Name some of your personal card collecting projects that no one else is probably doing.

Estil

What I mean by that is, don't include projects like say, building a vintage Topps set or a 1993 Finest Refractor set or anything that nearly everyone would do given sufficent funds.

For example, my main collecting project right now is building 1992-95 Fleer & Ultra master sets because I think they had by far the most interesting non-parallel insert sets (especially 1994). As for parallel insert sets, I'd love to get the 1992-94 Topps Gold/Black Gold sets and the 1994 Score Gold Rush set (that is by far the most beautiful parallel insert set I've ever seen that's within my price range) and maybe the 1996 Fleer Tiffany set (because IMO, the regular 1996 Fleer set is borrrrring design wise). I guess I'm doing these because I have fond memories of buying packs of all these and hoping to get a really good single of the above mentioned sets; now I can try to collect them all.

Now, these are probably a lot more popular so these might not count, but I'm also trying to get all the Finest sets up to 1995 and possibly the Diamond Kings sets up to at least 1995.

See how the topic works? While I personally love the mid-1990s Fleer/Ultra inserts, the demand is next to nothing, and to a lesser extent the other sets I mentioned. But at least that works to your advantage if you're buying rather than selling, since you can get these for literally pennies on the dollar.

So what are your personal collecting projects that no one else has probably even thought of doing? I hope all of you understand where I want to go with this discussion.

RipublicaninMass

Team Set of 1955 dodger's autographs on 1955 topps cards

Estil

<< <i>Team Set of 1955 dodger's autographs on 1955 topps cards >>



Wow, is that even possible? I actually remember a Beckett article years ago where someone was trying to do a complete autographed early to mid 1980s Donruss set. Again, I just don't see how either would even be possible. But if you did manage to complete it, isn't there a sense of pride knowing how hard is was to build it, just like I can imagine how hard it would be to build those Fleer/Ultra master sets if you had to do it the old fashioned way (busting open cartons and cases of packs)?

XanaduNow

Mosi Tatupu Master set. Unfortunately I only have 1 card so far and I need 5 to get PSA to put that in the registry.

Arthur

ROCKDJRW

I am collecting EVERY Ozzie Guillen card from 1983- current. I have about 90%.

MajorDanby

im trying to collect a complete autographed set of 1991 topps. Obviously, it's likely that i wont actually "complete" it because some guys have already passed away...but, someone must have a ken caminiti autographed 1991 topps card for sale!!

ToppsCo1lector

Mark Mulder Rookie Master set. I have more than a few already, all PSA 10. I think I have somewhere around 6-7 of the 60 total rookies(regular, and parralels).

CGeorge

Getting a run of PSA 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, and 1 of the same card so that I can show people the differences. Since I won't do any harm to a card, the PSA 1 has been the toughest.

lawnmowerman

<< <i> Since I won't do any harm to a card, the PSA 1 has been the toughest. >>

I would be happy to do it for you if you send it to me. You would be surprised what a baby could do to a card if you let her

Estil

<< <i>Getting a run of PSA 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, and 1 of the same card so that I can show people the differences. Since I won't do any harm to a card, the PSA 1 has been the toughest. >>



Which card in particular? When you do complete it, could you please do as high resoultion of a scan as you can all ten cards side by side, both front and backs? I for one would love to see this for myself.

effe

Milwaukee baseball 1886 to present

lostdart58

.....as i type this I am scanning in all the PSA 9 or better cards into my 1972 registry sets.....400 + cards....!!!


( I know that was not the point of this thread)...

tonycfan

Estil,
I am doing the same thing and bringing a card to Shriner's tomorrow that I pulled in the summer of '65 out of a 1965 pack... hoping that it will grade a 1, then I'll only need a 2 and a 10 for the run! Card # is 55 from that year, and it happens to be my all-time favorite card as well.
Great thread!

detroitfan2

I have 2 "side" projects going:

(1) To satisfy my desire for PSA 10 cards, I am collecting PSA 10 cards of Michigan State Spartan Alumni in the 4 major sports.

(2) I have identified the 100 greatest Detroit Tigers of all-time (in my opinion), 10 at each position (including 30 outfielders) and 20 pitchers. I am attempting to collect a PSA graded card of each player, from the era that they played.

At some point when I have the time, I'm going to add these sets to the Collector's Showcase, with a scan of each card.

cmoking

1928 Yuengling, Harrington, Sweetman, Tharps - all Ice Cream cards - of the HOFers only in PSA and SGC. I'm 3 short right now. Missing Goslin, Lloyd Waner and one other guy I'm forgetting right now.

bri2327

<< <i>Mosi Tatupu Master set. Unfortunately I only have 1 card so far and I need 5 to get PSA to put that in the registry.

