318 days into calendar 2020 (seems like more, doesn't it?), I've finally broken through and finished all 10 sets that I set out at the beginning of the year to complete.
The final 8 cards of the 1974 Topps set arrived yesterday in mail from Sportlots. To give credit where its due after all my USPS adventures this year, my box arrived a day early yesterday.
It's funny as you'd think I'd end up with a bunch of star cards to finish off the set, similar to many other collectors. I actually started putting together this Sportlots box order back at the end of September, so there were a couple of other cards of a higher profile that arrived in the 6 weeks between the start of the order and now.
The Bob Robertson card is actually an upgrade, as the one I received in a trade on TCDB was quite the disappointment (off center and creased).
Willie Crawford's card reminds me of the Steve Garvey psychedelic card I showed a few weeks ago, albeit to a lesser extent. Not quite the haze of Garvey's card, but its a little similar.
Looking at Roy Fosse's card reminds me of how antiquated the catcher's mask and helmet combos of the 70's are now. I remember the catchers using the turned around batters helmet under the mask back then. Seeing Fosse with the helmet without the bill reminded me how unique that look was.
I'm very glad that this set is done and I'm going to be posting right away on the Next 10 sets that I posted back in the middle of September. The Sportlots order actually finished off 2 of the 10 and nearly knocked off a third, so we're off to a great start on getting more sets complete.
Enjoy the hobby!
Robert
Awesome, congrats and well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dennis. Love this set, probably should have had it completed a while ago...
DeleteWoo-hoo! Congrats on completing this great set! Some fine examples here - Zisk, Sizemore, and Strom in particular. I've received a few duds in TCDB trades myself, probably a dozen or so damaged cards had to be re-acquired through trade or purchase.
ReplyDeleteI will say I've been lucky for the most part with TCDB trades. The Robertson was probably the worst card I've received in a trade, creased and badly miscut. Couldn't see myself sending it to someone else for sure
DeleteCongrats. The first set I ever saw and also the set I completed right before I started blogging.
ReplyDeleteThank you Greg. Just 68 through 72 left now for the first 18 years of my life set run. That should be done by the time I'm 70 :)
DeleteVery nice! I’ve always really liked the 74 set.
ReplyDeleteThank you Daniel. I think the '74 set may be underrated, probably because of just a handful of notable RC's in it
DeleteWow. 10 sets? That's awesome! I remember the backwards helmet for catcher's too. Not even sure I remember seeing bill-less helmet that Fosse has before.
ReplyDeleteNot many catchers used "the dome" like Hassey did, but I do remember seeing it on some others, memory fails me as to who they were though.
DeleteCongrats on completing your goal! And kudos on starting on your next 10 and not resting on your laurels!
ReplyDeleteWhat completing these next 10 has done for me is gotten the cards out of 2 row shoe boxes and into their own boxes. I've freed up 2 2 row boxes for future endeavors...
DeleteCongrats on complete 10 sets! That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteThank you Matt!
DeleteCongratulations on the completed set(s), Robert!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jon!
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