August Pickups

[the 'stache]

I've been looking for this for a while. For some reason, Bob Gibson's 1975 Topps card is hard to find centered with sharp corners. Happily, I was able to add one to my collection. It is ever so slightly off centered left to right. About 47/53 at center. But this should still be at least an 8 if I send it in to PSA.

[the 'stache]

By the way, nice cards, guys.

jb, it looks like you're doing the same thing I'm working on with Robin Yount.



Are you doing only the Topps cards? Or are you going for his base master set, with the Donruss, Fleer and Upper Deck, too?

I'm planning on doing them all eventually, but the Topps will be first. I'm going to do the same with Clemente, just his base cards. That will take a while longer, though.

[jb67]

Bill,
I am doing the Bench basic set (which includes Fleer and Donruss) and will then probably move to the Topps set. No interest in the Master set for me even though I may pick up a few of the items. Nice looking Yount set you have going. Are you going for the master set of Yount?

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by 39special

Nice Gibson Bill!

Thank you, Steve. I was very happy to get that one.

Originally Posted by jb67

Bill,
I am doing the Bench basic set (which includes Fleer and Donruss) and will then probably move to the Topps set. No interest in the Master set for me even though I may pick up a few of the items. Nice looking Yount set you have going. Are you going for the master set of Yount?

Jb, I'm not sure yet, as that would include All Star cards, team checklists, highlights, etc. I think I'll do the basic sets, That's 20 Topps cards, of which I now have 5 graded in a PSA 9 (I added his 1976 Topps second year last night).

My goal is to get the basic Topps set for Yount and Clemente both done. I'm making progress, slowly but surely.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

My goal is to get the basic Topps set for Yount and Clemente both done. I'm making progress, slowly but surely.

Good luck on the journey and beautiful cards! I have been working on my player set for 7 or 8 years now, so I can understand the slowly but surely thing.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Good luck on the journey and beautiful cards! I have been working on my player set for 7 or 8 years now, so I can understand the slowly but surely thing.

Chris,

Slowly but surely is fun, but I've been going at a crawl for a while, and I'm about to start hitting it. I've been working hard on build my savings back up for the last 4 months or so. I am almost at my target benchmark, then I'll just keep adding to it a little more each month.

I just added a PSA 9 '76 Yount beauty last night (perfectly centered), so I've got '76, '78, '79, '80 and '81. The later ones will be pretty easy. The '77 is tough to get as a 9. I'm looking at about $300 for that one, and probably a little more than that for the '75 mini. The standard '75 in an 8.5 will probably be about $500.

Clemente I've got two really nice ones, his '73 and '71. So I'm going to start working on him.

[jb67]

My most recent Bench pickup! Was not planning on getting this one so soon because it is not part of the Bench basic set but I justified it since I will be working on the Bench Topps set after I complete the basic. Never hard to find a good reason to purchase a card of your favorite player.

[the 'stache]

Here's the '76 Yount, just came in today. This thing is beautiful, and I love the new PSA cases.

[39special]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

I've been looking for this for a while. For some reason, Bob Gibson's 1975 Topps card is hard to find centered with sharp corners. Happily, I was able to add one to my collection. It is ever so slightly off centered left to right. About 47/53 at center. But this should still be at least an 8 if I send it in to PSA.

Nice Gibson Bill!