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[vintagebaseball]

After 15 plus years I have completed my 51' Bowman set with picking up the last card I needed the Ford rookie and still one of my all time favorite sets.

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseball

After 15 plus years I have completed my 51' Bowman set with picking up the last card I needed the Ford rookie and still one of my all time favorite sets.

Congratulations!!

[DanP]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseball

After 15 plus years I have completed my 51' Bowman set with picking up the last card I needed the Ford rookie and still one of my all time favorite sets.

Congratulations! Awesome set and thanks for reminding me about the perfectly centered PSA 7 Ford RC I sold about 5 years ago. 🤬

[Harliduck]

Not planned at all, I actually got the last card needed for both my 57 and 58 Topps sets on the same day yesterday! Exciting to have those done and also winding down my 59 set...going for the all vintage modern size sets...lol.

Here is my last card for the 58 set...an iconic card with both Mick and Hank. Got beat out on many auctions over the last couple weeks. Missed out again yesterday and in my frustration I throw an offer out on a newly listed BIN OBO card moments after the auction. My offer was automatically accepted (had it not, I would have just bought at full boat, I was that frustrated, haha). I raced to this BIN as I know there were several bidders in the one I just lost and I also have seen the next closest BIN disappear immediately following tough actions like the one we had...





Never thought this would be my last 57 Topps card...I have completed it before and last time it was Sandy Koufax. Got him done early this time and had a couple of great breaks on the infamous "middle series". Second to last card was Whitey Herzog believe it or not. I got Brooks/Mickey/Frank pretty early in the process. After dealing with 600 card sets with high numbers from the 60s a 407 set went together pretty fast...last card, Bobby Richardson rookie. Believe it or not this PSA 7 (ST) was the best deal I as just went and bought a BIN to be done...and the stain in the back is very light wax...no biggie. I'll free this one and pantyhose that wax...nice clean card...





1957 is one of my favorite years...just classic cards and stoked to once again have it in my collection. My last 57 complete set I sold to pay for the daughter my wife and I adopted 8 years ago...money well spent... She is going to put the last card in the notebook for me when it arrives (and is freed). As for the 58s, lets just say that I know there are some cool individual cards...I'm just glad to have it done and all bindered up...haha...

[bobsbbcards]

Huge congratulations, John!! That’s fantastic to finish off two in one day!

[Chicosbailbonds]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseball

After 15 plus years I have completed my 51' Bowman set with picking up the last card I needed the Ford rookie and still one of my all time favorite sets.

Really like that set, great job. Do you have a wrapper? I always liked to get a wrapper to go with my sets.

The set I’m working on right now, about 60 cards from a signed 1984 Donruss set.

[Tere1071]

I finished my 71 Topps baseball set last week and this morning I purchased a group of 503 1970 Topps baseball in vg/ex condition to start another set.

[DanP]

Originally Posted by Tere1071

I finished my 71 Topps baseball set last week and this morning I purchased a group of 503 1970 Topps baseball in vg/ex condition to start another set.

Congratulations! Good luck on the 1970 set. I did both over the winter and had a lot of fun. The 1970 Topps set had the nicest backs in that decade.

Have fun!

[Tere1071]

Originally Posted by DanP

Congratulations! Good luck on the 1970 set. I did both over the winter and had a lot of fun. The 1970 Topps set had the nicest backs in that decade.

Have fun!

1970 was the first year that I collected in earnest, even though I didn't know most of the players (sports weren't a subject of interest at my home). I never finished the set and this is my first attempt to do so. Way back when Bench #660 was the "king of the hill" when it came to collecting. I am aghast at the price Ryan is now getting! This group I am getting is devoid of most of the stars and there are only 22 cards from 601-720, so I have my work cut out for me.

Here's a story- In 1974 our corner liquor store for a while had packs of 1970s high series for sale. Maybe the owner found them in the back, I don't know, but they were the high series at 10 cents a pack! Of course, we opened them, not knowing anything about scarcity, distribution, and frankly high numbers. No, we didn't try the gum.

Phil aka Tere1071
upgrading my 53 Bowman color and 71 Topps baseball sets
now working on a 70 set when the cards arrive.
Anyone reading this has stars in vg/ex to ex condition for trade or sale?

[cardsagain74]

This is cheating cause it's hoops, but it goes with my '50s baseball run (so it's ok since I mentioned baseball too)

Got a 196/198 partial to complete my '81-'82 basketball set. Now all I need is the rest of the '88 Fleer (other than Jordan base and Rodman) and a few '89 Fleer commons to complete an '80s basketball run.

Maybe after that's done, I'll do some work on the missing '60 to '85 baseball sets and singles. But that's a very long term project

[mikemb]

Just got the last card to complete my 1970 Kellogg's set.

Took me about 10 months. Got 74 cards in the first 4 months then took 6 months for the last 2.

Mike


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