100% Complete for my Sandy Koufax Basic Set!

ArnyVee · September 20, 2006 9:36PM

Woo hoo...finally picked up the final piece of the puzzle for my Sandy Koufax basic set.

For those of you that would like to take a look....ArnyVee's Sandy Koufax Basic Set! (Got pics and info on them all!)

Sitting at 6.97 Weighted GP. I picked up the '57 in a PSA 6, but would like to upgrade that one to a 7 and possibly downgrade my '56 to a 7 and use that money to upgrade a card or two in the set. We'll see.

KOBEcollector · September 20, 2006 9:55PM

Congrats on completing your set !!

Wish i was old enough to have seen him pitch, i've heard he was an absolutely awesome pitcher

Dave

lostdart58 · September 20, 2006 9:56PM

Good on ya mate......................Very respectible set!!

baseballfan · September 20, 2006 10:57PM

nice job
great set

Bkritz · September 20, 2006 11:10PM

Arnold,

PM Sent

ArnyVee · September 21, 2006 12:20AM

Thanks guys! It's been fun putting it together, but now we'll see if I can upgrade a card or two and move up the ranks.

Brian, PM sent back.

bri2327 · September 21, 2006 3:05AM

Nice going

Kurtman9 · September 21, 2006 5:04AM

Your Koufax set looks great! Way to go Arny!

I wish I could find the 62 in a decently centered 8 one of these days.

sagard · September 21, 2006 5:15AM

Awesome set. The '63 looks fantastic.

jaxxr · September 21, 2006 9:37AM

Congrats, nice job.

Which card might be your personal favorite ?

Bosox1976 · September 21, 2006 10:35AM

Great work Arny.

lawnmowerman · September 21, 2006 11:21AM

Thats nice to see! Good job, I bet it feels great to be done!

Matt

sixdart · September 21, 2006 11:27AM

GDM67 · September 21, 2006 2:33PM

Nicely done. That's a toughie. Koufax is a Boomer icon, almost in Mantle's neighboorhood. His cards are always in demand.

ArnyVee · September 21, 2006 9:26PM

Thanks for the nice words folks...Koufax is definitely a tough little set to put together in good condition. I love the '63 both Topps and Fleer, but I feel that the rookie and the '57 (SP) are two of my favorites.

wildcat05 · September 25, 2006 2:00AM

nice job

ArnyVee · September 25, 2006 4:10AM

Thanks Wildcat!

One of my favorites as well!

I started out with the Magic Johnson player set then started my Dan Marino & Raphael Palmeiro player sets. But, with the Don Drysdale & Sandy Koufax player sets, I've had the most fun. Now, I'm onto some challenging player sets...not from a dollar standpoint, but just trying to locate Camilo Pascual & Luis Tiant cards in high grade. Plus, I have to have them added as there are no basic or master sets listed for either one, yet.

I just upgraded my Don Drysdale 1965 card from a 7 to an 8. For some reason, that was a tough one for me to get in decent shape with a decent price.

WinPitcher · September 25, 2006 5:10AM

as usual a great job arnyvee.

Steve

MiniMaster · September 25, 2006 5:42AM

Congrats on completing the Koufax Set Arny

XanaduNow · September 25, 2006 12:39PM

Arny,

Beautiful set!

As Michael Madsen once said, "Which are you more filled with -- relief or regret?" Relief that the set is now completed or regret that a long-time pursuit has now ended?

Arthur

ArnyVee · September 25, 2006 1:21PM

Arthur, I think that it's a little of both. It's a tough set to put together from a financial standpoint. It set me back a pretty penny (at least for me), but it was really, really fun.

Koufax cards are is so much demand that you end up trying to fight off so many people for the cards. Plus, those bidders are all willing to pay a lot more than I'm usually willing to spend. But, then again it's also easier to collect someone like Koufax versus a minor star or personal favorite because of the numbers of submissions.

I'll still keep an eye out for possible upgrades here and there though.

XanaduNow · September 25, 2006 9:47PM

<< <i>I'll still keep an eye out for possible upgrades here and there though. >>

It never really ends, does it Arny?

100% Complete for my Sandy Koufax Basic Set!

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