Congratulations to Mike Pawlus
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Congratulations are in order to Mike Pawlus, whos HOF player set was just updated, and came in at an incredible 8.93 set rating. For the second year it would appear that Mike is the owner of the highest rated set, and his 9.06 average is amazing!
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
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1st Finest Set - 1981 Baseball Fleer Master - Retired
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#15 on Current Set Registry - 1972 Topps Baseball - Retired
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Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
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Sandy
<< <i>A HOF set with each HOFer's complete Basic set with weightings would be a great addition. As the set currently stands a PSA 10 from a players post-playing days counts for more than a PSA 7 rookie card of that same player.
Sandy >>
Because of this, there is really no way to compare one set to another. Here is the ultimate example of what could happen in this set:
1992 Topps #45 Gary Carter PSA 10 - Grade Points for Set Registry = 10
1909-11 T206 White Border Honus Wagner PSA 8 - Grade Points for Set Registry = 8
I used to have a set listed, but it didn't feel right having so many '60s and '70s cards of HOF'ers late in their careers (or already retired in some cases). I deleted my set about 3 months ago.
JEB.
For example:
1968 Nolan Ryan 10
1969 Nolan Ryan 7
1970 Nolan Ryan 5
1971 Nolan Ryan 6 etc....
In other words a complete set would be ALL of Nolan Ryan's cards + ALL of Reggie Jackson's cards etc. It could be done in Basic and Master format.
Sandy
I let everyone see my 1960 and 1961 Fleer HOFers as well as the 1950 Callahans and 1995 Conlons that will soon make their appearance.
Also don't forget to take a peek at my Jackie Robinson in PSA 10 (a 1979 card).
Dave
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The choice of whether to hide or make public ones sets are personal and I'm sure there are many reasons. I don't show composite sets, but do show most of the regular ones. I believe that most collectors are set builders like I am, and to show a composite set would be a lot like showing ones entire collection. As such I believe that is somewhat private- would you have friends over to pass around your tax returns? As I have never seen any evidence presented on the board that this set consists of mainly new cards I found that claim a bit of a stretch. His highly rated '68 set was also hidden, should he also be accused of using some sort of trickery on that one too?
I had put in a request to weight the HOF set and was told it was simply not possible, due to programming limitations. Under the rules as they stand, it is by far the highest rated set, surpassing many other entries. Whatever your feelings on are the possible contents of this particular entry, my post was made to recognize the commitment that was made to it and the resulting success.
I agree that it would seem unfair (to all but Neil Downey!) to give more rating points to a '89 Gary Carter PSA 10 than a T206 Wagner of any grade, but that is the way it is set up. There is another HOF set that mostly has cards from the players playing days, but it seems selective in what it accepts For instance Wagner's '48 Leaf is accepted (over 20 years past his playing days) but Bob Fellers '60 Fleer isn't (4 years past). You can put in Hoss Radbourne cards issued 15 years after he was dead. My point is the system isn't perfect, so why quibble about what is and is not the "real" best set. Mr. Pawlus has made a commitment to achieving the highest set rating on this particular set and he has done so by a wide margin. I merely meant to recognize that fact.
Ducking and covering
Anthony
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
My point has/had nothing to do with him or his set. Kudos to him for putting together some high grade cards!
I still think that a more comprehensive HOF set would be fun. Perhaps those comments would have been better in a different topic. It just seemed convenient to do it here. I did not realize that they would appear to be aimed at his collection so directly.
Sandy