How many sets are you working on?

mrc32

I was wondering how many sets are you either actively or passively working on and what are they? I've noticed with some comments made by members here that many people are working on a number of large sets at once.

I myself am actively working on my 1911 T-205 Gold Border (buying raw and grading them and buying slabs)

I am more passively working on:
My 1954 Topps Raw/Graded set which I am down to so few cards that its tough to be actively buying cards.
My 1960 Topps Raw set in EX-MT+, which I am about 45% complete.
My 1970 Topps Raw set in NMT-MT, which I am about 55% complete.

Just thought it would be neat to see what people are active and passive on.

coachh

Active in 1968 Topps in PSA 8 or 9

Passive in 1963 Fleer. Mostly PSA 6-7. I am thinking about selling these to concentrate on the 1968 Topps.

FB

Actively on upgrading my 72 Topps BB set
Actively working on 71 Topps BB set through my own submissions

Passively working on 64, 67, 68, 69, 70 Topps BB sets in PSA 7 or better

AlanAllen

The only set I'm aggresively building right now is 1962 Fleer football. I finished my higher priority All-Time NFL Rushers set, and I'm holding off on upgrading for the time being. My Marcus Allen sets, which are actually my highest priority, are a different case because I have all of the cards raw and graded ones I need rarely come up for sale. There are several I'm passively building:
Alan Trammell sets
NFL HOF RC
1989 Score PSA 10
SB MVP's
Heisman Winners
Teams of the decade

Joe

JeffVN

I'm active in several Reds Team Sets and inactive in my Bench Basic and Master Sets as well as My Koufax early years set, I just started a Pete Rose Master Set.

edited because I type lousy

gtbeaker

I'm currently actively working on the following sets:

Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan and Tony Perez player sets
1975 and 1976 Cincy Reds team sets
League Leaders set (haven't put a request in yet to add this to the registry)

Passively working on:

1972 Topps set
1974 Cincy Reds team set
Jim Palmer player set

dstudeba

Actively working on 1954 Wilson Franks.

There are other sets?

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Recalling all Wilson Franks

dbj77

Actively working on:
Baseball....
1952,1953,1954,1955 Red Man Baseball in PSA 6
Alan Trammell Player set(raw)
1976 Isaly's Disc (buying raw and submitting)
1970 Kellogg's in PSA 9

Basketball....
1961 Hawks Essex Meats in PSA 7 or better (except the Petit which I can only find in 6)
1961 Fleer (with qualifiers in 7 or better)
Isaiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer Player sets (raw)
Michael Jordan Master set in PSA 9
Star Co. NBA team sets 1983-1990 (raw obviously)
1972 Icee Bear in PSA 9 or better
1968 Jack in the Box in PSA 9 or better

Football:
Barry Sanders player set (raw)

nearmint

I'm actively working mostly on my 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963 Fleer football sets. I pick up other 1960's football cards when I find good prices, figuring that I'll get serious about them some day down the road.

Mike

CreeperKat

Several Angels Team sets in Topps. 1275 total cards and I'm about 11% complete on this 5 month old project.

Mefer

I am only actively working on my 1971 Topps set. I am about 20% complete graded, need 19 cards for a complete set (graded and raw). Once I get a complete set (graded and raw), I will work to get my raw cards graded and probably then focus on one of two back burner sets:

1957 Topps set (VG-Ex, some major stars graded)
1933 Goudey (any condition, raw)

There are other sets I would like to start and collect but, alas, limited funds!

gemint

I'm actively working on my 1969 and 1968 Topps baseball sets in PSA 8 or better.

I'm passively working on my 1970-75 sets in PSA 8 or better through my own submissions. I have most of the cards in NM-MT+ raw form but haven't sunk the $ required to grade out those sets.

I'm very, very passively working on 1956, 1957, 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1967 sets in PSA 8+ through my own submissions whenever I can find nice NM-MT raw examples.

And I'm also completing several player sets by default since they are also part of my complete sets.

Tipem

Actively working on a 56 set PSA 8 or better.Passively working on 55,62, and 71 sets.Also in football,I have a mint 64 Philadelphia and 67 Topps set that I want to grade in the future.