Arthur >>



Better pick up the other 4 soon Arthur, since once you do it will take another year for PSA to get it added to the registry. I still have player requests I put in 8 months ago waiting to go through

Aside from my mainstream collecting, which wouldnt serve the purpose of this thread to mention, I am slowly gathering rookie cards of all the members of the Yankees world series teams of 1996 & 1998-2000.

jradke4

An auto'd card set of every player that has caught a TD from Favre. Goal is to have them all in Packer uniforms.

Axtell

I've been slowly putting together a tampa bay bucs run in raw (major releases...no parallels or regional issues).

I have 1976-1994 pretty much done, but am going to stop at 2000. Going from there, I'll be collecting just the topps base team sets.

262Runner

Working on collecting every TODD LINDEN card. First card was 2001, official RC was Bowmans Best 2002.

Also always looking for 1963 Post Cereal Hand Cut cards in EX or Better Condition.

262

renrutmd

2005 Upper Deck Hockey Ice scripts autograph cards. I like the plexi glass cards with the pictures imprinted on them. A real nice set indeed. To bad PSA cant grade them yet.

KOBEcollector

Working on obtaining every common or insert card of Kobe 96-06 ( have close to 700 different KB cards at the moment )

PSA basic set of Kobe . . as many 10's as possible . . so far 36 PSA 10's


Dave

ToppsCo1lector

I also collect NY Giants cards. Mainly Topps issues(From the 60s-80s) but I also collect NY Giants autos and rookies. Everyone from Sam Huff to Harry Carson to LT to Jesse Armstead.

Elemenopeo

What a great thread. I particularly like the idea for the Favre TD receivers.

RedHeart54

For years I've collected reverse negatives with their corrected counterparts (if it exists). I've recently begun chasing several that have come out in the last few years as well as ones I could never find to begin with. I'll post them sometime. They're actually quite interesting when you put them all together.

(I need a corrected 1991 Pacific Bubba Paris and an error 1989 Upper Deck Mike Gallego.)

jradke4

<< <i>What a great thread. I particularly like the idea for the Favre TD receivers. >>



The only downside is that it wont appear on the Set Regisrty list anytime soon. They will not start sets that dont have defined cards.

Soon my set will be on the collectors showcase site. Right now I only need 16 of the 42 to be complete.

ravenman

i've always wanted all the eddie murray's!!!! still working on that, but i just started, although i have none graded yet, a rick dempsey set. he is not yet in the psa registry. he one of my favorites!!!

ArchStanton

I am working on all of the Pirates cards I can buy. I figure I have about another 40 or 50 years of collecting ahead of me. Check out the link in my sig line. I have scans for all of the cards.

djspann

I'm trying to put together a set of all PSA 1's from the 1933-1934 Skybirds, in addition to my PSA 4 (or so) set. It seems silly, I suppose, but I saw someone put some sets in the registry, named "worst possible **** set". In each case, the set contained a single card in PSA 1. My first thought was, well, I could do worse -- PSA 1 (MK) for instance. But then, I realized having just a single card wasn't a set at all, so to really have the worst _set_, you'd have to complete a set in PSA 1, or perhaps PSA 1 with qualifiers...


Doug

digicat

I've been working on and off with collecting every major card set (minus Sportflics), plus inserts, from 1981 to 1992. I started this project back in 2001, and so far, have locked down everything (rack inserts, jumbo inserts, etc) except:
81, 83 Donruss
81, 82, 83 Fleer
84 Fleer Update (will probably forget about it, too pricy)
88 - 90 Score Young Superstars (rack inserts)
92 Bowman

I also was working on the same for Football... 1981 - 1990 (minus ActionPacked). So far, only things left are...
1984 Topps rack inserts
1985 Topps rack inserts
1990 Score Traded

Fun stuff!

Stone193

I'm sure I'm not the only one but there aren't many people collecting 73T candy lid proofs.



mike

Stone193

Altho this is not a card - I believe I'm the only person here that collects sports related whiskey decanters.

Most are either Jim Beam or Ezra Brooks - I believe I have around 20. Unfortunately the last one came in DOA from the PO.



mike

onegaucho

I'm sure no one else is doing this - 1987 Topps Padres autographs. I got a Gwynn in person when I was a kid. I just received a Garvey as a gift from a friend. I occasionally look for others on eBay but it's tough going.

