For set collectors

MajorDanby

What sets are you close to completing...in terms of percentage? How long have you been building the set? What specific cards are you finding the most difficult to attain?

A link to your set on the registry (with pics!) would be great.

thanks

stown

Of the sets in which I have at least 50% completion:

Baseball

1954 B 98%
1954 RH 79%
1954 T 62%
1955 T DH 86%
1955 T 95%
1956 T 88%

Football

1954 B 70%
1955 T AA 71%
1960 F 62%

I've been working on the baseball off and on for the past 10 to 15 years. Obviously the '55 Clemente and the '56 Mantle have been the most difficult but only because of the price.

The Clemente prices have been crazy as of late. OCs and MCs mean nothing regardless if there's a qualifier or not

I've been working on the football for the past 2 years. Something to tide me over when I can't find the BB cards I want

MajorDanby

stown...what cards do you need to finish the 54 bowman set?

stown

<< <i>stown...what cards do you need to finish the 54 bowman set? >>



74 Gillman
92 Raffensberger
190 Presco
195 Cain
197 Kretlow
224 Burton

lostdart58

1972 TOPPS 99.62% complete in PSA 8 or better

I started this set on Dec 1 2004, and have been building it on a daily basis:

I need three cards:

296 Dick Dietz IA
512 Wayne Garrett
582 Expos team card

I have raw examples of the Dietz IA and Garrett cards which should grade out.

The Expos team card is my Holy Grail...................only three newly graded ones in the last year only one of which showed up on EBAY.............raw examples I find are horrible............plus a number of other set collectors lack this card also.

markj111

All the sets are complete, but I have very little left to grade except for some 71s and 72s. I need 3 more cards in 61-Tony Taylor (easy to get), Ryne Duren (tough) and Don Landrum (also tough). Bob Miller is on his way. I plan to upgrade the 61 to all eights. I will keep the 7s for now in the other sets.

Mark's 1959 Baseball: 1959 Topps - Basic 7.642 34.79% 3.582 30
Mark's 1960 Baseball: 1960 Topps 7.655 43.18% 4.099 38
Mark's Favorite Baseball: 1961 Topps 7.894 99.32% 7.865 22
Mark's 1963s Baseball: 1963 Topps - Basic 7.499 32.47% 2.936 32
Mark's 1964 Baseball: 1964 Topps 7.829 38.33% 3.747 26
Mark's 1965 Baseball: 1965 Topps 7.772 60.54% 4.921 32
Mark's 1966 Baseball: 1966 Topps - Basic 7.725 21.40% 2.876 22
Mark's 1967 Baseball: 1967 Topps - Basic 7.806 33.66% 3.416 36
Mark's 1971s Baseball: 1971 Topps 7.712 35.37% 3.054 38
Mark's 1972s Baseball: 1972 Topps 7.913 8.01% 1.203 55

MajorDanby

<< <i>The Expos team card is my Holy Grail...................only three newly graded ones in the last year only one of which showed up on EBAY.............raw examples I find are horrible............plus a number of other set collectors lack this card also. >>



Why is this card so difficult to attain? Short print?

stown

Here are some pics. Sorry in advance if they are a little blurry

1954 Bowman





1954 RedHeart



1955 Topps





1956 Topps





1954 Bowman and 1955 Topps All-American

Carew29

Carew Master Set---The two toughest cards to find will be the 1982 FBI Disc( regional) and the Red Barn Disc ( virtually impossible to find) . I only know of one in existence and it belongs to Randall. But Randall has to get a McAn Disc

gregmo32

1977 Topps Star Wars 1-330 and 1977 Topps Star Wars Stickers 1-55 and Magic Johnson Master Set. The cards for all three are relatively easy to find, but extremely difficult to find MINT copies of some...

Griffins

'15 Cracker Jack- need 1 (Joe Jackson) 4 years
'54 Dan Dee- need 1 (Mantle) 2 years
'51 Bowman- need 2 (Mantle and Mays) 4 years
'52 Bowman- need 1 (Mantle) 4 years
Unopened pack run '52, '56,'58 Topps nickel 2 years
'33 Goudey- Some guy named Lajoie

with the exception of the packs and the Cracker Jacks I haven't been trying. It'll happen when it happens.
The Goudey and CJ sets would've been completed had I wanted to pick up the lower grade copies I was offered- not doing so was the only big mistakes I've made in this hobby, since both go for considerably more than they did then.


