Thanks, John. :)
3 are going to be really tough but I'm not giving up hope just yet. :)

And with this Aaron……my 1964 Topps set is 1 card away from completion

What card is left??

Mr Pete rose……..I guess the good part about it is…..Im a Phillies fan lol

Ok ok……I didn’t think I would pick this up so soon but just grabbed a psa 6 Seaver RC……ok…..I have to take a moment to enjoy it….(ahhh happy feet) ok back to work……I now just need mr Carew to finish off my 2nd 1967 set!!!!!

It has been a while since I posted here, so several updates at once. It has been a great year for me, in completing sets. A lot of these were a good ways along when the year started, but never the less, were finished off this year. Completed this year:
1933 DeLong
1934 Goudey
1934-36 Batter Up
1967 Topps
1955 Topps football
1962 Topps football
1963 Topps football
1967 Topps football
1969-70 Topps basketball
1970-71 Topps basketball
I really enjoy this thread and hearing everyone’s progress.

That's an impressive list. Congrats on completing all of them.

Just added the final piece of my 1933 DeLong set this morning!

Congrats Sean. Neat set

Ditto. :)


Here are the sets that I'm struggling with at the moment:

T206 (minus the big four) - need 23 (95.6%)
1969 Topps 4-in-1 - need one (96%)
1973 Topps - need one (99.9%)
1979 Topps - need two (99.7%)
1980 Topps HOF - need three (93.9%)
1982 Topps HOF - need three (96.5%)
1984 Topps HOF - need 60 (35.5%)

Congratulations, one of my all time favorite sets!

Finally, finished off the 1964 Topps set with these last two cards. No real big $$ cards, but it took longer than I had anticipated. And while the general design doesn't really stand out, the photos are nice and clear and there is a good mix of older (Mays, Mantle, Koufax, Aaron, Clemente) and younger (Rose, Yaz, Gaylord, Oliva) stars. Glad to mark this one complete.

Congrats on your 64 set……I’m one card away myself, just needing the rose

Second 1967 Topps set complete with this final card……welcome mr Carew!!! And now trying to finish off a third 67 set……only 50 more needed lol.

Picked up the last card I needed to finish the 1971 Topps Greatest Moments set

Congrats to Jay, Anthony and Jordan.

I have a wrapper for my 1971 Greatest Moments set even though as far as I know they were never sold at retail. I have seen but do not have an empty box

Just completed my set of 1963 Topps Peel-Offs. Got my last one, Al Kaline, today.

Took me about 13 months, the last 5 needing just the Kaline. Pretty much excellent condition or better with decent centering. A mix of blank and instruction backs. One graded, Mantle, the rest raw.

Total cost was $675. The shipping was an additional $80. Only 4 duplicates that I sold for about a $3 profit.

Mike

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Mike, That's a nice looking Kaline. Congrats on completing the set.

Congrats Mike. I did not try for all the back variations on that set :)

With Billy Herman arriving today, my set of 1952 Topps HOFers is now complete, minus one very big omission. If anyone is laying on an extra #311 please feel free to send my way.

Overall Herman brings me to 24/97 on the 52 Highs, which, when complete, will finish the set. Again, if anyone has an extra 311, I’ll trade you all my doubles for it.

Congrats, Chris.
I see 3 in your collection I want/need real bad!! :cool:

Thank you, sir. Your set is a beauty - one card in particular that I would trade everything I have for :)

Very slow build 1960 topps in SGC.

Currently at 22/572 3.85%
Avg grade 7.9

I try and grab a few here and there and am in no hurry to complete.
Highlight is pictured below.
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1965 O Pee Chee
 

I was able to pick up these 5 nice cards that I needed for my 1965 OPC set. Only 63 left to go until it's finished... :o

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...s/82067/65-opc

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...s/82069/65-opc

1964 Topps set completed……. :)
 

1964 Topps set is complete…….welcome final card mr Pete rose……being a Phillies fan, it’s only fitting………. :) don’t know how this card got a 5. I know it’s O/C but psa is being to hard now

52 Topps
 

August was a good month for my 1952 Topps PSA 6 +/- set. I was able to pick up these guys...

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...s/82143/august

The SGC cards will eventually be cracked and subbed to PSA soon...

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...s/82144/august

And hopefully my raw card grading eye is good enough to get 6's on these when they get sent in too...

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...s/82145/august

25 more cards added to the binder. About 40 more to go. Getting close on 53.

Added several cards toward my 66T set. 140 to go!

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Al, those are some pretty raw cards!

Nice looking 66 Topps cards!

What a great looking Yaz card. And Gaylord is a toughie. Whenever I see that card, it looks as though his hand is too big for the glove - can't get his thumb in. Wonder if he just picked up some middle infielder's glove for the photo.

I never noticed that but it's true. Looks like he's wearing a Little Leaguer's glove.

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Very nice, why 3 sets?