Vic

jaxxr

Active: 79 BB, 56 BB ( upgrading about 50-60 cards ), 73 BB ( mainly high nos), and 57 FB

Passive: 80 BB. 87 Topps Regular BB

Casual: 52 Bowman BB, 70 BB, and 1999 Bowman Chrome BB ( International insert/paralell cards only)

and of course certain favorites like Ted Williams, Roger Maris, Cal Ripken. and/or any card or set which strikes my fancy for whatever ever-changing reason or whim.

Basilone

Here is my guess what Davalillo would say (baseball only)


Baseball Sets


1887 Allen & Ginter (N28)
1888 Allen & Ginter (N29)
1888 Goodwin Champions (N162)
1895 Mayo Cut Plug (N300)
1904 Fan Craze American League
1906 Fan Craze National League
1909 Dockman & Sons Gum (E92)
1909 Philadelphia Caramel (E95)
1909 Ramly Cigarettes (T204)
1909-11 T206 White Border
1910 American Caramel Pirates (E90-2)
1910 American Caramel White Sox/Cubs (E90-3)
1910 Contentnea First Series (T209)
1910 E93 Standard Caramel
1910-11 Sporting Life (M116)
1911 E94 Close Candy
1911 T201 Mecca Double Folder
1911 T205 Gold Border
1911 Williams Baking (D359)
1912 C46
1912 Plows Candy (E300)
1912 T202 Hassan Triple Folders
1912 T207 Brown Background - Basic
1912 T207 Brown Background - Master
1913 National Game
1913 T200 Fatima Team Cards
1913 Tom Barker Game
1914 Cracker Jack
1914 Polo Grounds Game
1915 Cracker Jack
1915 The Sporting News (M101-5)
1916 Sporting News (M101-4) - Basic
1916 Sporting News (M101-4) - Master
1916 Tango Eggs
1921 American Caramel Series of 80 (E121)
1923-24 Billiken
1928 Fro-joy Babe Ruth
1928 George Ruth Candy Company
1928 Harringtons Ice Cream
1928 Tharps Ice Cream
1928 Yuenglings Ice Cream
1929 Kashin Publications R316
1933 Delong
1933 Goudey
1934 Goudey
1934-36 Batter-Up
1934-36 Diamond Stars
1935 Goudey
1936 Goudey
1936 S & S Game Set
1936 World Wide Gum V355
1938 Goudey
1939 Play Ball
1940 Play Ball
1941 Double Play
1941 Play Ball
1947 Tip Top Bread
1948 Bowman
1948-49 Leaf
1949 Bowman
1949 Bowman PCL
1950 Bowman
1950 Callahan HOF
1951 Bowman
1951 Topps Blue Back
1951 Topps Connie Mack All-Stars
1951 Topps Red Back
1952 Berk Ross
1952 Bowman
1952 Red Man Tobacco
1952 Topps
1953 Bowman Black & White
1953 Bowman Color
1953 Glendale Hot Dogs
1953 Johnston Cookies
1953 Red Man Tobacco
1953 Topps
1954 Bowman
1954 Dan-Dee Potato Chips
1954 Johnston Cookies
1954 Red Heart
1954 Red Man Tobacco
1954 Topps
1954 Wilson Franks
1955 Bowman
1955 Red Man Tobacco
1955 Topps
1955 Topps Doubleheaders
1956 Topps
1957 Swift Meats
1957 Topps
1958 Dodgers Bell Brand
1958 Topps
1959 Fleer Ted Williams
1959 Topps
1960 Dodgers Bell Brand
1960 Fleer
1960 Leaf
1960 Leaf Large Portrait
1960 Morrell Meats
1960 Nu-Card Hi-Lites
1960 Topps
1961 Chemstrand Iron-On Patches
1961 Dodgers Bell Brand
1961 Golden Press
1961 Morrell Meats
1961 Nu-Card Scoops
1961 Topps
1961 Topps Stamp Panels
1961-62 Fleer
1962 Dodgers Bell Brand
1962 Topps
1963 Bazooka ATG
1963 Fleer
1963 Topps
1964 Topps
1964 Topps Giants
1964 Topps Stand Up
1964 Topps Tattoos
1965 O-Pee-Chee
1965 Topps
1966 O-Pee-Chee
1966 Topps
1967 Topps
1967 Topps Test Discs
1967 Topps Who Am I?
1968 KDKA Pirates
1968 O-Pee-Chee
1968 Sports Memorabilia All-Time
1968 Topps
1968 Topps 3-D
1968 Topps Game
1969 O-Pee-Chee
1969 O-Pee-Chee Deckle
1969 Topps - Basic
1969 Topps - Master
1969 Topps 4-in-1
1969 Topps Decal

