Set Collectors - Report in your progress!

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

I just won an auction for the last card I needed to complete my 1955 Topps baseball set (196 - Gale Wade) and I am curious what other folks do with regard to the 4 missing cards. There are three options, as I see it:

1. Leave the sheet slot that corresponds to these cards empty
2. Collapse the higher number cards down so there are no empty slots
3. Fill in the empty slots with the "Cards that Never Were" that were apparently a giveaway at the 2005 National.

I'm leaning towards #3, but I was wondering what others have done.

In my sets that are in a binder, I leave blank slots for cards I have but for various reasons are not kept in the binder.

For non issued numbers, I note the card number was not issued on heavy paper about the size of a card.

Here is an example that was included in my 1961 set:

img20230615_17371679 (2).jpg

Mike

[jingram058]

My 1962 Topps set is done. That comment will probably ruin this long running thread, as so many of my posts have apparently done to other threads, but I hope it doesn't.

[deweyinthehall]

Originally Posted by mikemb

In my sets that are in a binder, I leave blank slots for cards I have but for various reasons are not kept in the binder.

For non issued numbers, I note the card number was not issued on heavy paper about the size of a card.

Here is an example that was included in my 1961 set:

Attachment 575701

Mike

I haven't made it back that far yet to think about this - but I will probably do something like this when I do.

I have collected Topps sets from the late 90s during the period when card 7 was "retired" after Mickey Mantle's death. In my albums I've inserted a piece of paper simply stating - Monument to a Dumb Idea. With all respect to Mick and his importance to the game and the hobby, I still think it was ridiculous for them to do this.