Non-Sports Vintage - Coolest Sets?

nmh20 · 08-01-2024, 03:02 PM

Earlier this year I was introduced to the 1952 Topps Look ‘n See set and I’ve really enjoyed picking up some beautiful cards of prominent historical figures for what feels like really cheap. The last week or so I’ve started familiarizing myself with the Goudey Indian Gum and ’52 Bowman Presidents sets as well. I had no idea these cards existed and I really enjoy them.

What is everyone’s favorite non-sports vintage sets? As a total noob to this area, I’m just looking for any advice or guidance as I continue to build out this aspect of my collection.

Above the Rim · 08-01-2024, 03:08 PM

I am partial to the 1977 Star Wars cards. Star Wars is perhaps the greatest pop culture thing there has ever been.

Archangel1775 · 08-02-2024, 06:14 AM

I like the 1966 Donruss and Topps Green Hornet Sets. The Topps are stickers. All have Bruce Lee's "first cards" in them.

towerymt · 08-02-2024, 10:40 AM

Strip cards are inexpensive...here are two I've acquired in the past year

1919-1921 W551

https://prewarcards.com/2016/10/05/1...trip-card-set/

towerymt · 08-02-2024, 10:44 AM

Another one I discovered recently, 1954 Tip Top Bread Sports Cars. I'm not pursuing the entire set, just ones I like.

frenchquarter · 08-02-2024, 12:04 PM

Here are some of my favorite sets that I am working on.

T82 Actors and Actresses with Coupon Cigarettes backs

1933 Pirates Pictures

1938 Horrors of War

1941 Uncle Sam

1958 Zorro

1962 Mars Attacks

1965 Fleer Weird-Ohs

I love vintage non-sports cards and there are 100's of different sets to choose from.

Kylebudahays · 08-02-2024, 03:55 PM

1888 Allen & Ginter American Indian Chiefs

AwesomeBrian · 08-02-2024, 07:49 PM

I like the Batman and Three Stooges sets

glen87 · 08-02-2024, 07:58 PM

a set that could not be made today: 1910 ATC Indian Life in the 60's

hauntedcomputer · 08-06-2024, 06:06 PM

A few years before the boom/bubble I was building all the Batman sets in PSA 7. I actually finished the Red Bat set and had most of the Black Bat and a good chunk of the others, but I got tired of it.

I have all the Beatles sets ungraded in near mint and have messed with Green Hornet, Planet of the Apes, the 1965 Superman set, and the 1966 Marvel Super Heroes set. Those early-mid 60s pop culture sets are cool. I tend to like the pursuit more than the having, though.

If I had the money, Horrors of War and Mars Attacks would be top of list.

jtclockwork · 08-09-2024, 09:06 AM

So many.

1966 Marte Ataca (Spanish Mars Attacks)
1933 Sea Raiders Gum
1940 Superman Gum
1957 Ferma Historia del Cine
1951 Bowman Jets Rockets Spacemen
1938 Don't Let it Happen Here...
1951 Bowman Red Menace (Especially Ghost City card)
1888 Scrapps (Presidents and other Prominents as well as baseball)
1961 Horror Monsters
1950 Bring 'Em Back Alive
1976 Rainbo Bread if you like cheap historical cards that are fun
Stollwercks
1930 Juncosa Mickey Mouse Haunted House
1888 Dukes N76 Great Americans

Just to name a few.

sthoemke · 08-10-2024, 01:36 AM

1948 Leaf Pirates (I have a partial set)

I also like Horrors of War and Mars Attacks (but don't collect)

ChoChoRes · 08-26-2024, 12:29 PM

My favorites are the 1977 Star Wars and 1962 Mars Attacks sets.

hammertime · 08-31-2024, 04:03 PM

What a fantastic thread idea. I absolutely adore this 1926 Cavanders foreign birds set.

hairysasquatch · 10-27-2024, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glen87

a set that could not be made today: 1910 ATC Indian Life in the 60's

I am building this set!

