1981 Topps Traded Baseball Forum

Hi,

?I'm not sure why TRADED...UPDATE..HIGH SERIES sets wouldn't be considered sets on our site. They are boxed separately, sold separately and issued each year.. I certainly would consider them {as sets} before alot of other listings we have or suggest on the site. Just my collecting opinion....mine are lined up next to each other on a shelf...Topps Traded, Fleer Updates...UD Hi-Series....Donruss Rookies etc.

~BOB~

If you're responding to me, I think they absolutely should be considered sets on this site. And they are. I just don't collect them or care about them. I collect the base set from each year. In 1974, I consider the traded cards to be part of the base set because they came in packs with the other cards. Same in 1979. Now, I consider them a separate set and don't worry about them. 

V3

If you're responding to me, I think they absolutely should be considered sets on this site. And they are. I just don't collect them or care about them. I collect the base set from each year. In 1974, I consider the traded cards to be part of the base set because they came in packs with the other cards. Same in 1979. Now, I consider them a separate set and don't worry about them. 

V3

If you're responding to me, I think they absolutely should be considered sets on this site. And they are. I just don't collect them or care about them. I collect the base set from each year. In 1974, I consider the traded cards to be part of the base set because they came in packs with the other cards. Same in 1979. Now, I consider them a separate set and don't worry about them. 

V3

V,

Certainly

not directed at you...just my opinon on collecting. We have learned through the message board that everybody collects differently....me included...you included. The site is our source for cards and sets etc.and correctly should not be dictated by each collector's fansies. Anything and everything that can help collectors ID and catalogue their cards is what TCDB should be all about.

~BOB~

I certainly believe that TCDB got it right in terms of inventorying the sets that I collect.  My initial forum question is directed at the collector in most of us opposed to the dealer in some of us.  Some people completely ignore Traded/Update sets in their personal collections--I did for almost 15 years.  Heck, some people even ignore Base sets.  

For those interested in the topic of Traded/Update sets enough to view this forum, my question refers to your thoughts on how you collect these sets.  If you're storing them all in their original box unopened next to each other, how do you view them?  Do you view them?  What makes them even fancinating enough to purchase?  Are you just marking off a checklist?  Are you still holding on to them like a stock?  Or are they part of a missing piece to your base set like they are for mine.  

My first set was the 1987 Topps set.  I didn't get the '87T Traded set until 2001.  Now the two are inseparable.  I missed out on Greg Maddux's XRC, Reggie Jackson's XFC wearing an A's uniform, David Cone's XRC, Andre Dawson's 1st Cubs card, Dennis Eckersley's 1st A's card, Cal Ripken Sr. 1st card as an Orioles MGR, etc.  No, I couldn't imagine storing an '87T Traded set in its box separate from my '87T collection, although I wouldn't change the way the sets are listed on this site or others.  I couldn't imagine referring to any other card as Ken Griffey Jr.'s rookie than his 1989 Topps Traded card.  

I'm interested on how the rest of the "collecting" community feels about Traded/Update sets, and their personal collections.

Until I started sheeting sets, they stayed in the factory boxes in whatever space I had for them. Once a base set is sheeted, it's sheeted with the corresponding traded/update/rookie set. I consider it an extension of the base set. I have also made a point of getting the update/traded cards for my Phillies collection.