and of course 1970 Kellogg's

John

AlanAllen

ROFL

Virtualizard

Actively collecting: 1960, 69, 70, & 75 Topps Baseball.

Passively: 1972, 73, & 74 Topps Baseball.

Soon to be actively collecting: Mike Schmidt Basic & Master Sets as well as a few other player sets that I haven't decided on yet.

JEB.

Edited to say this: All in PSA 8 or better.

Wayne8348

Actively collecting 74 topps baseball in psa 9 or better.

Passively collecting 67 topps in psa 8 or better and 65 topps in psa 9.

Wayne

GeneralJim

I am actively trying to upgrade my 1988 Fournier Estrellas sticker set .

Also active on trying to complete a 1985 Prism jewel sticker set .

both in basketball .

are there any out there ???

Alfiewt

Actively collecting:

Don Mattingly Player Set PSA 9 or better
1970 Milton Bradley PSA 9 or better
1969 Topps Deckle Edge PSA 8 or better
1970 Rold Gold, looking for 10's to upgrade my set

Also passively collecting 1961 Golden Press PSA 8 or better

koby

<< <i>
Also active on trying to complete a 1985 Prism jewel sticker set .

both in basketball .

are there any out there ??? >>



There was a partial set with six on ebay about one month ago. Sold for $500 with buy it now feature. I believe it was all of Series 2 with MJ.

1420sports

I am currently listed on several, but the two main ones I want to complete and upgrade are the 1967 Topps and the Pete Rose Basic set. I am at 100% on the Rose, but I would like to upgrade several cards over time.
My question is, how many sets have you registered and then deleted? Has anyone besides me been "all over the place" in terms of what to collect and focus on? I know I have registered several sets only to delete them later.

JeffVN

I have registered and de-listed at least 10 sets at this point. I still have some interest in the ones that I have dropped, but didn't feel right with them sitting with 0% and no chance of cards being entered in the near future.

ngfred

I am active on 52 Bowman BB. Also active in my own little set: HOFers whose rookie year is on or before 1975, inducted in HOF on or before Y2K

baseballfan

actively working on 1955 all americans psa 6-7
Larry bird basic psa 9 and better
larry bird master psa 9 and better

causually working on 1968 topps game, 1951 topps red, 2000 collector's edge uncirculated, 1964 topps giants, as these cards come up.

ngfred

To answer 1420's question, I haven't "registered" any sets, but these are the sets that I have started, and changed my mind on different focus:

(All baseball)

48 Bowman (my very first attempt at set building. Small set, had about 50% complete (raw+graded), but black and white design bored me.)
57 Topps (got about 20 graded cards. Changed my mind as I don't like the background color the portriat shots)
61 Topps (like the simple design, but then felt the color was kind of dull, got about 7 cards.)
63 Topps (like the design and color, but the number of cards and lack of well centered example got the better of my patience)
53 Bowman Color (fewer cards, beautiful design, but then seeing how much more this set would cost forced me to re-access)
64 Topps Giants (beautiful cards, affordable, had about 35% complete, but tough to store and display)
50 Bowman (got about 12 graded cards, liked the art work, but cards too small. Too many portriat shots and it's fairly expensive considering its lack of star power.)
52 Bowman - Ok, this is it. 52 Bowman only lacks J. Robinson and T. Williams. The design and color is very attractive. Commons are cheaper than 50 Bowman and more action shots. Set my goal to complete it in 10 years. I would go after 51 Bowman except for financial contriant. Looking at completing a fully slabbed, yet modest mid-grade set. "Buy the card, not the holder."

aro13

Good topic, I had not thought about this topic until now.