I'm also slowly (very slowly) working on some other random sets that don't get much action:

68-69 San Diego Rockets (basketball), raw or PSA
2001 Upper Deck Golf PSA 10
Tony Gwynn oddballs, pre 1990

tkd7

An autographed card from every member of the '98 Yankees. No particular issue, but the player must be designated a Yankee on the card.
Not easy to find a Luis Sojo certified auto. I may need to start going the TTM route.

The other project I'm working on is a PSA graded card from their playing days for each of the Yankees whose number has been retired.

tkd7

<< <i>Getting a run of PSA 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, and 1 of the same card so that I can show people the differences. Since I won't do any harm to a card, the PSA 1 has been the toughest. >>



Cardboard Gems has a few pages showing the '52 Mantle in every grade along with the PSA grading guidelines

isellhomeszach

I am working on a PSA 10 1981 Fleer Set. I am only getting started (have 13 so far). I know this is not the most popular set. BUT I am doing this because this is the set that got me into card collecting. My dad was the parks superitendent of parks and swimming pools for the town we lived in 1981. The pool did not sell all of their baseball cards that year at the concession stand....so they were going to throw them in the dumpster. My dad said "he would take them home to his kid"....well he brought me home 8 or 10 wax boxes of these 81 fleer. I will never forget how excited I was (I was 6 years old). I must have ripped all of them in about an hour...LOL. Since then I have been collecting ever since. I really have no idea what happened to most of those original cards i had but the ones i still have dont have a good corner amoung the whole bunch. So now i am trying to build the FINEST SET of what got me into collecting!! I know it is going to take a long time and am trying to decide if it is easier to rip and send in or just buy the 10's off of EBAY. (that is how i have done it so far). I have 4 wax boxes sitting downstairs so far...but have not torn into them. Plus in a way it makes me think of my dad everytime i look at one of these cards....which is kind of cool....

Axtell

isellhomes-

great story, and I've always loved the 81 fleer set too...one of the first sets I really remember putting together, plus that glossy finish and cardstock seemed so different from the topps.

exodia

I trying to get every Conlon Collection card.

It is harder than it would seem.

aro13

Autographed Red Sox team sets from 1975, 1986 and 2004. Also, tickets and ticket stubs from games won by Pedro Martinez well with the Red Sox.

scottopotamus

I am working on (as time and money permit) a PSA 9 set of all 25 1969 Topps San Diego Padre cards. (...currently at 10 of 25)

mikeschmidt

I probably am the world's expert on 1955 Bowman Advertising panels. [which is scary, since I know very little]

brumbach

I am working on signed 1952 and 1953 Topps sets, there are others out there doing the same though so I really can't say that I'm the only one. I have recently decided to break down the rest of my collection into team lots to eventually try to sell that way and while sorting have been pulling out select cards that I like. I have a binder full of horizontal cards, mostly base cards from the 90's, but they are really cool. Some of the photography and action shots are great, and generally overlooked by most collectors who are just looking for an insert to score on. I have another binder with pictures of guys sliding into second base, sliding into home, pitchers batting and bunting, outfielders with the Wrigley ivy in back of them, funny cards with everything from players with props (1991 Studio Steve Lake with the bird on his shoulder) to bad hair (mullets, mustaches, afros, flat tops, and more). It's cheap and it's fun.

If anyone ever has the chance, check out the pictures on the backs of 1990 Upper Deck, there are really great shots back there.

daveryan2001

I'm slowly accumulating anything and everything with Lou Brock on it, but only from his playing career days.

I don't care about too much after he retired.

I'm also attempting to do the same with Bob Gibson, and maybe later Ozzie Smith.

I finally got a Transogram box a couple weeks ago.

phreakydancin

Mike Bossy basic and master sets. There is one other collector registered, but I don't think he's updated his sets in over a year. When I go to shows and tell dealers I'm looking for high-grade Mike Bossy cards, they tend to give me blank stares.

mcholke

I am trying to collect autographs of every USA Track Hall of Fame member. I have received some great TTM responses but there are a couple of toughies including Jesse Owens and Jim Thorpe.

Ironmanfan

It was nearly 20 years in the making but a few months back I finally completed the 1983 Donruss Action All Star set in autographed form (59 players...).

frankhardy

Wow, these are some real neat ideas. Very challenging too.

