My 2014 Panini Immaculate Accolades Material Set Progress - COMPLETE!!!

[Gonzaleznut]

When National Treasures came out a few years ago I really loved the unique and special relic cards they made of HOFers. There were some folks that made different sets and I thought they were just awesome.

To that end, when I saw Immaculate Collection was coming out I looked for a relic set I could complete that included great HOFers, didn't have too long of a checklist, and had reasonable print runs so that completing it wouldn't be too much of a beast (both in terms of time and $$)

I saw the Accolades Materials set and I really liked the looks of the cards and the theme. A simple, nice design. It had a great checklist with a good mix of older and more recent greats and the print runs were all reasonable.

At this point I have 10 cards in hand of the 25 in the set with 4 more on the way and a jam packed ebay watch list for the rest.

Here is a look at my progress so far and I will update periodically as I get cards in.

1. Honus Wagner - /20 2. Satchel Paige - /10 3. Joe Jackson - /79

4. Casey Stengel - /5 5. Ty Cobb /99 6. Pee Wee Reese /99

7. Burleigh Grimes - /20 8. Jimmie Foxx /99 9. Mel Ott /49

10. Rogers Hornsby - /99 11. Tris Speaker /99 12. Gil Hodges - /99

13. Lou Gehrig /99 14. Jackie Robinson /99 15. Leo Durocher /49

16. Joe DiMaggio - /49 17. Nolan Ryan - /99 18. Greg Maddux - /49

19. Lou Brock /99 20. Cal Ripken Jr. /99 21. Reggie Jackson /99

22. Mike Schmidt /49 23. Rod Carew /25 24. Willie McCovey /49

25. Tony Gwynn /99

Would have really liked to have even a few more greats like Hank Aaron, Willie Mays or Hank Greenberg in this set, but I still love it.

Let me know what you think. If you have any cards I am missing and would like to sell them to me just send me a PM and we can work something out.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Brewer Andy]

Hellz yeah!

 

[Bootstraps9]

Don't know who will get it but a Hornsby was hit in the last immaculate break (#2)

 

[bongo870]

this will be one kick azz set when you are done. Good luck!

 

[phillyfan0417]

This is going to fun to watch!

 

[CollectorsCorner]

Good looking set

 

[Juan Gris]

Great set to collect - good luck!

 

[Gonzaleznut]

Thanks guys. Some of them have really low print runs so it will be tough.

 

[Gonzaleznut]

3 new additions in today's mail. Added to the OP.

 

[Gonzaleznut]

So I finally bought the last card I needed for this set yesterday!! It was the Honus Wagner. I am pretty stoked because this was a really fun project. There are only FIVE possible sets because of the Stengel /5.

I have put all of the scans in the original post. I think they all look really great together and I am going to try and find a way to display them all.

I would love to hear guesses on how much you think it cost for me to buy all of the cards?? Also, which one do you think was the most expensive??

Let me know what you think.

 

[Brewer Andy]

That is awesome! No idea how much the set would have cost, I'm guessing less than you were expecting! Wild guess at the most expensive would be the Joe Jackson but I imagine there was a bidding war or 2 mixed in. Fantastic job

 

[Gonzaleznut]

Actually Andy it was way more than I expected!! But still worth it.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

Beautiful set! Like u said, a great mix of older and newer greats. I cannot even guess how much that set cost, I know my wife would kill me if I tried to do this set hahaha. Thanks for sharing!

 

[EDGARMARTINEZcollector]

Beautiful set! Congrats!
I'm going to guess the Wagner was the most expensive as there are a lot fewer copies than the Shoeless Joe.

 

[homerun28aa]

Those are some fantastic cards. Congratulations on the pickups. Unfortunately with all these new prime cuts, national treasures, panini immaculate, even triple threads stuff I got screwed. I have a ton of older HOF relics that just are not worth what they were. Campanella stuff for example used to go for $50-$60 now you can't get like $5 for his jersey card. Awesome stuff haha, but I'm a little bummed about how common this stuff is now, still love the relics though but that's why I've switched to prime patches.

 

[swish54_99]

That looks awesome, congratulations!

 

[Gonzaleznut]

I would love to find a way to display them. Anybody got any ideas?