Vintage sets recommendations

[Zorro]

My main PC is HOFer rookies but I’ve been recently toying with the idea of starting a vintage set. Since my main PC takes up most of my funds, I would like to choose a set with no high-end rookies. Also I will stick to PSA graded cards, so PSA 5/6 to keep costs down.

What are some nice sets to chase?

[penguinsChief]

Personal opinion, I like the 71-72 sets the best. Topps only has the Dryden, OPC has Lafleur and others so it is harder. Also really like the 54-55 Topps, but it is not cheap by any stretch.

[Sportfreund]

Any of the Parkhurst ones from the 60s or before are quite expensive imo. The 1971 O-Pee-Chee/Topps set is good looking imo and it's still pricey in good condition but more affordable.

Anything after 1974ish starts to get cheap minus some star players.

For a vintage set on a budget, I always found the best one to be the 1994 Parkhurst Missing Link Reprint set.

[piper1]

I think you would likely want to consider the 72/73 OPC set. The only catch is no Howe and Hull is in the WHA 3rd series.

[Zorro]

Thank you for the suggestions. I am not a huge fan of the design of the 1970s+ sets in addition to being quite large. I'd like to keep the set under 100 cards. I do realize that the 50s and 60s sets are going to be on the expensive side but I'm hoping that by going with low grades will mitigate that

[mingus_md]

I always liked 1959-60 Topps. I don't think there are any big rookies to collect in the set.

[ahmon]

Thank you for the suggestions. I am not a huge fan of the design of the 1970s+ sets in addition to being quite large. I'd like to keep the set under 100 cards. I do realize that the 50s and 60s sets are going to be on the expensive side but I'm hoping that by going with low grades will mitigate that

I've just started to collect the 1952-53 parkhursts. Seems much cheaper than the 1951s. Personally I find that the smaller sized cards stand out.

[roy.the.greatest]

The O-Pee-Chee RC cards between 1980 and 1989 are great, a lot of HOFers with great careers and significant stats in the NHL history. I like the 1984-85 OPC set with RCs like Yzerman, Neely, Lafontaine, Chelios, Andreychuk, Barrasso, Verbeek, plus a lot of Gretzky cards in this set. PSA 8 and lower grades are very afordable, while PSA 10s are quite expensive.

[Zorro]

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[Zorro]

I've just started to collect the 1952-53 parkhursts. Seems much cheaper than the 1951s. Personally I find that the smaller sized cards stand out.

That's a nice set indeed. Are you collecting raw or graded? do you have them uploaded somewhere?