Feels real good getting back to my roots and expanding the old HOF collection. The Ty Cobb was a 5 year anniversary gift from my wife. I now have 130 HOF players and 8 Managers/Umpires. There are a couple inexpensive ones I can still get, but almost all will be $200+ from now on...
The Cobb was...
Well, the 2 cards I knew I wanted for this set were Ripken/Murray and Clemens/Johnson.
Got the first on a couple of weeks ago. Now picked up the other.
I have 23 or 24 of these right now and may pick up a couple more cheap ones, but the set is more or less complete to my satisfaction...
Well, when I first started collecting this set, I hoped to pick up this card. I didn't think I would ever get it, but I jumped on it when I saw it. The new centerpiece of this set...
In my searches, I stumbled across this on and had to grab it...
...and this one...
This one was a lot...
I wanted to get one high grade Vintage Topps card for each year that he played. His career spanned from 1955-1975 (no card issued in 1957). Killebrew is my fav old school player as he played his entire career with the Twins, is a HOFer, is a member of the 500 HR club, and is a hell of a nice...