Modern Collector Question

Stone193

I only purchased Heritage this year...

What are your favorite releases so far this year?

Over the past few years - my favorite packs - Bowman, B Chrome and B Heritage, for a complete set Heritage. Base brand - Topps.

I pretty much stopped buying UD and now Donruss is gone along with Leaf, Fleer etc.

mike

ctsoxfan

I have calmed way down in buying modern, as compared to the last few years...losing over 2 grand on a case of second year Exquisite basketball really cured me of the need to "rip something". I don't buy cases anymore, just boxes of Bowman Chrome baseball and football, SP Authentic football and basketball, Playoff Contenders football, and maybe All-Time Fan Favorites Baseball (a box or two is all you need).

onlyanumber

I hate to say it, but I am really enjoying the basic Topps issue this year in rack pack form. I can't get enough of the 3 vintage cards they stuff in each rack.

Lothar52

what vintage are they putting in???

onlyanumber

okay, I should have put vintage in quotes. Oldest I've gotten is '78. Have gotten a bunch of 83 and 84 traded though. And occasionally a Reggie or Mattingly from the mid 80's

RichG

I more or less have stopped buying wax becuase I have not found a decent product that offers a good bang for the buck that also provides non bandaid autographs. I spent much of the time I would have spent on busting wax on looking for autographs from 2001 Fleer Greats of the Game autographs. I have officially completed the set minus the Stargell card which he didn't get around to signing before his death.
Rich

yankeeno7

I have stuck with Heritage...big reason is the non bandaid autos. I am also hoping to see Fan Favorites back too for the same reason and those great photos! I love ripping those and finding the awesome autos they put in there. Last year, my first auto from that product was Dave Winfield on the 1979 style card. I do regular issue of Topps because I always have. Other than that I usually leave the rest alone unless I get a major itch to rip.

Seraph

I think we need to make the term "classic" a catchphrase for cards that are not quite vintage but probably almost at least 20 years old. If it works for cars, then why not cards?

helionaut

There hasn't been very much excitement for me this year between the loss of Donruss and the limitation on the number of sets that can be made. I have only opened a handful of Bowman packs, no boxes. I was actually pretty disappointed with Heritage. The photos were too washed out. Not that the originals were all technicolor, but I think they went too far the other direction, and it threw me. I've wanted this set for 5 years, though, so I'm sure I'll put it together eventually.

Triple Threads seems to be the biggest hit so far, given the way box prices have taken off, but what you get from any given box can be either very weak or awesome. I haven't opened any, but there are a lot of nice cards in that set. Seems like Topps Allen & Ginter is what people are waiting for. There is a lot of interest in the non-baseball autographs and there will be tons of people building the master set. Bowman Chrome, too, will be opened heavily, although there are already lots of complaints that the checklist of 1-per-box autograph "rookie" cards contains too many guys with cards in previous years, so the worst case might actually contain zero true autographed rookie cards. The confusion over the new RC rule continues, too, which put a damper on Bowman and Bowman Chrome. Topps Chrome could be interesting, being one series, but again, too few true rookie card autographs which drove the set the last couple years. Turkey Red will be back with what looks like a carbon copy of last year's set, continuing the numbering and everything, not even different colors for the parallels. SPx looks to be improved, or at least the double-sided jersey & patch inserts will be in demand.

Twinsthreepeat

Seraph,
The term "classic" does not refer to cars that are 20 years old. Classic cars are a very defined list of cars that were built from 1925 thru 1948. Below is a list of cars that are actually considered classic.
If you check out the link in my signoff you'll understand why I know this.

Also, I think it was you who collected Horse racing cards. The Car pictured on my website, was once Charlie Howards. (Seabiscuit)


All vehicles built between 1925 and 1948 are accepted unless specified otherwise.

