249 left, and none left

July has been brutal, and that's saying something for south Florida.  I spent the first week of the month in South Carolina at my sister in law's, but couldn't escape the heat.  Several days I left work at 3:45 in the afternoon only to be greeted to 100 degree heat when I opened my car door.

I do know that there are many of you that are suffering worse heat than I am, and I certainly pity you.  But when I can say that I've been spoiled by the summer's I've had here in Florida for the 8 years I've been here, 2023 has been brutal so far in comparison.

I don't think August will be much better, but at least today I've got the gumption (yes I used that word) to sit down and write a post.

In July I've completed 8 trades, not bad considering how hot it is and I'm sure a lot of collectors would rather be doing other things beside roasting at their computers.  One trade I finished recently was a 2 for 1 deal.  One of the 2 cards actually helped me finish a set!

I've had the Fernando Tatis Jr. card as the only one on my want list for the 2020 A&G set for a while now.  I thought that eventually this would be part of a purchase somewhere down the road.  Luckily I received it in as part of an offer, and I quickly made the trade to finish off the 10th A&G set in my collection.  I have 3 or 4 Allen and Ginter sets that are reasonably close to being finished, and I'm hoping to knock those want lists down with a couple more trades in August.

The Thurman Munson 1972 Topps In action card was part of a purchase.  This one seller on ebay had a deal where if you buy $50 worth of cards, you got a 20% discount.  Can't complain about that!  With the discount, this turned out to be free (at least in my eyes) so this is a nice add to the '72 set.  

Just 249 more cards to go for this set!!  I have another set that's 4 cards closer.  Tomorrow's post will show those off.

Robert