, and memorabilia to all card types featuring Nashville players. A few examples :

[53Browns]

HOF rookies for me!