I am curious how many members are pre war set builders? What is the toughest set that you have started or completed? If you had to pick 1 pre war set to build what would it be and why?
I am currently working on the C56 set. I originally just wanted to own a couple of the rookie cards in this set, but then decided to put the whole thing together. I have the set about two-thirds complete.
After I finish this set, I am thinking about working on the 1933 OPC and 1923 William Patterson. I like the look of these sets and the player selection.
I am working on the C55, C56, C57, Champ's Cigarette, Dominion Chocolates and V129's.
Toughest set - For me, the toughest set that I collect are the V129's since I'm still only seen about 60% of them in 8+ years of searching, and only a fraction of them being Ex or higher.
If I had to pick one pre-war set to collect (i.e. recommend to someone starting), it would be the C55's. They're fairly plentiful, especially compared to the other sets (Ex-Mint or better is a different story). They're colorful, artistic and I consider them the closest counterpart to the baseball T206's.
Pre war sets are great and can be found reasonably easy (at least some of them) if you will settle for VG condition or less.
I second John's comment on the C55 - that was my first completed set and in VG it can done fairly quickly and at reasonable costs. I then finished the Hamilton Gum set which is tougher but only has 21 cards. I finished the Canadian Gum set which is pretty hard - I believe there are short prints in that set but have no proof other than four yeasr of experience.
I'm working on the c56 set now and unfortunately a lot of other folks (many on this board) are also. The V128-1 or v145-1 are also both cool but pretty hard.
Be patient, have fun with it and pick a couple sets to work on at once because other than c55 you won't see frequent opportunities on eBay. If you want EX or higher like John plan on spending years and a lot of dough filling the sets.
mark,
pre war cards in vg or less are not all easy to find. If you want any C57 or sweet aporal postcard in any condition this cards are not easy to find.
I am working on the 1933 o-pee-chee Series A set. I am going to try to collect it in PSA 6 condition, but as some people already mentioned, it seems like a pretty tough go at it. I have the set about a third completed, and I am slowly trying to acquire the top cards so I can focus on the commons. There are very low pops of these cards, so there must be alot left ungraded.
I just like the look of the cards, the different colours, and the fact that it is the first set that o-pee-chee produced. I think that as Bobby has stated, that the Series B will be discovered to have come out in 1934-35, which only makes sense since that year is skipped, but the set continues in numbering for the 3 years after that. I may collect the Series B after that, but for now I am focusing my attention on the one set to ensure I can pick up these cards when they come available.
I've been working on C55 and C56 in lower grade for a couple years now. I'm about half way there on each one. I'm trying not to break the bank so I'm being patient and only purchasing when I find a bargain (not too many bargains nowadays). I'm also working on a prewar type set: starting at C56 and ending at V301-2. Eventually I'd like to have one card from every set in at least VG/EX, but for now I'm filling in as I go. It's also pretty cool to uncover a couple cards that are uncatalogued (or at least they were before Bobby's book came out).
