Back in January I listed the progress of my 1967, 68, and 69 Topps Baseball Card sets. About three months ago, I decided to stop collecting the 1967 set as I will never be able to afford to complete the high numbers. I was able to assemble 521/533 in overall good condition, but among the missing are the Mantle, Mays, Aaron, and Clemente.
I have made progress on the 68 and 69 sets: I'm missing 19 cards to finish the 68 and 9 to complete the 69 sets. In each year I'm missing the Ryan, Mantle, Bench, and Carlton cards while I have a star in my 68 set that I don't have for 1969. I hope to work out a trade using my 1967 lot as well as using my extras from 1970-75, some 53 Bowman Color extras, and finally what I have left over from my Topps and Bowman Heritage collections.
Each year finds me missing a few commons in the low and high numbers, but I've been reluctant to pull the trigger. For example, the 68 Agee (#465), and 69 McGraw (#601) are priced fairly high. I know both were members of the 69 Miracle Mets, but to purchase either of these from eBay, plus the shipping, means that I'll have to be patient and hopefully find one locally or through trade- hint, hint!
(I broke my resolve the other day and won 68 Topps #528 (Tigers team) by placing a high bid that I thought no one else would come close to matching- I was wrong.)
If anyone is interested in trading, I can send you my want lists of the needed star cards along with my lots which are listed numerically by year. They include semi and high numbers along with lower-tiered stars.
Thank you and happy collecting!
Phil aka Tere1071
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