by steve1972 Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:44 pm
i like complete set collecting. i consider a set complete by means of how it is produced. if you do the regular set and the traded set, you can't forget the opening day set. its almost like a story as much as players move around now. yeah topps series one comes out before opening day, but they may not have a player in new uniform in series one and opening day will before series two comes out. in my personal collection of sets i have ALL sets i can obtain. parallels are a personal flavor. i like them but they are more costly and take a bit more resources to obtain thru buying packs. one should consider just aquiring the set as a whole.
my personal collection of topps sets looks like this, and i am a collector, not an investor (but it is nice i could turn some of these for a few bucks):
**1978 - 2011 regular sets -- missing 1980 and traded away 1988 -- some hand collated, some open factory sets, and some sealed factory sets
**1974 - 2011 traded sets -- missing 1976, 1995, 2009, cal out of the 1982, few singles out of 2001, and 1-110 out of the 2002
**2000 - 2010 opening day sets -- missing 2009, singles out of 2008, 2011, and 2012
**1988-1990 big sets
**a few glossy all star and rookies insert sets
**a few mini league leaders sets
**working on chrome sets
**have inserts sets from 2001 (50th anniv), 2002, and 2011 (60th anniv)
i did basically the same for all companies, first set thru 1993--regular and traded/update sets--, but again due to space i have dealt many sets away.
i was building hand sets in binders but due to space i have since put all sets in boxes. bought myself a 6 foot book case and have organized all sets in the bookcase.
other collections:
**ken griffey jr collection
**star player collections of rookie card thru current, 1 each of major companies regular issue set, of stars from 80's, 90's, and few from 00's to pass down to my nephew.