Yeah, Andy and David, the set is a beast to collect. I remember the Atlantic Oil cards from when I was a kid. I got a huge box of cards from a family friend whose kids were already grown up and had quite a few of them in there. I lost track of them over the years--probably traded them--and then started with the set again about a dozen years ago. I quickly got the 40 basic cards done, then found one of the booklet prize winners, and have spent the next decade+ looking for the cash prize winners. I really kicked the tires a bunch on the Osteen since it was very expensive for a freakin' Claude Osteen card, but my rule of thumb is that when I come back to an item repeatedly that's my [ample] gut telling me to buy it, so I pulled the trigger on it. At this rate I should have the set finished by 2113.
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