1985 Chong Modesto A's Baseball Forum

I'm with CollectingAfterDeath. If I've done my best to scour the interwebs (and old price guides) and can't find a checklist for a set but I can verify the cards were produced in some significant quantity, wouldn't it makes sense to lead the way and add the set and START a checklist? I've actually got a card from a Vermont Mountaineers (College Summer League team) that I don't know any other cards from the set but I've never added it to the database because of the incomplete list taboo.
And we have at least one set that gets added to already, right? Sports Illustrated For Kids cards?

We have several sets that get added to regularly (Topps Now, the buybacks, cards that come in magazines, etc.). In the case of Topps Now and the SI Kids, they are being added to because they are being issued on a regular basis and aren't all out yet.

For a set from 1990, we should be able to get the info. And if we can't, then let's get at the very least the amount of cards and get TBA in the names of the unknowns so we can at least find these and have Admin run a report to show the incomplete sets. If you add the Mountaineers set and put in only the card you have as a 1-card set, you've done it wrong. Find out how many cards. Find out some of the other cards. We aren't completely against incomplete sets (though it was very much discouraged for a long time). Some things have changed here as the back end database was enhanced by Admin to handle certain things better (like having the same card numbers in a set) and the ability to handle incomplete sets has also evolved.

This thread brings me to a question about a set that I have been hesitant to publish on TCDB because there is no official checklist for it.  It is the 2017 Leaf History of Baseball Product that came out in March of this year.  I have scoured the internet for a checklist many times and I have yet to come across a comprehensive list.  However, I have been tracking sales of this product on Ebay since March and have compiled a list of 147 players that are part of this set (around 1000 sales).  Is this something that I should create a checklist for knowing that there could be a few stragglers (i.e. 1 of 1's) that may or may not ever be known?  Interested in your thoughts.

Thanks,

Jeff

Jeff - I would message Admin directly about that set. Since you've been tracking it, you probably have more knowledge about it than anyone else. Sharing that with Admin may help the decision process as whether it can be added with the info we have or if it pays to wait for more info.

We're in the same boat with the 2016 Topps Archives Signature Series where they announced only the players included. Turns out each player has about 40-50 different cards, all with differing SNs. I had a hard enough time tracking the 1 player I collect that wound up in the set, not to mention the other 100+. Another site has partial checklists (I know because I compared my list to theirs for the 1 player, and I have more listed, namely the 1/1s), so I'll eventually get a partial list up of the other players (as the list I uploaded of my player is incomplete as well - I just had opportunity to add to it within the last month). And with any luck, someone here will have a 1/1 and add it (or request it to be added).

Not all incomplete sets are evil. Just those that are made to look complete when more info is readily available.