Vintage Oddball or Rare/Scarce?

[Mbjerry]

I just entered the vintage world last year. Looking for advice or information on how to find oddball vintage cards that the herd isn't chasing. For budget reasons and interest, I seem to gravitate to the stuff the crowds aren't after. Overlooked and undervalued all time greats is one way I have been doing this. But now I would also like to look at less desired (more rare) stuff. That is the tricky part for me is finding more rare or scarce items that aren't also highly sought after. Any recommendations on specific sets/years/types to look for? Any recommendations on how to identify this stuff? Any help would really be appreciated. I am most comfortable in the under $200 range. Thanks!

[quitcrab]

I love the oddball issues, but the price has really gone up on most issues. Bazooka, Transogram, Kellogg’s, Dexter Press, Nabisco are all great!
Topps has plenty of sub sets and oddball issues to chase too… I love the 64 stand ups and the 69 supers.
Good luck on your quest
Scott

[ripfan008]

Good afternoon,

You may want to start by buying and flipping through the 2012 Standard Catalog and just to see all of the obscure sets that are out there.

Reading the late Bob Lemke's blog is another good source to find more obscure issues.

http://boblemke.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

[Mbjerry]

Originally Posted by ripfan008

Good afternoon,

You may want to start by buying and flipping through the 2012 Standard Catalog and just to see all of the obscure sets that are out there.

Reading the late Bob Lemke's blog is another good source to find more obscure issues.

http://boblemke.blogspot.com/

Good luck!

That looks like a great blog! Looks like I could spend hours on it. lol. I am going to order that catalog now. Thanks!

[Mbjerry]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

I love the oddball issues, but the price has really gone up on most issues. Bazooka, Transogram, Kellogg’s, Dexter Press, Nabisco are all great!
Topps has plenty of sub sets and oddball issues to chase too… I love the 64 stand ups and the 69 supers.
Good luck on your quest
Scott

Thanks Scott. I really haven't looked at many of these. I am going to check them out! I guess they are going up with the rest of the hobby. Appreciate you sharing.

[todeen]

69 Deckle Edge is a great start! HOF'ers on the cheap.

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[Lucas00]

Some great cheap odder issues.
1968 Topps game set
1964 Topps giants
1967 Topps pin ups
1961-63 Post cereal
1963 Fleer baseball (my favorite pick)

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Lucas00

Some great cheap odder issues.
1968 Topps game set
1964 Topps giants
1967 Topps pin ups
1961-63 Post cereal
1963 Fleer baseball (my favorite pick)

I'll second that 63 Fleer pick...great set, good amount of HOFer's, and considering the population counts it's my contention these cards are undervalued. The Mays and Clemente are classics...and I love the checklist!

[jchcollins]

+1 for '63 Fleer. Sleeper set with some fantastic players that look great.

[Mbjerry]

Thank you all for the replies. I have written down all the suggestions to go start hunting. I did recently buy a NM/MT 63 Fleer Koufax and loved the card and the price! Ill check out some of the other HOFers in that set.

[Zach Wheat]

Might also want to consider the Milk Duds or Kellogg's run of cards. You can collect the complete Milk Dud boxes or the relatively cheap clipped/cut cards. There is a wide range of prices sufficient to suit any collecting criteria.

Regarding Kellogg's - the key is collecting cards which aren't cracked. The cracking often times is difficult to accurately detect in the photos online.

Good luck and have fun!