Basketball
1957-58 Topps in PSA 7 or better
1961-62 Fleer in PSA 7 or better
Hall of Fame rookies in PSA 7 or better
Top 50 Players in NBA history in PSA 7 or better
All-Time Boston Celtics in PSA 7 or better
Baseball
Hall of Fame rookie cards or pre-war card of each Hall of Famer ungraded and/or graded
Hockey
1963-64 Parkhurst in PSA 8 or better
C56 in PSA 5 or better
1951-52 Hockey in EX or better ungraded or graded
Top 50 NHL players of all-time (Hockey News) PSA graded
1966-67 to present upgrading NM ungraded sets

Fuzz

Using my definition of active (meaning a set I hope to compete for in October '03) then about 15 to 20. That by the way is very difficult to manage time wise, even without considering the $. Passively meaning sets that I am buying cards from with hope to complete someday, then probably another 30 sets or so for now but growing. I guess that makes me a lot like Davalillo but I just have the short attention span.
Fuzz

jvineyard

I'm actively working on:

1961 Topps Football - PSA 8
1955 Bowman Football - PSA 7
1967- 1979 Saints - PSA 9
Archie Manning Player Set
1972 Topps football - Raw Ex+ or better

On the back burner:

1963 Topps baseball - raw
1965 Topps baseball - raw
1956 and 1972 Topps US Presidents

BillBob

Actively working on 1959, 1963, 1959 Dodger sets and Rocky Colavito (registered).
Passively working on Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle (not registered yet).
Very passive on the 1960 set and Ernie Banks (I have 19 1960s in 8 and 9 and 2 banks: 54 in 8 & 60 in 9)

And my budget is streached to the marital limit.

Fabfrank

Active Graded sets:
64, 65,66, 67 Philly Football sets
All SP and SP Authentic football sets
All Time Rushers, Receivers and QB sets
89 Score Football set
71 Topps Baseball

shockman

I'm fairly active on the T206 HOF set although I have really just started it. Just picked up a Matty PSA 5 Dark Cap as I'm going for the 4-5 grade range.

I'm holding back on my 57 Topps BB set and I may actually decide to break that up to go for the T206 HOFers more aggressively. At around $30-40 for a PSA 8 common minimum it may be too expensive for me to want to complete it.

I've just started my E93 American Standard Caramel set that I'm going for a lower grade version.

chrisrenaud

Actively collecting (although getting closer to the finish line):

1970 Topps Baseball
1971 Topps Baseball
1975 Topps Mini Baseball
1978 Topps Baseball
1953 Bowman Color Baseball

Just Started

1962 Topps

Passively collecting:

1972 Topps, 1973 Topps, 1974 Topps, 1976 Topps, 1977 Topps, 1979 Topps
Also focusing a lot through my own submissions on creating a run of hockey sets from the 70's, 80's and the new Upper Deck Premier Collection - not good for investment purposes probably, but a lot of fun

Stump

Actively collecting
1965 Topps Baseball 70% Complete
1967 Topps Baseball 50% Complete
1968 Topps Baseball 100% Complete
1969 Topps Baseball 98% Complete
1975 Topps Baseball 78% Complete
1981 Topps Baseball 33% Complete
1970 Kellogg's 100% Complete
1978 Kellogg's 98% Complete
1979 Kellogg's 43% Complete
1980 Kellogg's 100% Complete
1981 Kellogg's 81% Complete
1982 Kellogg's 45% Complete
1970 Kellogg's Football 75% Complete

Passively Collecting
1952-1964 Topps Baseball
1966 Topps Baseball
1970-1974 Topps Baseball
1976-1980 Topps Baseball
1982-1984 Topps Baseball
1981-1987 Donruss
1981-1987 Fleer
All other Kellogg's Sets

Wow didnt realize how many till I typed them.