I always save the easy ones for last

QUIK

I started my 57 master set in nov 01 and im down to my last card. I need 1 checklist 4/5 and in a weird way dont want to find it yet its been about 8 months since my last 57 i just love the hunt and dont want it to end. Jeff

fiveniner

97% 1959 Topps Master Set in PSA6 EXMT or Better.I have been working on this set approximetly a year but have owned a complete raw set since 1980.I would say that probably more than half the cards were submitted from my raw set and the rest have been repurchased already graded.I am having one heck of a time finding Woody Held,Bob Skinner,Daryl Spencer & Cepeda ALL STAR in 6 but preferably a 7.It Ranks currently #10 on Registery 59 Topps Master Set.
Can anyone out there help me with these?pm me if so.

lostdart58

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<< <i>The Expos team card is my Holy Grail...................only three newly graded ones in the last year only one of which showed up on EBAY.............raw examples I find are horrible............plus a number of other set collectors lack this card also. >>



Why is this card so difficult to attain? Short print? >>



No.... it is not short print....it just seems always to be OC...it has now moved to the second hardest card in the set to find in PSA 8 or better..........( actually there is now one on ebay in PSA 9 but I doubt I will spend the bucks needed to win this card.)

Griffins

FiveNiner- pm "mariner", he's a really good guy who has been working on the '59 set forever, he may be able to help you or point you to someone who can.

lawnmowerman

I just started my Emmitt Smith master a week or so ago. I am only appr. 4% complete Its gonna be a long haul but I dont mind

matt

tkd7

1970 Kellogg's Baseball - Need 2 cards. One of the first graded cards I ever bought was a PSA 8 Bob Gibson off ebay about 5 years ago. I'm not sure when I started working on the set, but when I finish it will be the lowest rated complete set on the registry as nearly all the cards are PSA 8. Right now it is just an issue of waiting for the cards to come up on ebay or another outlet.

I'm tempted to submit all the PSA 8 cards to see how they come back, but it might not be worth the investment.

Griffins

Tom- what 2 do you need?

tkd7

Aparicio and Cullen

Griffins

Cullen was the last one I got- I think it's the toughest.

Allen

86-87 Fleer- I have completed one set and 95% of a second that is only missing commons, I have about 80% of a third and many other extras. The two Jordans are PSA 8 and BGS 7.5 I just recently built a sticker set for the first set. I have worked on these for about 5 years.

I recently started 96-97 Topps Chrome and this somehow snowballed into 3-4 sets aswell. I now have 218/220 and need only a Kobe and pippen to complete the first set. The second set is 198/220 and the third set is 166/220 and again I have a lot of extras. I started this set a few months ago and other than a couple massive lots, these are hard to find. There are some singles on naxcom but they are priced $.50-$1.00 each for commons.

Should anyone have 96-97 Topps Chrome or 86-87 Fleer raw cards PLMK
Thanks

aro13

For PSA registry sets:
Hockey
C56 - need 4 cards in EX or better
V145-1 need Morenz and, of course, Corbeau
Basketball
57 Topps - need 9 cards and need to upgrade 10 others
86-87 Fleer - need 30 cards in PSA 9
88-89 Fleer - need 14 cards in PSA 9

jskirwin

1972 Topps Baseball in EXMT or better. Had 52/787 left but just picked up a huge lot off the Bay - so hopefully this will bring me close to the end.

I've been serious about it for just over 2 years.

Look for my doubles on the Vintage & Buy-Sell boards before Ebay.

1977topps

I am putting together the 2000 Gallery Players Private Issue set. Currently, I am the only one doing so. As each card is numbered to 250, I don't see a lot of competition. I have just gotten my second 25 card sub back, and that now puts me at 65.33% done. I have 13 more raw cards to get graded and that will leave me just under 75%. These last 30 or so are getting quite hard to find. Link to the set is in my sig.

Fabfrank

64 Topps Giants Baseball has been annoying me. I need the Boyer in PSA 8 to complete the set.

Griffins

Franks post reminded me of the sets that had one annoying last card that was harder to find than it should have been. In some cases it took twice as long to find that card than it did to assemble the rest of the set. Here's my list of those:

'70 Kellogg's- Cullen
'54 Red Heart- Snider (always OC)
'70 Rold Gold - Speaker (at one point Davillilo, GoSox, and I were all stuck needing this one)
'64 Giants- Romano (although Brinkman was almost as tough)
'56 Topps- Neal
'41 Playball- Trotsky

TZAHL

Hahah. Haven't gotten prior to 1979 yet! Anyone have a 1994 Topps Cory Snyder???