Hello, my name is Doug, and I am a completionist.
By my count (and do do not claim to be correct, or definitive) there are :
30,610 Topps regular issue baseball cards from 1952 thru 1992. I have 30,506 of them, and 91 of the missing cards are 1982 blackless, which I struggle with because they are arguable just glorified print dots.
12,452 Topps baseball inserts. My number is low, because I do not count sets that are virtually impossible (or crazy expensive), like the Hocus Focus & 1961 Dice, 1968 Plaqs, etc). Of those that I count, I have 12,334.
Some of the inserts I need may not actually exist (1964 Tatoos Mazeroski RED back, Torre YELLOW back) but the chase is better than the catch, right? Even when you're searching for phantoms.
My numbers are forever evolving as new variations are discovered that I consider worthy. I think Al probably has dozens of them that he lets out slowly to torment me.
Hope you all had a great new year, even though it's a stupid holiday (woohoo, it's tomorrow!!".
Take care,
Doug
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