Which Autograph Set To Continue To Chase: GOTG/Franchises/Parkhurst

[Shackamaxon]

Hey all, I'm looking for a few opinions. I've been chasing a ridiculous amount of sets, most of which center around the entirety of the 1999-00 Be A Player Millennium, 2000-01 Be A Player Memorabilia Update w/Vezina, 2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game, 2004-05 In The Game Franchises, and 2006-07 Parkhurst sets.

I've come to the point that I'd like to cut back a little bit, as I believe the Parkhurst set will ultimately be the most time-consuming and expensive. I've already shedded the Millennium Autograph set, as the Gretzky would be difficuly to attain.

I'd like to cut the Greats of the Game set, as I'm nearly finished and need just a handful of commons. I'm not impressed with how easy everything was to find but they are gorgeous cards.

What would you guys/gals do? Cut Franchises, Parkhurst, or GOTG?

 

[The Big M]

All good choices. For the simple reason that it contained all current and defunct teams, Franchises is a fun choice. A lot of inexpensive autos.
I'll throw in another option, one that I am four cards short of the entire auto set: 2001-02 BAP Signature Series. Beautiful design, hard-signed, a lot of the greats.
Good luck in your choice!
Michael.

 

[SNobles]

ITG Franchises is a solid choice. I would stick with that one. Although it is ITG and not a UD product it seems to still be holding value nicely and such a wide variety of teams and players will make it a fun chase. I assume you are sticking to base autos only and not the mem/au cards?

 

[French_Connection]

I would go with Great of the Game. Excellent checklist, and it's genuinely (affordably) completable with some patience, especially compared to 06 Parkhurst and ITG Franchises. There's no wrong choice here though.

 

[quincy]

Keep GOTG and Franchises. Punt Parkhurst - the SSPs go wildly high way too often.

 

[TMLFan3]

Parkhurst Original 6. End of discussion

 

[DCUnited96]

I too like them all. I prefer Franchises for the best Rockies and North Stars content.
That is the one I'd keep.

Parkhurst and Greats used a few more of the late stage "Stars" era images for Minnesota, which are not preferred.

I enjoy 2012-13 Panini Classics as well. No Rockies really.

Upper Deck has had a few nice hard signed issues recently as well. They just don't get any traction at the price point and availability.

 

[re-ac-tor]

I have similar issues to you, I've been working on Franchises and am down to 20 or so autographs to finish, plus I also have a BAP set that I'm working on as well, 2000 I believe. I started Chronology, but figure it's to big and time consuming at my age now. As for advice, as Quincy says the Parkhurst SP's are expensive, and I'd also say keep up with the Fleer if you are only down to commons.

My best,

Ken

 

[Shackamaxon]

Yeah, I love ITG stuff, probably my favorites besides Leaf and the late-90's craziness.

I am doing everything with that set though, except for the gold parallels.

ITG Franchises is a solid choice. I would stick with that one. Although it is ITG and not a UD product it seems to still be holding value nicely and such a wide variety of teams and players will make it a fun chase. I assume you are sticking to base autos only and not the mem/au cards?

 

[Shackamaxon]

Thank you for the well-thought out responses.

I love the Franchises stuff since besides hard-signed autos I'm such a sucker for stick/glove/pad stuff.

I'm gonna stick with the Parkhurst just because I love the design and the extent of the autograph set SO much, while being very much aware that I'm going to have to pay and pay mightily for Bourque, Lemieux, Roy, Beliveau.