Dave

Davalillo

John,

Pretty close, but you forgot all my football, basketball and hockey sets. ..and I consider 1969 Topps Decals too modern...rest are ok.

Davalillo

Basilone

Davalillo,

Yep your right....I just not want to have a post that measured 3 feet long.



John

dude

Stump -- Wow! You've really amassed quite a lot of great collections. Terrific job!


All,

As for me:

1967-73 Topps Baseball
1967 Philadelphia Football
1972 Kellogg's Baseball
1971 Topps Basketball
1972 Topps Football

Griffins

I usually have a variety of sets I'm working on. For some of the sets the cards I need rarely come up, so I have other sets that are more readily available. Also, being self employed there are times when I have more disposable income than other times, so I have less expensive sets going for the leaner times (not that I'm addicted or anything). After reading Davillilo's post some months ago I realized that having a few sets going probably would enable me to not overpay when the one card I need finally comes up. Right now I need 1 card to finish several sets (N28, '48 Leaf, '54 Red Heart and '70 Kellogg's) and a handful for several others ('15 Cracker Jack, '41 Play Ball, '60 Fleer, '63 Fleer and '64 Topps Giants). A few other sets I work on whenever something comes around (T200's,'14 Cracker Jack, '16 Tangos, '72 ATG and '50 Bowman).
The most important thing I've found (for me, anyway) is to figure out aas soon as possible what grade I want to complete a set it- otherwise I find I'm on the continual upgrade treadmill. What the registry has forced me to do is be consistant with whatever grade level I'm comfortable with, and that has greatly improved my collection.

mrc32

This turned out to be a really good topic.

SportscardAdvocate

Interesting question. I need to get some focus, but I've been caught up with completing some of the sets my Dad was working on. (I inherited the cards, but only recently have I caught the collecting bug again.)

To this end, I completed 59 and 72 Raw very recently. I started grading some of the cards in 72 since I figured this would be easier to upgrade, but have given up and just put it on eBay. The set is just too big and distracting.

From a registry perspective, I'm working on a 62 that is kicking my pants. (My fault for pretty much starting from scratch.) But as I've exhausted my local dealers/traders supplies, I've had to expand to expand to other years (in raw form) to keep me somewhat active. As a result, I've got 56 partially complete and am working sporadically on 60 and 61. I'd love to work on 57, but again, I need to focus on what I have a leg up on before I start heading after a virgin set (for me.)

Very interesting thread.

helionaut

For the registry, my main sets are 1975T and 1971T Greatest Moments. I've also registered 2001 UD Golf and 1993 SP Baseball but they only get added to rarely. I own PSA'd cards from 1952B, 1963T, 1967T, 1970 Rold Gold, 1994 SP Holoviews, and 2002 Topps 206 (why 3 series? it was great with 1, maybe 2, but 3 was overkill) that I bought with the idea of adding to them in the future, but they're all on standby. I'm leaning towards committing to a non-baseball set, like 1970 Tall Boys BKB, 1972 or 1973 FB, or 1972-1973 OPC HK, but I've yet to find one I really identify and will have a good likelihood of continuing. The specialty sets like great QBs appeal to me. Small sets with no messy commons. But I've been accumulating nice 1977 Star Wars cards for submission, a great untapped set, IMHO.

I could say I'm also working on 1895 Mayo Cut Plugs, T-205 and T-206, and 1952T in PSA 9-10, but I've yet to actually acquire any of them.

LuxuryWines

Great Post ... I can not believe that I have 22 Sets registered. All are baseball....