I have Way too much time on my hands lol……
But yeah Lots and lots of extras makes it very easy and I keep picking up extras as I go along. 300-530 are my favorites to keep adding. I’m now down to 21 for the third set…….so getting closer

I've just completed my 1970 Kelloggs set. Don Mincher was the last card I needed.

I thought there was some sort of cosmic conspiracy working against me because I had 2 previous Mincher cards lost in the mail. The tracking just stopped and they dropped off the face of the earth. But it was 3rd time likely.

The set iis NM with just a couple that I'll upgrade to NM when I get the chance.

I am 13 cards away from completing my 1973 Topps Baseball set. It'll range anywhere from vg-ex to ex-mint. I still need Rose, Ryan, Mays, Ruth, Cepeda, Yankees Team, Harris, and Rookies # 603, 608, 609, 613, and 614.


Phil aka Tere1071

Complete 1953 Bowman Color, 1971, 1972, 1974, and 1975 Topps Baseball sets (under revision)

1970 Topps Baseball set, missing over 100 cards, mostly after #500
1973 Topps Baseball set, as described above.

Big mail day this weekend puts me 3 cards away from finishing 53 Topps. Sure one of those cards is the Mantle, but I don’t care. I can see the light.

Chris— you should get involved in the 53 showcase thread

Only 18 days to go. Looks like it will be ending on Thanksgiving.

Chris, The 53 Topps is a great set. It will be a nice accomplishment when complete.

down to 1 needed for 69 topps set the Santo card. if anyone has one they want to trade I'd be interested.

down to 24 on the 72 topps pretty much all Hi numbers

With the arrival of Charlie Silvera yesterday, the 53 Topps set is complete. I’ll be honest, I never liked this set as much as the other early 50s Topps sets but after putting it together I have a new appreciation for the artwork. 52 and 56 are still my favorites but I have a new found appreciation for this set. It was fun to build.

This now puts me at 1952 (lows) to 1956 and 1970 - present day complete in Topps sets. I’m going to take a break from the 50s and tackle some of the 60s next.

I have been grinding pretty hard on a 75 topps mini set. I have it completed and close to a second set as well. The goal has been to get every card in NMT or better and it is tougher than I thought it would be. Even pack fresh minis seem to have issues, most notably Diamond cuts, centering in general, print issues such as fish eyes but also smudging, registration, and color problems. There are also surface challenges with bubbles or the type of veining that must give TPGs fits. Anyway my set is pretty awesome but it still got a ways to go. Not cheap either and high quality mini cards are not easy. I can’t even imagine the top registry guys with their 9s and 10s.

I will say it is fun to buy a huge lot of nice ones and compare them to my existing set to sub out what I can. It leads to a lot of agonizing decisions such as should I take the mint off center card of one that is in great shape with good centering but has a touched corner or two.

Jason---congrats on your 75 Mini assemblage. When I was building my set years ago it seemed like there was a time when they were very hard to find and then suddenly they were more plentiful for a time. Some find, can't recall ?

Topps apparently was looking at reviving the Minis in 85 but stopped with a partial unreleased set, some with regular 85 backs and some blank backed. Pretty tough to build that 85 set now. I think the 85s are a smidge bigger than the 75s

That’s interesting Al. When I was growing up the Minis were considered tougher than the regular set. I still believe that to be the case but I think you’re right that something happened to make them more accessible. For me there’s no contest in terms of the set I want to have. The 75 minis are so unique and there has to be fewer of them out there because they were regional issues. The pop reports support that as well.

Still there’s no premium over the regular set. In fact last I checked, the Brett full size tended to go for more $. I don’t totally get it although I do know some collectors refuse to collect the minis and want nothing to do with them so there’s that…

There was a very passionate group of 75 Mini collectors on the PSA forum board at one time. Do not know if they are still active. But there was a long thread there with a lot of good info on the set. Here is a link

https://forums.collectors.com/discus...-thread#latest

I'm building the mini set too, down to only a few cards now. Here in California, they are everywhere. Some of the regions that got this test issue seem have gotten them in vastly different proportions. Can't trip over a dealer box at a show without finding a stack of Mini's in the Bay Area. Makes them pretty cheap to build here because they are available in such huge quantity.

My father collected them in 1975 in the San Francisco area, and reported he knew at the time that they were a regional issue and not so easy to get elsewhere. He got several boxes he kept unopened and says they were easier to find in his city than the regular size cards. Unfortunately, Dad forgot to do the part where he saved all his cards for his future son and he sold them all to purchase a stereo a few years later. Oops. He did keep some 1970 Topps Posters, but when we started to rebuild the 50's-70's sets in ~1999 together, we had to start over from scratch.

That’s amazing that even 47 years later that sort of regionality still exists.

Getting super close to finishing off 1967 Topps 3rd set……only 6 more to go!!!

Anthony---why 3 67 set ?