Starting A 1933 Goudey Set In Memory Of My Grandfather (SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 UPDATE)
Mefer
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We all get into card collecting for different reasons. In my case, I started collecting as a seven year old in 1978 and have had the collecting bug ever since. My first pack of cards was bought for me by my grandfather and growing up, we spent many great summer days collecting cards. We bought and opened rack packs, wax packs and various odd ball inserts in potato chip bags (I ate a lot of Granny Goose chips as a kid when the A's cards were in the bags). We went to card shows and card shops. My grandfather (actually my grandparents) took me to my first national. So many great memories.
My grandfather passed away in 2003 at the age of 89. He however left me with many gifts including a lifelong love of card collecting. Having sold some cards, and itching to "reinvest" sale proceeds, I am starting a 1933 Goudey set in my grandfather's memory. My grandfather was 19 in 1933 and followed these players. He also remembered a good number of these players that he relayed stories to me. That connection, to me at least, is fascinating. Perhaps for those reasons, I also love late 20s/early 30s baseball.
My goal is to put the set together with an overall GPA of 3.0 (and will exclude the Lajoie). My initial goal is to finish off the Ruths and the Gehrigs (PSA 1s are fine for those) and then focus on the balance of the set. I would also like to get higher grades of the Philadelphia Athletics (my favorite team of the era) including those who are not pictured in Athletics uniforms (i.e., Al Simmons).
The set is "doable" and it is a nice compact number of 239 (again exluding the Lajoie). After polishing off a 1971 Topps baseball set with 752 cards, not sure I would ever attack such a monster again. I will post periodic updates if there is any interest for that.
Wish me luck!
Matt
Here is the set:
My 1933 Goudey Set
My grandfather passed away in 2003 at the age of 89. He however left me with many gifts including a lifelong love of card collecting. Having sold some cards, and itching to "reinvest" sale proceeds, I am starting a 1933 Goudey set in my grandfather's memory. My grandfather was 19 in 1933 and followed these players. He also remembered a good number of these players that he relayed stories to me. That connection, to me at least, is fascinating. Perhaps for those reasons, I also love late 20s/early 30s baseball.
My goal is to put the set together with an overall GPA of 3.0 (and will exclude the Lajoie). My initial goal is to finish off the Ruths and the Gehrigs (PSA 1s are fine for those) and then focus on the balance of the set. I would also like to get higher grades of the Philadelphia Athletics (my favorite team of the era) including those who are not pictured in Athletics uniforms (i.e., Al Simmons).
The set is "doable" and it is a nice compact number of 239 (again exluding the Lajoie). After polishing off a 1971 Topps baseball set with 752 cards, not sure I would ever attack such a monster again. I will post periodic updates if there is any interest for that.
Wish me luck!
Matt
Here is the set:
My 1933 Goudey Set
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I've been working on the hall of famers from both 1933 and 1934 Goudey, in PSA 2-4, for about the last 6 1/2 years. I still need six 1933s (not including Lajoie) and three 1934s to finish it. It's been a lot of fun putting it together
Good luck on it
Steve
Wishing you all the best in putting the 1933 Goudey set together...
Donato
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Something you may want to consider is a reprint set. Although not the "real deal", they are a spot on representation of the original.
If you go to www.fritschcards.com, you will find a current deal to get a 1933 Goudey 240 cards, including 4 Babe Ruth cards, all in color; a 1934 Goudey set of 96 cards, and a 1915 M101-5 Sporting News 200 card set for a mere $100. I have a couple of early Topps sets in reprint, a 1953 and 1954, the colors are stunning as are the cards.
GL with your collection efforts.
Al
Matt
More updates to follow and hopefully some scans!
Matt
Yes, I have often paid a premium for cards that have high eye appeal for the grade. Doing such brings more enjoyment to the collector, and it also benefits in the long-term as a higher resale value is achieved. I am selling some of my high eye appeal football cards right now and collectors are willing to pay a premium for high eye appeal, just like I paid when acquiring them.
Good luck with your set, and thanks for sharing it.
-Keith
Here is a scan of the first four cards for my set:
One of my Ruth is pretty much a "beater" the other one I have thus far presents well for a 1. As noted in my original post, I have a soft spot for Philadelphia Athletics thus I pulled the trigger on the PSA 7 Walberg. It presents really nice and is my favorite 33 Goudey of my "set" thus far. I do hope to pick up all the Athletic commons in PSA 7.
More scans to come as the set grows, enjoy!
Matt
Either way, again I wish you the best on your endeavor!
Adam
Even though you did outbid ME on it!!!!!
Don't worry, I'll get over it
Eventually
Steve
Steve-- My apologies on the Hubbell. At least it is in a good home!
Matt
<< <i>Steve-- My apologies on the Hubbell. At least it is in a good home!
Matt >>
Absolutely no need to apologize Matt.
That's the fun of collecting. Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't. It's all good
Steve
Legendary Auctions Goudey Partial Set
It's partially SGC graded, so it wouldn't be for you (unless you tried to cross over), but 80% of the 136 card lot is supposed to be 80% VG to VG/EX, which would be in the sweet spot for you. The lot cost $3,851.25 (including buyer's premium), which is obviously expensive. However, it included one SGC 30/2 53 Ruth card, which I needed. You figure the Ruth would probably cost $1000, so the average cost of the rest of the cards is roughly $21/card, which is a decent price, and includes a number of HOFer's. I'm not saying I got a great deal on this. I didn't; it's fair market value. However, I think in the end, after grading, I will probably have paid around VCP for each card. However, it can be easier than buying it from ebay. Buying raws is not easy, at least for me. I've purchased so many raws that graded less than I expected, it's not even funny. A couple of glaring examples are the Burleigh Grimes I paid $100 bucks for that ended upgrading SGC 2 (Good), and the Rogers Hornsby I paid $160 bucks for that ended up with a SGC 1.5 (Fair). (Both purchased from Mike Wheat cards that were dealer graded vgex and gdvg, respectively, and to be fair to him, they looked good in the scans too.)
