Need help finding a nice Basketball vintage set to make

**whanlon** · 01-15-2009, 03:49 PM

I am currently making 3 baseball and 3 football vintage sets. I need to start a BK set. Any ideas?

The sets I am currently working on are
1966 Topps BB base
1968 Topps BB base
1968 Topps BB Game Inserts
1969 Topps FB base
1970 Topps FB base
1971 Topps FB base

You can check progress or lack thereof at my set.... http://vintagesets.webs.com/

**gatorboymike** · 01-15-2009, 04:21 PM

Here's how I would break down the ease of the vintage basketball sets to complete. The ones in italics are ones I have completed myself.

1948 Bowman: near-impossible and you'd have to be a millionaire
1957-58 Topps: near-impossible and you'd have to be a millionaire
1961-62 Fleer: extremely difficult and you'd have to be a millionaire
1969-70 Topps: extremely difficult
1970-71 Topps: extremely difficult
1971-72 Topps: very difficult
1972-73 Topps: very difficult
1973-74 Topps: difficult
1974-75 Topps: difficult
1975-76 Topps: difficult
1976-77 Topps: very difficult
1977-78 Topps (gray backs): near-impossible
1977-78 Topps (white backs): somewhat difficult
1978-79 Topps: somewhat easy
1979-80 Topps: somewhat easy
1980-81 Topps: difficult and confusing
1981-82 Topps: easy
1983-84 Star: extremely difficult
1984-85 Star: near-impossible and you'd have to be a millionaire
1985-86 Star: extremely difficult and you'd have to be a millionaire
1986-87 Fleer: extremely difficult
1987-88 Fleer: somewhat difficult
1988-89 Fleer: easy
anything made between 1990 and 1996: a caveman could do it

**tarheelsnipe** · 01-15-2009, 06:02 PM

Mike is right on. I personally like the 1969 set because of the RC's and HOF'ers. They're oversized, though. If you're looking for regular sized cards, I'm a fan of the 72-73 set with the Dr. J RC. Good luck with whatever you decide.

**whanlon** · 01-15-2009, 06:40 PM

Can anyone post pics of a card for the sets? or direct me to a webiste that features a pic of a card from vintage sets?

**tarheelsnipe** · 01-15-2009, 07:11 PM

Here's what the '72 set looks like.

**whanlon** · 01-15-2009, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by tarheelsnipe View Post

Here's what the '72 set looks like.

i think that set is the leader so far

**gatorboymike** · 01-15-2009, 09:21 PM

**whanlon** · 01-15-2009, 09:48 PM

I think I am going to go with the 1978-79 for the moment as my main on and go with the 1971-72 as my secondary. Thanks a ton to gatorboy! I was hoping for a website like this http://www.footballcardgallery.com/

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