Looking to expand my "rookie" collection - advice needed

[ffgameman]

Looking through my personal collection, I've found that I enjoy my small rookie collection almost as much as my other player collections.

I'm looking to slightly expand my rookie collections, mainly on the lower-end side of things (stars, but nothing high-end). Keep in my that when I say "rookie", I mean established stars, not prospects. Anything from Griffey, Jeter, Bonds, Maddux to Longoria, Crawford, Pujols, Mauer.

Here is a list of what I have (some of these would not be considered "true" rookies but they are what I have), and an initial list of what I would like to get. Please add any other suggestions.

Bold = have

(I have other "small-name/no-name" rookies in a binder that are not listed)

1982 Donruss/Fleer/Topps Cal Ripken Jr. RC ($25-40 BV)
1983 Donruss Ryne Sandberg RC ($10 BV)
1983 Fleer Wade Boggs RC
1983 Topps Tony Gwynn RC
1985 Fleer Kirby Puckett RC
1985 Topps Roger Clemens RC ($15 BV)
1985 Topps OLY Mark McGwire RC
1987 Donruss Greg Maddux RC
1987 Fleer Update Greg Maddux RC
1987 Topps Barry Bonds RC
1987 Topps Glossy Send-Ins Barry Bonds RC
1988 Score Rookie/Traded Craig Biggo XRC ($12 BV)
1988 Score Rookie/Traded Roberto Alomar RC ($10 BV)
1989 Bowman Ken Griffey Jr. RC
1989 Donruss Ken Griffey Jr. RC
1989 Donruss Gary Sheffield RC
1989 Donruss Craig Biggio RC
1989 Donruss/Topps Randy Johnson RC ($2-4 BV)
1989 Topps Gary Sheffield RC
1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. RC ($40 BV)
1990 Leaf Frank Thomas RC
1990 Leaf Sammy Sosa RC
1991 Bowman Jim Thome RC
1991 Bowman Jeff Bagwell RC ($3 BV)
1991 Bowman Ivan Rodriguez RC ($4 BV)
1991 Bowman Chipper Jones RC ($6 BV)
1991 Upper Deck Final Edition Pedro Martinez RC ($8 BV)
1992 Bowman Manny Ramirez #532 RC ($12 BV)
1992 Bowman Mariano Rivera RC ($40 BV)
1992 Bowman Mike Piazza RC ($20 BV)
1992 Upper Deck Manny Ramirez RC
1993 Class 4-sport Power Pick Alex Rodriguez
1993 Topps Derek Jeter (incoming)
1994 Upper Deck Michael Jordan #19
1994 Upper Deck Alex Rodriguez #24
1995 Bowman Vladimir Guerrero RC
1997 Bowman Chrome Roy Halladay RC
1997 Fleer David Arias-Ortiz RC
1998 Bowman Jimmy Rollins RC ($6 BV)
1999 Bowman (or Chrome) Josh Hamilton RC
1999 Bowman (or Chrome) Adam Dunn RC
1999 Bowman (or Chrome) Carl Crawford RC
1999 Topps Traded (or Chrome) Josh Hamilton RC
1999 Topps Traded (or Chrome) Carl Crawford RC
2000 Bowman Carlos Zambrano RC
2000 Topps Traded Miguel Cabrera
2000 Topps Chrome Traded Miguel Cabrera
2001 Bowman Albert Pujols RC ($80 BV)
2001 Topps Ichiro RC ($12 BV)
2001 Topps Jake Peavy RC
2001 Topps Traded Albert Pujols RC ($50 BV)
2001 Topps Chrome Jake Peavy RC
2001 UD Prospect Premiere David Wright XRC
2001 UD Prospect Premiere Ryan Howard XRC
2002 Bowman David Wright RC
2002 Bowman Joe Mauer RC ($12)
2002 Topps Joe Mauer RC ($10)
2002 Bowman Draft Picks Curtis Granderson ($8 BV)
2003 Bowman Draft Picks Ryan Howard RC ($15 BV)
2003 Topps Traded Jeremy Bonderman RC
2003 Topps Traded Brian McCann RC
2003 Topps Chrome Traded Chien-Ming **** RC
2003 UD Standing "O" Brandon Webb RC
2003 UD Vintage Hideki Matsui RC
2005 Topps Update Ryan Braun FY RC
2005 Topps Update Jacoby Ellsbury FY RC
2005 Topps Update Andrew McCutchen FY RC
2005 Topps Update Colby Rasmus FY RC
2005 Topps Update Ryan Zimmerman FY RC
2005 Topps Update Jay Bruce FY RC
2005 Topps Update Matt Garza FY RC
2005 Topps Chrome Update Ryan Braun FY RC
2005 Topps Chrome Update Jay Bruce FY RC
2005 Topps Chrome Update Jacoby Ellsbury FY RC
2005 Topps Chrome Update Jared Weaver FY RC
2005 Topps Chrome Update Ryan Zimmerman FY RC
2005 Topps Chrome Update Nelson Cruz FY RC
2005 Topps Chrome Update Matt Garza refractor AU FY RC /500
2006 Bowman Chrome Prospects Alex Gordon
2006 Finest X-Fractor Kenji Johjima /250
2006 Finest Green Refractor Kenji Johjima /199
2006 Finest Blue X-fractor Kenji Johjima /150
2006 Flair Showcase WBC Moments Daisuke Matsuzaka
2006 Turkey Red Kenji Johjima RC
2006 Turkey Red White Kenji Johjima RC
2007 Bowman Heritage Prospects Joba Chamberlain
2007 Topps Joba Chamberlain RC
2007 Ultra Troy Tulowitzki L13
2007 Ultra Alex Gordon L13
2007 Upper Deck Tim Lincecum RC
2007 Bowman Evan Longoria AU ($60 BV)
2008 Allen and Ginter Evan Longoria "RC"
2008 Allen and Ginter Jay Bruce "RC"
2008 Upper Deck Kosuke Fukodome RC
2009 SPx Francisco Cervelli AU /99

Comments and suggestions are appreciated.

