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Originally Posted by cardsagain74
Since it sounds like you'd love to complete the '52 set, I would never want to be in a position where I'd given up that much (yet still had to get those three cards again). Especially after the Mays pandemic spike.
I know you said your frame of mind will be a lot better to complete the set if you have Mantle, but I think having to reacquire those other huge '52s is too much of a problem (and too costly) to go about getting the set that way.
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Totally hear you and I’ve gone back and forth on this a million times. Like a lot of people I’m sure, the 52 Mantle has always been THE card for me. And now that I’m 350-some cards into the set, 52 Topps has become my top collecting priority. Giving up Mays, Mathews and Campanella is not something I’m very excited for, but I’ve gotten to the point where, for the right Mantle, I would do it, and then I would put the next year or two into re-acquiring those three. Knowing myself, that just seems more attainable. I don’t know that I’d ever be able to save the cash to purchase a Mantle outright. But again, unless there is someone out there who is intrigued by the deal, I guess it doesn’t matter. Still a few days till the trade deadline though
