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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Originally Posted by brewing

Nice to see the approvals. Was thinking I might get shamed.

After finishing the 67 set and those high numbers (made me dislike the set), well a man has to know his limitations.

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger on this. There are a lot of us budget-conscious collectors out there. I am probably in the same boat on the '51 Bowman set (Mays and Mantle), but I really love the set's look. I will concentrate on the 50s sets that I can finish first (which is pretty much everything except for '51B and '52T), but after I have managed to complete all of those others, I might circle back and do what I can on '51B and '52T. I happen to like them both.

[commishbob]

On Saturday I hit up the first card show we've had in Houston since early in the year. Only went to one table but came away with 130 or so commons (and a few minor stars) for my 1967 build. Puts me at 485 of 609, 79.6%.

[jayshum]

I picked up the last 2 cards I needed to finish my 1961 Wrigley Exhibit Postcard back set. I had to buy a complete set to do it, though, so the rest of the set is posted for sale in the 1960-1979 Baseball B/S/T forum. If you are interested, take a look at the listing and email me with what you need.

Jay

[JollyElm]

With this 1971 Topps Greatest Moments Tim McCarver card, I am now just a tad bit past the '1/5 of the way' point of completion (13/55). It's a long and winding road for sure, but I'm happy to add him...

1971toppsgreatestmomentsmccarver.jpg

Grade aside, it's actually in really nice shape. The top left corner has a ding (that is much more evident when looking closely at the back) which surely lowered it to a 5.

[jiw98]

My son and I made it to a show this past weekend. I found a nice Eddie Matthews and some high numbers for my 61 Topps set. Getting closer!

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by commishbob

On Saturday I hit up the first card show we've had in Houston since early in the year. Only went to one table but came away with 130 or so commons (and a few minor stars) for my 1967 build. Puts me at 485 of 609, 79.6%.

What kind of prices and value do you get at shows for stuff like that nowadays (compared to online)?

I still haven't been to a show since the end of the junk wax era at college....