Anyway, if you do go with the auction route for some of your needs, some of the houses are REA, Legendary, Huggins and Scott, Mile High, and SCP. I'm sure I missed others too. Anyway, just one option for you. There's always the joy of collecting one card at a time too, which I know, and there's a tremendous feeling of accomplishment when you finally complete the set after years of collecting, at a really great price. I totally understand that also. Good luck collecting!
Lou Gehrig Master Set
Non-Registry Collection
Game Used Cards Collection
I currently have four 1933 Goudeys up on eBay. They all end Sunday night, and the prices are still reasonable.
Philadelphia Athletic Jimmy Foxx PSA 1 - currently $45.44
Frank Frisch PSA 2 - currently $31.00
Tris Speaker PSA 2 - currently $40.00
Rogers Hornsby PSA 4 - currently $55.69
Best of luck in your quest.
Shooty, I will give your auctions a look. Thanks. By the way, I love the handle. I remember watching Shooty Babbit play and loved to see him take a walk; he would sprint to first base. He is the only player I can recall who would do that. Great name!
Matt
nice start!!!
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
Jimmie Foxx is one of my all time favorite players and I love the centering on this "Beast" (pun intended). Here is a scan of Jimmie's autograph in my collection (I am also working on a set of autographs of the 1930 Athletics):
I have posted this one before, but am posting it again by itself:
I love this card too; the colors are absolutely vibrant and it is stunning to see a card this old look this good. Here is Rube's autograph from my collection:
Enjoy!
Matt
Here is Bing Miller, along with my autograph that I have of him. Sweet colors on this one.
This one is a real blazer and will, hopefully some time soon, be in a PSA holder:
Funny thing about the back of Max "Camera Eye" Bishop's card-- he is taken to task for not regularly hitting .300. However, in the age before Moneyball when walks were apparently not valued, Bishop had a lifetime .423 on base percentage. That is my kind of player and a perfect lead off hitter. Also shown is my signature of "Tilly" Bishop.
Finally, this monster:
This is a stunning PSA 4 and the scan does not do justice to ole Bucketfoot. I paid a little higher for this 4 than what seems to be the average price, but having it in hand, it was well worth the price. Scanned below is my Al Simmons autograph. It is a weird piece inasmuch as it is on some type of torn bag (don't ask me why).
Enjoy!
Matt
I plan to "re-up" my PSA membership in a week or two; I think I will use some of the freebies to cross my SGC graded Goudeys. Having never done that before, I am not sure how it will go let alone whether I should crack and then submit them or just send them with the holder for a crossover.
Matt
looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
A little bit more about my collecting goals with the set. Overall, I would like to hit a 3.0 average. To do that, I will need to pick up some 4s, 5s and 6s along the way in order to "weight out" the heavy hitters that I will most likely only pick up as 1s (i.e., the Ruths and Gehrigs). I am, however, striving to collect all of the Athletic players (then current and former) in 6 or better condition save for cards of Foxx, Simmons, Grove, Cochrane and Collins (unless I can find such cards at a super great deal). The Philadelphia Athletics are my favorite team from the era. Finally, I plan to call the set complete without a Lajoie unless I win the lottery or I can otherwise convince my wife it is a much better purchase than a nice vacation.
Starting with that theme, here is my Max "Camera Eye" Bishop:
This is the same card scanned above but now resting nicely in a PSA holder. I am still stumped that it graded out a 6 rather than a 7; however, I do not feel it is worth the time, money and effort to achieve the one point bump.
Next up is, in my opinion, a stunning and vibrant PSA 4 Guy Bush:
I picked this card up for a song and it is just beautiful. The red pops off the card and it is centered just about perfectly. The biography on the back is a hoot as it notes, in part he "now lives in Chicago, where he runs gasoline filling stations." Yes, I am sure many a young boy in 1933 aspired to run their very own stations!
Last but not least, "General" Alvin Crowder:
The General had a great season in '32 (looking at the "year before the card" as we typically do), going 26-13 for the third place Senators managed by Walter Johnson. He pitched in almost a third of his team's games (50) and completed 21 contests. He led the league with 327 innings pitched AND also finished 10 games in relief. I really enjoy such stat lines considering today's "iron men" on the mound are lucky to eclipse 200 innings in a season and, if lucky, will throw no more than two or three complete games. It was the General's best season.
This set remains a fun challenge. I hope to post a bit more regularly.
Matt
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
<< <i>Happy Birthday Grandpa. RIP. >>
Awesome! Thanks!!
1. Another "General" Alvin Crowder. I picked up this six at what I felt was a ridiculously low price. I couldn't pass!
2. And finally, my most favorite pick up in a while, a PSA 7 Dib Williams. Not only is he an Athletic, he also hails from Arkansas. My grandfather was born in Arkansas and always claimed Dib Williams was his cousin. I have not looked to verify that yet but it could perhaps be true considering Dib was born a scant two years before my grandfather. In any event, I am really pleased to have this one in a 7!
In any event, it remains fun and I do enjoy picking up a card or two (even if it is just a common) every couple of months!
Matt
<< <i>I'm new to this thread, but it was a great read! I would love a working link to your set. I wanna see the Gehrig cards. >>
Thanks! I will post a scan of my Gehrig; its not the most beautiful thing ever but hey, it gets the job done!
Matt
Nope, no KISS Donruss cards were harmed with this project. Whew!
Matt