Completed Sets

1936 Goudey R322 (Would like to upgrade Some of the PSA 5's)
1936 S&S GAme Set PSA 8 or better(Need to scan rest of cards and Upgrade Appling from a PSA 6)
1968 Topps game PSA 8 or better (Need to Upgrade Staub from a PSA 7)
1970 Kellogg PSA 9
1972 Kellogg All-Time Greats PSA 9

Active Sets
1914 Polo Grounds Game PSA 8 or higher 50+%
1929 KAshin R316 PSA 6 or higher - 9% (have 20% of the set ready to be graded)
1934 Goudey PSA 5 or 6 35%
1964 Topps Giants PSA 8 or 9 70+%
1969 Topps Decal in PSA 8 or higher 95+%
1969 Topps BAsic in PSA 8 15%
1970 Kellogg's PSA 8 or 9 80+%
1972 Kellogg's PSA 9 or better 50+%
1973 Kellogg's PSA 9 or better 95+% (Need Joe Rudi)
1974 Kellogg's PSA 9 or Better 95+%(Need Monday and Rojas)
1974 Topps PSA 8 - 90%

Casual Sets
1936 Goudey (Doubles) 100% - will auction on EBAY Soon
1964 Topps Stand-Ups PSA 8 - 10%
1968 Topps GAme PSA 7 or better (Doubles) -60%
1969 Topps Decals PSA 7 or better (doubles)-60%
1970 Milton Bradley PSA 9 or better 5% (complete set ready to submit for grading)
300 Great Baseball CArds PSA 8 or better 25+%
1982 Kellogg's PSA 9 or better 50+%


The game cards are my favorites especially the S&S and the Polo Grounds Game.... When I finnish the POlo Grounds I will probably do Tom BArker or NAtional GAme....

dilferaff

Thought I would bump this up to see if who has started working on new sets. I started a 1969 Topps Basketball set back in May, and I'm about 50% complete as of today.

ABBAdad

I am actively working on:

1972 Topps Baseball PSA 8 or better
1975 Topps Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Bench- Basic

Inactive sets:

1970 Topps Baseball
1971 Topps Baseball PSA 7 or better
71-72 Topps Basketball
1975 Topps Baseball
1974 Topps Baseball- although my raw set is a killer and just itching
to get slabbed.

David

Mantlefan

Active:

1957 Topps BB PSA 8 or better
1960 Topps FB PSA 9 or better
1964 Philly FB PSA 9 or better
1962 Mars Attacks PSA 7 or better
1962 Civil War News PSA 8 or better

Passive:

Maris and Mantle cards PSA 9
Yankees 1956-64 PSA 8 or better

72leadfoot

Actively working on:

1956 FB PSA 7-8

1957 FB PSA 8-9 100% complete (Need only 4 cards to make it all PSA 8-9, Need a little help)

1958 FB PSA 8 (Buying PSA 8, need some help)

1962 FB PSA 7-8 100% complete, Just looking to upgrade to PSA 8

Virtualizard

I'm still actively collecting: 1960, 69, 70 (I only need 10 more cards + some upgrades), & 75 Topps Baseball.

And I'm still passively collecting: 1972, 73, & 74 Topps Baseball.

In the few months since this thread was started, I've begun collecting: T218 Champions, Rod Carew, Willie Stargell, & Mike Schmidt Basic and Master sets, and I'm thinking about jumping into the '64 and '73 Topps Baseball sets as well as a few oddball sets from the '50s and '60s.

JEB.

DaveRead

Interesting topic; helps keep everyone's comments in perspective.

Completed:

1972 Topps BB PSA 8 or higher (modest upgrading)

Finish line in sight:

1969 Topps BB PSA 8 or higher (almost 90%, but constantly upgrading)
1973 Topps BB PSA 8 or higher (93%, again always upgrading)

10 year plan:

1969 Topps FB PSA 9 or higher (or higher? only 2 PSA 10's exist)
1997 Flair Legacys (67% complete, none graded)

Dhjacks

I have all the mainstream baseball sets of the 70's and 80's in raw, but all my registry work has been basketball from '69 through '75.
I'm approaching 20% completion of those 7 sets combined.

jvineyard

Active:

1967 - 1975 Saints Team Sets 9+
1955 Bowman Football 7+
1961 Topps Football 8+
1959 Fleer Indians 7+
1956 & 1972 Topps US Presidents - Whatever I can find

Passive:
1964 Topps Giants 8+

JrMacdaddy

1954-55 Topps Hockey - active
1964-65 Topps Hockey - passive
1968-69 OPC Hockey (not graded) - active