 

[ajbraves25]

David Wright and Ryan Howard 2001 Prospect Premieres
Miguel Cabrera in 2000 Topps Traded and Topps Traded Chrome
Roy Halladay 1997 Bowman Chrome
Matt Holliday 1999 Bowman Chrome
Matt Kemp 2005 Topps Update Chrome
Derek Jeter 1993 Bowman

just off the top of my head

~AJ

 

[miguelcabrera]

miggy tt auto

 

[ffgameman]

David Wright and Ryan Howard 2001 Prospect Premieres
Miguel Cabrera in 2000 Topps Traded and Topps Traded Chrome
Roy Halladay 1997 Bowman Chrome
Matt Holliday 1999 Bowman Chrome
Matt Kemp 2005 Topps Update Chrome
Derek Jeter 1993 Bowman

just off the top of my head

~AJ

Doh, forgot to add a couple to my list.

I have Cabrera's 2000 Topps Traded, as well as a 2002 Bowman Wright.

 

[miguelcabrera]

ichiro ultimate auto

 

[MOFNY]

I can sell you a nice 2000 BC Roy Oswalt RC or a 1999 Tim Hudson BC RC.

 

[miguelcabrera]

carlos zambrano tt auto and the chrome variation one is nice, i believe oswalt has a variation one as well, /65 or something

 

[ffgameman]

I can sell you a nice 2000 BC Roy Oswalt RC or a 1999 Tim Hudson BC RC.

Thanks but I'm trying not to buy at the moment....I might add those to my list though.

miggy - those would be nice but a little higher than I'm looking for.

 

[rum151man]

I also enjoy rookie cards I have a pretty good rookie collection going and i started out with hof or soon to be hof rookies that were not too expensive to buy80's/90's . Then I decided to sell off a couple high dollar vintage to but some others I wanted. I think I sold 3 or 4 vintage and was able to get something crazy like 27 rookies i wanted. I tend to stay away fromtoo many newer cards though at least not yet, I would stick with just the huge stars pujols, jeter, a- rod, but thats just me. all the newer cards kind of scare me but i guess if you can get them cheap its worth buying them.

good luck with your collection


http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e316/ ... 20ROOKIES/

 

[muskiesfan]

Some names I didn't see on the list were Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs, Pedro Martinez, and Vladimir Guerrero. There were some others I thought of, but I definitely thought these would be good additions. As far as sets, I would go '83 Topps for Gwynn, '83 Fleer for Boggs, '91 Upper Deck for Pedro, and '95 Bowman for Vlad.

 

[ffgameman]

Some names I didn't see on the list were Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs, Pedro Martinez, and Vladimir Guerrero. There were some others I thought of, but I definitely thought these would be good additions. As far as sets, I would go '83 Topps for Gwynn, '83 Fleer for Boggs, '91 Upper Deck for Pedro, and '95 Bowman for Vlad.

Thanks, forgot those.

Also forgot the '92 Bowman Piazza.

 

[nevermore]

How about these guys?
1984 Don Mattingly
1990 Larry Walker
1991 Chipper Jones

 

[ThoseBackPages]

83 Topps Sandberg

and some of these:

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

I can probably let one of each of these go, don't know if I have any more Clemens though:

1982 Donruss/Fleer/Topps Cal Ripken Jr. RC ($25-40 BV)
1983 Donruss Ryne Sandberg RC ($10 BV)
1983 Fleer Wade Boggs RC
1983 Topps Tony Gwynn RC
1985 Topps Roger Clemens RC ($15 BV)

I've only pulled one 82 Topps ripken, so I'll be holding onto that one. But I've got several of each of everything else. Also pulled like 7 84 fleer Mattinglys if you want one

 

[1st4040]

1980 topps Rickey Henderson
1983 Topps traded Darryl Strawberry
1984 Fleer Update Kirby Puckett
1984 Fleer Update Roger Clemens
1986 Donruss Jose Canseco
1986 Topps traded Will Clark
1986 Topps Traded Barry Bonds
1988 Fleer Update Edgar Martinez
1989 Upper Deck Randy Johnson
1992 Stadium Club Dome Manny Ramirez
1993 Stadium Club Murphy Derek Jeter
1993 Topps Traded Todd Helton

 

[ffgameman]

Thanks for the suggestions. When looking to acquire these I mainly want to trade.

I added my list with some more rookie cards I found while looking through my binders.

 

[ffgameman]

As an update, I recently added a 1993 Topps Derek Jeter rookie. That will likely be all I go after for him; it's not overly expensive and is one of his most well-known cards.

A deal might be in the works to add the 1985 Topps Clemen and a Gwynn.

 

[J.O.]

all are for sale too

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