May 2006
So here we go.
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It's only been within the last two years or so that
I've discovered the collecting community online;
since then I've met some great people and discovered
some awesome card types I may never have discovered
otherwise. After reading an awesome (and lengthy)
chronicle of a collector's quest to complete a 1977
Topps set on the SGC website, I thought it might be a
cool idea to incorporate a blog component to building
a set.
I selected the 1928 W502 set for a few reasons. First, David Vargha's excellent article on the 1928 ice cream issues in SGC Collector magazine was an outstanding primer to some unheralded card sets. Second, because the set is not particularly common, nor highly sought-after by registry set builders (meaning I won't have to slug it out with people over low-pop cards). Third, because I purchased an awesome Tony Lazzeri at the National that graded an SGC 84, and that seemed like a great start to the set. And lastly, because I know absolutely zero about the issue, and there doesn't appear to be a lot of cumulative knowledge about it available online anywhere.
Before deciding to do the blog, I obtained one additional card for the set - an SGC 60 Joe Dugan - to couple with my Lazzeri and my SGC 30 Highpockets Kelly. That means I'm starting with 57 to go, without any clue as to whether there are any variations, scarcities, or other strange issues that might plague this set (other than scarcity; the Dugan was the only card I've seen from this set on eBay in the last month).
My goal is to complete the set in as high a grade as possible, all in SGC holders. I'll purchase cards in other holders to cross, and will also consider sharp, raw cards without glue or tape stains on the back.
I'll be adding posts here as I obtain new cards, have anything interesting and/or worthwhile to tell, or find out new information about the set. Wish me luck, and if you have any nice ones you'd be willing to part with, drop me a note!
I selected the 1928 W502 set for a few reasons. First, David Vargha's excellent article on the 1928 ice cream issues in SGC Collector magazine was an outstanding primer to some unheralded card sets. Second, because the set is not particularly common, nor highly sought-after by registry set builders (meaning I won't have to slug it out with people over low-pop cards). Third, because I purchased an awesome Tony Lazzeri at the National that graded an SGC 84, and that seemed like a great start to the set. And lastly, because I know absolutely zero about the issue, and there doesn't appear to be a lot of cumulative knowledge about it available online anywhere.
Before deciding to do the blog, I obtained one additional card for the set - an SGC 60 Joe Dugan - to couple with my Lazzeri and my SGC 30 Highpockets Kelly. That means I'm starting with 57 to go, without any clue as to whether there are any variations, scarcities, or other strange issues that might plague this set (other than scarcity; the Dugan was the only card I've seen from this set on eBay in the last month).
My goal is to complete the set in as high a grade as possible, all in SGC holders. I'll purchase cards in other holders to cross, and will also consider sharp, raw cards without glue or tape stains on the back.
I'll be adding posts here as I obtain new cards, have anything interesting and/or worthwhile to tell, or find out new information about the set. Wish me luck, and if you have any nice ones you'd be willing to part with, drop me a note!
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