Set collectors

[Kreative666]

I've just started to collect some sets of basketball (and other American Sports) of different eras.

I've got the complete Skybox NBA 91-92 S1 base as well Skybox 93-94 S1 base(apart from one Brent Price RC.)

Does anyone else here collect sets? And do you collect just base sets or inserts as well?

And how do you store them?

Cheers

 

[drob50]

Depends on the set. I have completed heaps of sets in the past, but depending what they are as to how I store them.

I did:
09-10 Upper Deck Base/Inserts - all in 9 pocket pages
09-10 Season Update Base/Inserts/GU - all in 9 pocket pages
10-11 Gold Standard Base/Inserts/RC Autos - all in penny sleeves then in 9 pocket pages
09-10 Rookies & Stars team patch autos - all in toploaders
09-10 Classics RC Autos - all in toploader

etc etc

If it is a heap of base and inserts, I go 9 pocket pages. If it is more expensive base/autos, I use penny sleeves as well as 9 pockets.

Nowadays, I tend to just choose an insert or subset that I like and focus on that instead of doing base/inserts. I would rather have 40 high end autos in a set than 500 low end base/inserts.
Plus the lesser the amount of cards to buy in, the less you tend to waste on shipping along the way!

 

[Kreative666]

Cool man!

It's sort of like completing a jigsaw puzzle I reckon Yep, I go with the 9 pocket pages as well for base.

That's not a bad idea either, just collecting an insert or subset that you really like.

 

[Missing Hinges]

I collect only Upper Deck and I am a completist, I have every card from 91-92 Upper Deck all the way up to 1997-98 except for a number of 95-96 Special edition golds and a few 97-98 Game Jerseys and Diamond Dimensions. I'm now trying to finish off 1998-99...so many to get, four versions/levels of most inserts

I store base cards in 9 pocket sleeves and the inserts in a penny sleeve in 9 pocket sleeves both in folders in a locked steel cabinet for no sunlight or mould.

 

[Kreative666]

And how abouts do you go about collecting parrallels in sets?

 

[drob50]

And how abouts do you go about collecting parrallels in sets?

Parallels suck balls!!

 

[Kreative666]

Haha! They sure do!

 

[Mico]

Parallels suck balls!!

Boooooo

http://s1122.photobucket.com/user/MicoIV/library/PC/Game Dated Memorable Moments

99% complete

 

[drob50]

Boooooo

http://s1122.photobucket.com/user/MicoIV/library/PC/Game Dated Memorable Moments

99% complete

Where is the 1% Mico??? Where is it???

I rest my case!

 

[Mico]

Where is the 1% Mico??? Where is it???

I rest my case!

ha ha ridiculously hard to find that's where!!

 

[drob50]

ha ha ridiculously hard to find that's where!!

Parallels suck balls!!

 

[sgt_pepper]

set collector here aswell. but only upper deck. got all base up to 1999-2000 and getting closer every day to all inserts and parrallels up to 1998.
base and most inserts kept in storage boxes. everything else in top-loaders/one touches...gave up on the 9-pocket pages a while ago.

 

[drobfan8]

I had the entire set of 95/96 Flair srs 1 and 2 and went and got everything. Plenty of HOFers in the inserts with a nice range of prices, mostly lower end stuff but everyone loves a Hot Numbers or Playmakers from that year

Next I went for the 96/97 Flair base set of all 3 rows. Row 1 and 2 were easy enough but Row 0 took me a while and also had a nice range in prices, most top names start around the $7 mark and go all the way up to Kobe and Jordan. I couldn't be bothered going for the Hot Shots set mainly because I don't believe a non numbered 90's insert of Jordan is worth $500+ of my hard earned.

These are all in 9 pocket pages which show them off nicely. I'd love to give them better protection someday though.

Going for a parallel set is nice I find, I really like the 04/05 Trilogy set, they have the base, then the Gold /100 and then the Spectrum /10.

Parallels aren't all 7 different types of colours all /50. They don't have to be painful.