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[egri]

Originally Posted by commishbob

Last Friday, after my weekly fishing for Geiger expedition on eBay I decided to widen my net a bit and just googled the card and clicked the Google shopping tab on the results. Geiger popped up ON AMAZON for about $8 plus shipping. I couldn't hit 'buy' fast enough. In all the years I've been buying cards online I've never considered Amazon as a place to check. I'm still not 100% sure the deal is real but Amazon says my order shipped Saturday. We'll see what happens.

I've had surprisingly good luck with Amazon. It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while I'll find a card I need for cheap on there.

Now, if only I had bought AMZN when my professor recommended it at $400...

[53toppscollector]

Progress report for me. I've spent the last 6 months selling a bunch of stuff that I had no intention of keeping and really thinning out my collection, and now I am finally getting back into building sets and building my collection.

Current projects:

1953 Topps (raw set): 9/274 - I did pick up a really nice EXish Bolling, so I've already knocked off one of the 10 toughest cards in the set
1960 Topps (raw set): 45/573 - I'm building this in mid+ grade. Right now, every card is EXMINT or better and that is my goal. Piecing it together one by one using greg morris cards.
T206 Portraits Master Set: 39/1650 - Have a long long way to go here, lol

Non-Sports/Misc:

T29 Animals: 37/80 on the basic set, 37/160 on the master
T30 Arctic Scenes: 25/25 on the basic set, 26/50 on the master
T42 Birds (White Borders): 37/50 on the basic set, 37/550?? on the master
T42 Birds (Gold Borders): 49/50 on the basic set, 49/550?? on the master
T48 Butterflies: 37/50
T77 Lighthouses: 27/50 on the basic set, 34/100 on the master set
T118 Explorers: 3/25 on the basic set, 3/50 on the master set
1929 Churchman: 10/25

[John1941]

My projects:
1959 Topps 157/572
1963 Topps 63/576

I started working on both sets last year. I'm aiming for a VG-EX set for both years.

For my Dad:

1970 Topps 692/720
1971 Topps 615/752
1972 Topps 783/787
1973 Topps 352/660

These are the sets that my dad collected as a kid, so I'm trying to turn his duplicates into cards for these sets.

[UKCardGuy]

55T is now complete. Just had the last 3 cards that I needed for my 55T set arrive.

[bobsbbcards]

Congratulations, Gary!!!

Oh my! I posted my comment, and everybody else's posts disappeared.

[KCRfan1]

I just completed the 1973 baseball set. It took the better part of 6 years or so.

I bought the HoF's first with Schmidt being the first card I bought. $75 bucks for a sharp 5.5.

The last card I needed was #590 Deron Johnson.

Tough card to find centered, however I found one.

Most of my set is un-graded except for the HoF's.

The set is fairly well centered, but again, the cards are difficult in centered condition.

Iconic rookie card in Schmidt with the last cards of Mays and Clemente. The set is loaded with HoF's.

This was the first set I seriously collected as a kid. I loved those cards and while they are long gone, the past 6 years gave me an opportunity to be a kid again.

This set of cards will be with me for the rest of my life. They're my time machine.

[UKCardGuy]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

I just completed the 1973 baseball set. It took the better part of 6 years or so.

I bought the HoF's first with Schmidt being the first card I bought. $75 bucks for a sharp 5.5.

The last card I needed was #590 Deron Johnson.

Tough card to find centered, however I found one.

Most of my set is un-graded except for the HoF's.

The set is fairly well centered, but again, the cards are difficult in centered condition.

Iconic rookie card in Schmidt with the last cards of Mays and Clemente. The set is loaded with HoF's.

This was the first set I seriously collected as a kid. I loved those cards and while they are long gone, the past 6 years gave me an opportunity to be a kid again.

This set of cards will be with me for the rest of my life. They're my time machine.

Congrats! It's a great set. I'm working on it too (537 / 684). To me, centering can be an issue but it's the black border on the back of the cards that makes higher grades so tough. Well done.