AC
Adler (by application)
Alfa Romeo
Alvis (Speed 20, Speed 25, and 4.3 L)
Amilcar (by application)
Armstrong-Siddeley (by application)
Aston Martin (all 1927-39)
Auburn (all 8 and 12 cylinder)
Austro-Daimler
Ballot (by application)
Bentley
Benz
Blackhawk
BMW (327, 328, 327/318 and 335)
Brewster (all heart front)
Brough-Superior (by application)
Bucciali (TAV 8, TAV 30, TAV 12 and Double Huit)
Bugatti (All except Type 52)
Buick (1931-42 — 90 Series)
Cadillac (All V-12 and V-16; All 1925-35; 1936-48 — All 63, 65, 67, 70, 72, 75, 80, 85, 90 Series; 1938-47 — 60 Special; 1940-47 — All Series 62)
Chenard-Walcker (by application)
Chrysler (1926-30 — Imperial 80, 1929 Imperial L; 1931-37 — Imperial Series CG, CH, CL, and CW Newports and Thunderbolts;1934 — CX; 1935 — C-3; 1936 — C-11; 1937-48 — Custom Imperial, Crown Imperial Series C-15, C-20, C-24, C-27, C-33, C-37, C-40)
Cord
Cunningham (Series V6, V7, V8, and V9 race cars built by Briggs Cunningham)
Dagmar (6-80)
Daimler (All 8 and 12 cylinder)
Darracq (8 cylinder and 4-litre 6 cylinder)
Delage (model D-8)
Delahaye (Series 135, 145, 165)
Delaunay Belleville (6 cylinder)
Doble
Dorris
Duesenberg
DuPont
Excelsior (by application)
Farman
Fiat (by application)
FN (by application)
Franklin (All models except 1933-34 Olympic)
Frazer-Nash (by application)
Georges Irat
Graham (1930-31 — Series 137)
Graham-Paige (1929-30 — Series 837)
Hispano-Suiza (All French models; Spanish models T56, T56BIS, T64)
Horch
Hotchkiss (by application)
Hudson (1929 — Series L)
Humber (by application)
Invicta
Isotta-Fraschini
Itala
Jaguar (1946-48 — 2-1/2 L, 3-1/2 L (Mark IV))
Jensen (by application)
Jordan (Speedway Series Z, as well as 1929-31 Jordan 8, various model designations of G, 90 and Great Line 90)
Julian
Kissel (1925-26; 1927 — 8-75; 1928 — 8-90 and 8-90 White Eagle; 1929-31 8-126)
Lagonda (All models except 1933-40 Rapier)
Lanchester (by application)
Lancia (by application)
LaSalle (1927-33)
Lincoln (All L, KA, KB, and K; 1941 — 168 H; 1942 — 268 H; All Lincoln Continentals)
Lincoln Continental
Locomobile (All models 48 and 90; 1927-29 — Model 8-80; 1929 — 8-88)
Marmon (all 16 cylinder; 1925-26 — 74; 1927 — 75; 1928 — E75; 1930 — Big 8; 1931 — 88 and Big 8)
Maserati (by application)
Maybach
McFarlan (TV6 and 8)
Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz (All 230 and up, as well as Benz models built prior to the merger, 1926-26 10/30 h.p., 16/50 h.p., and 16/50 h.p. Sport.; K., S., S.S., S.S.K., S.S.K.L.; Grosser and Mannheim)
Mercer
MG (1935-39 SA; 1938-39 WA)
Minerva (All except 4-cylinder)
N.A.G. (by application)
Nash (1930 Series 490; 1931 Series 8-90; 1932 Series 9-90, Advanced 8 and Ambassador 8; 1933-34 Ambassador 8)
Packard (All 12cyl; 1925-34 All 6 and 8 cyl; 1935 Models 1200-1205, 1207&1208; 1936 Models 1400-1405, 1407&1408; 1937 Models 1500-1502, 1506-1508; 1938 Models 1603-1605, 1607&1608; 1939 Models 1703/5/7/8; 1940 Models 1803-1808; 1941 Models 1903-1908; 1942 Models 2023, 2003-2008, 2055; 1946-47 Models 2103, 2106 and 2126; All Darrin-bodied)
Peerless (1925 Series 67; 1926 — 1928 Series 69; 1930-1 Custom 8;1932 Deluxe Custom 8)
Peugeot (by application)
Pierce-Arrow
Railton (by application)
Raymond Mays (by application)
Renault (45hp)
REO (1931-4, all Royale 8-cylinder)
Revere
Roamer (1925 8-88, 6-54e, 4-75 and 4-85e; 1926 4-75e, 4-85e and 8-88; 1927-29 8-88; 1929-30 8-120)
Rochet Schneider (by application)
Rohr (by application)
Rolls-Royce
Ruxton
Squire
S.S. Jaguar (1932-40 S.S. 1, S.S. 90, SS Jaguar and SS Jaguar 100)
Stearns-Knight
Stevens-Duryea
Steyr (by application)
Studebaker (1928 — 8, FA and FB President, 1929-33 President except Model 82)
Stutz
Sunbeam (8 cylinder and 3 L twin cam)
Talbot (105C and 110C)
Talbot-Lago (150C)
Tatra (by application)
Triumph (Dolomite 8 and Gloria 6)
Vauxhall (25-70 and 30-98)
Voisin
Wills Sainte Claire
Willys-Knight (Custom bodied only, considered by application)

Stone193

Thanx for your input Helio

I will not purchase anything this year and didn't even try to finish Heritage for the first time since it came out - that's kind of sad for me.

Hope funds are better next year since I like the 58 and 59T designs.

I'm not sure what you mean by confusion on the RC rule - it's pretty well spelled out.

Now if you mean "struggle" over it? Yes - for sure. A lot of people don't like it this way since it keeps Topps from listing all those "prospects" that people were grouping under the RC umbrella? Does that sound accurate?

Since sets are planned so far in advance - if they have to wait for a guy to be on the "roster" to print up the card...that can exclude a lot of guys - ya might have to wait till the next year?

All and all, if someone likes a particular card but it lacks the "official" RC logo - if there's a demand - people will throw a lot of money that way? That would be my take.

What do ya think?
mike

ToppsCo1lector

Topps basic, I also like Bowman and Bowman Chrome as always. I haven't got to break any new wax this year outside the pack or two every once and a while from a retail store.