08-01-2024, 03:02 PM	#1
nmh20 Member Join Date: Dec 2022 Posts: 192	Non-Sports Vintage - Coolest Sets? Earlier this year I was introduced to the 1952 Topps Look ‘n See set and I’ve really enjoyed picking up some beautiful cards of prominent historical figures for what feels like really cheap. The last week or so I’ve started familiarizing myself with the Goudey Indian Gum and ’52 Bowman Presidents sets as well. I had no idea these cards existed and I really enjoy them. What is everyone’s favorite non-sports vintage sets? As a total noob to this area, I’m just looking for any advice or guidance as I continue to build out this aspect of my collection. __________________ Always looking to add: All Cubs True Red & Gold Refractors (Focus: Schwarber, Rizzo, Baez) Football PC: Von Miller, Champ Bailey; Basketball: Steph Curry, Steve Nash

08-02-2024, 06:14 AM	#3
Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 21,908	I like the 1966 Donruss and Topps Green Hornet Sets. The Topps are stickers. All have Bruce Lee's "first cards" in them. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.*

08-02-2024, 10:40 AM	#4
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 8,843	Strip cards are inexpensive...here are two I've acquired in the past year 1919-1921 W551 https://prewarcards.com/2016/10/05/1...trip-card-set/ __________________ In search of... 2018 Topps Chrome Update Max Scherzer #HMT77: Superfractor 2019 Topps Update Carter Kieboom #US109: Platinum Last edited by towerymt; 08-02-2024 at 10:44 AM.

08-02-2024, 12:04 PM	#6
frenchquarter Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 720 buymycards! frenchquartercards	Vintage Non-Sports Here are some of my favorite sets that I am working on. T82 Actors and Actresses with Coupon Cigarettes backs 1933 Pirates Pictures 1938 Horrors of War 1941 Uncle Sam 1958 Zorro 1962 Mars Attacks 1965 Fleer Weird-Ohs I love vintage non-sports cards and there are 100's of different sets to choose from.

08-02-2024, 03:55 PM	#7
Kylebudahays Member Join Date: May 2021 Posts: 45	1888 Allen & Ginter American Indian Chiefs 1888 Allen & Ginter American Indian Chiefs

08-01-2024, 03:08 PM	#2
Above the Rim Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 762	I am partial to the 1977 Star Wars cards. Star Wars is perhaps the greatest pop culture thing there has ever been.

08-02-2024, 10:44 AM	#5
towerymt Member Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: VA Posts: 8,843	Another one I discovered recently, 1954 Tip Top Bread Sports Cars. I'm not pursuing the entire set, just ones I like.

08-02-2024, 07:49 PM	#8
AwesomeBrian Temporarily Suspended Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: NE O-H-I-O Posts: 6,011	I like the Batman and Three Stooges sets

08-02-2024, 07:58 PM	#9
glen87 Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: VERMONT Posts: 74,078 glen87 glen87	a set that could not be made today: 1910 ATC Indian Life in the 60's __________________ collecting James Madison University players of all sports JMU cards: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmucards/ other cards: https://www.flickr.com/photos/glen87/albums

08-06-2024, 06:06 PM	#10
hauntedcomputer Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: NC mountains Posts: 1,097 hauntedcomputer	A few years before the boom/bubble I was building all the Batman sets in PSA 7. I actually finished the Red Bat set and had most of the Black Bat and a good chunk of the others, but I got tired of it. I have all the Beatles sets ungraded in near mint and have messed with Green Hornet, Planet of the Apes, the 1965 Superman set, and the 1966 Marvel Super Heroes set. Those early-mid 60s pop culture sets are cool. I tend to like the pursuit more than the having, though. If I had the money, Horrors of War and Mars Attacks would be top of list. __________________ +++ The market is always right, even when it's dumb. More cards are overgraded than undergraded. Change my mind.

08-09-2024, 09:06 AM	#11
jtclockwork Member Join Date: Jun 2022 Posts: 477	So many. 1966 Marte Ataca (Spanish Mars Attacks) 1933 Sea Raiders Gum 1940 Superman Gum 1957 Ferma Historia del Cine 1951 Bowman Jets Rockets Spacemen 1938 Don't Let it Happen Here... 1951 Bowman Red Menace (Especially Ghost City card) 1888 Scrapps (Presidents and other Prominents as well as baseball) 1961 Horror Monsters 1950 Bring 'Em Back Alive 1976 Rainbo Bread if you like cheap historical cards that are fun Stollwercks 1930 Juncosa Mickey Mouse Haunted House 1888 Dukes N76 Great Americans Just to name a few.

08-10-2024, 01:36 AM	#12
sthoemke Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 6,509 sthoemke sthoemke	1948 Leaf Pirates (I have a partial set) I also like Horrors of War and Mars Attacks (but don't collect) __________________ [signature goes here]

08-26-2024, 12:29 PM	#13
ChoChoRes Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 63	My favorites are the 1977 Star Wars and 1962 Mars Attacks sets. Last edited by ChoChoRes; 08-26-2024 at 12:31 PM.

08-31-2024, 04:03 PM	#14
hammertime Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: OH->MI->MD->VA Posts: 6,918	What a fantastic thread idea. I absolutely adore this 1926 Cavanders foreign birds set.