[Chicosbailbonds]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

I just completed the 1973 baseball set. It took the better part of 6 years or so.

I bought the HoF's first with Schmidt being the first card I bought. $75 bucks for a sharp 5.5.

The last card I needed was #590 Deron Johnson.

Tough card to find centered, however I found one.

Most of my set is un-graded except for the HoF's.

The set is fairly well centered, but again, the cards are difficult in centered condition.

Iconic rookie card in Schmidt with the last cards of Mays and Clemente. The set is loaded with HoF's.

This was the first set I seriously collected as a kid. I loved those cards and while they are long gone, the past 6 years gave me an opportunity to be a kid again.

This set of cards will be with me for the rest of my life. They're my time machine.

If interested, the Topps Heritage set next year is the 1973 design.

[bobsbbcards]

1909-11 T206 (minus big five) - 477/520 (91.7%)
1941 Play Ball - 20/72 (27.8%)
1951 Topps through 1968 Topps - Complete
1969 Topps - 695/696 (99.9%)
1970 Topps through 1972 Topps - Complete
1973 Topps - 677/678 (99.9%)
1973 Topps Team Checklists - 22/24 (91.7%)
1974 Topps through 1978 Topps - Complete
1979 Topps - 724/727 (99.6%)
1980 Topps HOF - 46/49 (93.9%)
1981 Topps HOF - 57/59 (96.6%)
1982 Topps HOF - 39/86 (45.3%)

An All-Star's Cardboard Memories - 315/318 (99.1%)

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

1909-11 T206 (minus big five) - 477/520 (91.7%)
1941 Play Ball - 20/72 (27.8%)
1951 Topps through 1968 Topps - Complete
1969 Topps - 695/696 (99.9%)
1970 Topps through 1972 Topps - Complete
1973 Topps - 677/678 (99.9%)
1973 Topps Team Checklists - 22/24 (91.7%)
1974 Topps through 1978 Topps - Complete
1979 Topps - 724/727 (99.6%)
1980 Topps HOF - 46/49 (93.9%)
1981 Topps HOF - 57/59 (96.6%)
1982 Topps HOF - 39/86 (45.3%)

An All-Star's Cardboard Memories - 315/318 (99.1%)

Super impressive Bob...what percentish are graded? In awe of your posts on the 1953 Thread...



Finished a set today...1970 Topps. My birth year so a special year for me. My goal is to re-do the 60's sets and had no plan on doing a 1970. Got a great deal here on net54 about a year ago on a nice 70 lot, then got lucky at a local find with some really tight cards. Since then, just chipping away with no real focus and before I knew it was like 20 away. It was also a great way to upgrade my original set, it's now exmt+. Super cool to have 2 sets, and I'd call the new set VG/EX+ to EX with some EXMT. A few need upgrading from the inital lot, and that's the fun to fine tune...

Last card...#640 Al Kaline. A little OC, but sharp. First time I completed the set it was Johnny Bench, I got him early this time...

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Super impressive Bob...what percentish are graded?

Oops. I should have specified that those are my graded sets.

[jiw98]

Finished a set today...1970 Topps. My birth year so a special year for me. My goal is to re-do the 60's sets and had no plan on doing a 1970. Got a great deal here on net54 about a year ago on a nice 70 lot, then got lucky at a local find with some really tight cards. Since then, just chipping away with no real focus and before I knew it was like 20 away. It was also a great way to upgrade my original set, it's now exmt+. Super cool to have 2 sets, and I'd call the new set VG/EX+ to EX with some EXMT. A few need upgrading from the inital lot, and that's the fun to fine tune...

Last card...#640 Al Kaline. A little OC, but sharp. First time I completed the set it was Johnny Bench, I got him early this time...


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Nice set John. Good looking Kaline, I have a few of those setting on my desk. Kaline was one of my favorite players when I a youngster.