I'm sure I'm not the only one doing this, but I don't get to share it much. I am working on every St Louis Cardinals team set from 1948 to present. I started out by just wanting every Topps team set. I started in 2002. I got that finished in approximately 2 to 3 years. After I finished that, I went to vintage Bowman and got that completed. Then, I went to all Fleer, Donruss, Upper Deck, Score , and Topps and Bowman Heritage,and got that completed. Somewhere in there I started vintage inserts, oddball, and test issues. I have many of those like the 1951 Topps Team, 1955 Double Headers, 1961 Topps Magic Ruboffs, 1965 Transfers, 1966 Topps Ruboffs, 1963 Peeloffs, all Topps Stamps, 1969 Topps Team Posters, 1967 Pinups 1968 Pinups, 1970 Posters, 1972 Posters, Felt Emblems, 1969-71 Supers, 1962 Topps Bucks, 1964 Topps Giants, 1964 Topps Standups, 1965 Topps Embossed, 1969 Deckle Edge, 1969 Topps Decals, 1970 Topps Storybooklets, 1973 Topps Candy Lids, 1977 Topps Cloth, 1979 Comics, 1975 Topps Minis, 1964 and 1971 Topps Coins, 1961-61 Post, 1952 Berk Ross, 1970-83 Kelloggs, among others.

Now, I am working on modern Bowman, 1963 Jello (need only Julio Gotay) 1962 Jello, 1971 Topps Greatest Moments (need Brock and Cepeda), and any other rare Topps test issues that I can find. I know that I will NEVER own many of the truly rare test issues, but I still find it enjoyable and a challenge.

Just a side note: I am even including in my team sets EVERY card that features a Cardinals player (i.e - League Leaders, All Stars, multi player Rookies, subsets, etc). That is why I am including the 1971 Topps Greates Moments Cepeda. He is on the Braves in 1971, but the "greatest moment" features him as a Cardinal in the black and white picture.

I don't have any PSA cards in my team set collection. They are all raw and in albums and in order by card and by year.

If anybody has any test issues or oddball Cardinals that I haven't listed, feel free to let me know. SFMAYS24 sent me a real nice scan of a 1967 Topps Punchouts with Cepeda. It was a beauty. The panel was still intact and still in the cellophane wrapper. I have never even laid eyes on a common card, much less a rarity like that. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford that one. I am realizing that there are some that I will never, ever see, much less own (ie 1968 Topps 3D Curt Flood). But hey, I still enjoy it!

djspann

I'm working on a way to display/store my cards. Probably a lot of people are doing this, but maybe this approach is unique. I'm building a big coffee table, with glass panels on the top. There will be trays underneath to display approximately 72 cards under the glass. I'm putting drawers under the trays, so cards can be stored underneath the table top. I'm hoping it'll hold about 1600 PSA slabs.



Doug

GDM67

<< <i>If anyone ever has the chance, check out the pictures on the backs of 1990 Upper Deck, there are really great shots back there. >>



<< <i>I am working on a PSA 10 1981 Fleer Set. I am only getting started (have 13 so far). I know this is not the most popular set. BUT I am doing this because this is the set that got me into card collecting. >>



Those are both really attractive sets that I have a great fondness for.

One of the side effects of buying '67's is that most of the people mentioned in Ball Four are in that set. There are exceptions (like Bob Watson, who doesn't debut until a couple of years later), and I'm not working hard on that subset, per se, but it's in my mind as an eventual goal.

hardcorehockeyfan

Did not read the whole thread because I do not want to, but I want to collect the whole 1986-87 Kraft Drawings Hockey set it Gem Mint 10 condition, I am about 75% of the way through, and it is not solely PSA! That set is an underrated gem!!!

Estil

<< <i>

<< <i>Getting a run of PSA 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2, and 1 of the same card so that I can show people the differences. Since I won't do any harm to a card, the PSA 1 has been the toughest. >>



Cardboard Gems has a few pages showing the '52 Mantle in every grade along with the PSA grading guidelines >>



You know, I now could've sworn I seen that somewhere! Now where to find it...

diamondman

I need these two cards to finish off my 1940 / 1941 Reds Harry Hartman (W711-2) Set: THE CINCINNATI REDS/WORLD CHAMPIONS TITLE CARD
and DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO WM KOEHL COMPANY card. Will take the cards in any condition raw or graded poor to mint. Bought this set in 1971 and was missing 4 cards now down to two even bought a partial set off ebay just to get one card. Regional set (34 cards total). Looks like a set I will have my children try to complete
.

I would like just to see a scan of these 2 cards. (if any exsist)