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[55koufax]

Recently completed baseball:

1934-36 Diamond Stars Basic #8 6.60 6.60 100.00%
1964 Topps Giants #24 8.54 8.54 100.00%
1970 Topps - Basic #8 8.56 8.56 100.00%

Close to complete Hoops:
1976-77 Topps #11 8.93 8.85 98.61%

Close to complete FB:
1959 Topps #14 8.26 8.13 98.30%
1979 Topps #5 9.73 7.91 81.44%
1986 Topps #3 9.66 9.64 99.75%

Most proud of that Dia Star set - it is so cool!

Assistance appreciated on incompletes..

[bnorth]

Been working on a low end ungraded 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set for some time. Thanks to a great mail day I am down to 2 left. Need 45 and 65 to finish.

[quitcrab]

My first post on the set builders thread. I am currently working on 66,67,68,69,64 stand ups and 69 Supers.

I have all the 69 Supers just need to upgrade a handful of cards mostly commons. Want them in PSA 8 or higher

For the 64 stand ups I am trying to finish a third set ... need some stars and a couple SPs Looking for vg ex

The 66 set is about 85 per event done.

The 67 set is getting there too. 80 percent done. Need high numbers and stars
I am really looking for nice cards for 67!

For 68 I need a spectacular Bench, Ryan and Lolich to put together a NrMt raw set !! It’s Beautiful

For 69 I need a ex Jackson to finish and to upgrade my vg Ryan to Ex
Thanks Scott

[BillP]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

Recently completed baseball:

1934-36 Diamond Stars Basic #8 6.60 6.60 100.00%
1964 Topps Giants #24 8.54 8.54 100.00%
1970 Topps - Basic #8 8.56 8.56 100.00%

Close to complete Hoops:
1976-77 Topps #11 8.93 8.85 98.61%

Close to complete FB:
1959 Topps #14 8.26 8.13 98.30%
1979 Topps #5 9.73 7.91 81.44%
1986 Topps #3 9.66 9.64 99.75%

Most proud of that Dia Star set - it is so cool!

Assistance appreciated on incompletes..

I know it's a bb forum, but ill chime in that i need 1 1964 topps hockey psa graded card #14 henry. Never seems to be offered (dean's has one but i'm not paying $99 for a psa4 o/c). On the baseball front I put together a psa graded set of 66 highs and the most troublesome card was Earl Wilson #575 a common. Took me over 6 months to find it.

[Tere1071]

In December of last year, I purchased two 1953 Bowman commons in fair condition for 50 cents each. It was a nostalgia purchase, I had a handful as a much younger collector in the 1970s. My first one was Al Corwin in the pitching pose and later I bought the Mantle, Berra, Hodges, Campanella, Wynn and Feller, the Mantle in vg condition with no creases cost me $20! I sold them in 1980 to go to a debate camp in Arizona.

As I write this, I am down to 19 cards left to complete the set. My cards are mostly in vg-ex condition with a few slightly better and a few "placeholders" until something else better comes along. Almost everything has come from eBay purchases. Something tells me I needed to have started a bit earlier as prices have shot up since the middle of March.

The bigger cards I need are the Berra, Reese, Martin and Feller. I also need the Rizzuto, Fox and Boudreau. I'm missing eight common high numbers and four non-star commons. I just picked up a PSA Mantle over the weekend, it should arrive tomorrow. I'll display a little of my acquisitions and if anyone who reads this has any 53 Bowman color singles to sell, please contact me.

[jayshum]

I recently got a 1949 Bowman Jackie Robinson light back variation so now I just need a Yogi Berra dark back to finish my 1949 Bowman master set. Set is mostly VG so I'm looking for a Berra in VG or so condition to finish it up.

[Spike]

Finished my low-grade 1961-62 Fleer set with this COMC Ted Williams as a birthday present to myself this month. I suspect it'll be awhile before COMC's shipping's back to normal, so letting it rest in inventory for now and will unite the Splinter with the rest of his set later this year.

[cesarcap]

Down to about 30 cards left on the 1964 set. Mostly cards above 400 left which more or less means highs and mid-highs. But when I finish this 64 set I'll be done w the Topps 60's base sets. Thank goodness there are no parallel sets, purple edition, 1 day editions etc....

[smellthegum]

Need just four more cards for my basic 1952 Topps 1-310 run after overpaying for #2 Runnels last night. But, hey, tired of waiting and one more off the list! Like my signature says, I now only need McCosky, Carrasquel, Brissie and Mays.

[Tere1071]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

In December of last year, I purchased two 1953 Bowman commons in fair condition for 50 cents each. It was a nostalgia purchase, I had a handful as a much younger collector in the 1970s. My first one was Al Corwin in the pitching pose and later I bought the Mantle, Berra, Hodges, Campanella, Wynn and Feller, the Mantle in vg condition with no creases cost me $20! I sold them in 1980 to go to a debate camp in Arizona.

As I write this, I am down to 19 cards left to complete the set. My cards are mostly in vg-ex condition with a few slightly better and a few "placeholders" until something else better comes along. Almost everything has come from eBay purchases. Something tells me I needed to have started a bit earlier as prices have shot up since the middle of March.

The bigger cards I need are the Berra, Reese, Martin and Feller. I also need the Rizzuto, Fox and Boudreau. I'm missing eight common high numbers and four non-star commons. I just picked up a PSA Mantle over the weekend, it should arrive tomorrow. I'll display a little of my acquisitions and if anyone who reads this has any 53 Bowman color singles to sell, please contact me.

I finished the set yesterday, all eBay purchases. I should have the rest of the cards by early next week. I still have upgrading to do on about 30 or so cards.

[carlsonjok]

I'm mainly a set builder and have finished the Topps sets from 1956 and 1971 through 1979. I'm currently working on (with various levels of seriousness) 1955, 1960, 1965, 1968, and 1970 but am only close to completion on the last two.

I am only 3 away from completion on 1970, but haven't been to a show in a while to try and knock them off. In the past, I had bought a lot through Greg Morris on eBay, but his sale prices have gotten way too rich for my blood. As an (extreme) example, I need card 550 (Frank Howard.) Beckett puts it's book value at $6. Based on my personal bidding rules of thumb, I'd bid up to $2.50 for that card in EX+ or better condition. I might go as high as $3 given that it is one of the last few I need. I was watching an GM auction for this card earlier this week. It ended up selling for $48.89. The card was NM/MT, but it wasn't perfectly centered. It just makes no sense to me.

I'm only 6 cards away from finishing 1968, but one of them is the Nolan Ryan rookie card which has also gotten pretty pricey. I may consider that set complete when I have everything but that card and just wait for this bubble to burst before I go after that one.

[jayshum]

I finally found a 1949 Bowman Berra dark back to complete my 1949 Bowman master set. Also, I am waiting to receive the last few cards in the mail to finish my 1956 Topps master set.