Hi again,
My Jerry Maguire comment was made just prior to starting saturday's dinner. Meant to just get grins.
But in all seriousness, I go through emotional waves. I have one of the lowest if not the lowest basic Mantle set registry rankings. But my long term goal as a kid (before PSA was even invented) was to get all of #7's base cards. For perspective, I'm 53yrs old--never saw him play. But I was happy when I completed that--took 40+ years but I got all his Bowman and Topps cards which I read about in the 80's when the Becketts were published.
But every now and then I think about upgrading. I actually can cross over my SCG's and move up, and actually have a few raw that are nicer than what's in the registry. But for what? To rise up to #140 or something like that?
I do think about going after the Mantle Superset--but then I also want to complete some Topps sets I'm working on, working on my basketball 86-90 Fleer Mega set, getting more Jackie Robinson cards....goes on and on.
Same goes for the 1962 green tints and 1969 white letters variations. I've complete both sets and have some of these variations, including the 69 WL Mantle. There are times when I'm bored and scour ebay or here for hours late night night looking to add these variations. Then when I get them, I think, I should focus on finishing my Topps run, or I should be upgrading my 61 set. Another tangent: many of these highs which were given to me (free of charge) have back damage as they are glued to a scrapbook. Mind you, I can't even read the 61 backs even when I put in my reading glasses
Anyhow, all these distractions nonetheless make the journey interesting.