I heard him, but I just didn't listen

Fellow Blue Jays collector Richard from the Toronto Blue Jays Collection blog wrote not too long ago about purging some of his collection, especially to other Blue Jays collectors.

I'm guessing that I was one of the ones he had in mind, because I received a great envelope of Blue Jays cards that had me writing the word "COMPLETE" on the Jays want list a few times.

Case in point:

1985 Fleer (Upshaw in the lower right) and Fleer Update (the rest) are no longer needed.

One card want lists also went by the wayside as well.  1994 Bowman, '91 Fleer Update and '81 Fleer were also victims of this random act of generosity.

You say you want to see a bigger checklist go down?  Sure thing, how about '93 Fleer?

I didn't bother scanning the 19th card, which was a Jack Morris league leaders card.   That '93 Fleer list, is no more.

Richard didn't finish '92 Bowman, but he did send me a bakers dozen from that set, including some forgotten names like Howard Battle, Jose Pett and Aaron Small. 

12 cards were also removed from the '91 Bowman list, including some high fashion shots featuring Doug Linton, Nigel Wilson, Howard Battle and Felipe Crespo.  At least the Crespo picture had something baseball related, instead of Wilson's shot of him holding up a stone arch. 

Finally, Richard sent me the entire 1988 Fire Safety cards, 36 in all:

These are approximately 4" x 6", and feature some good photography.  What I like about them is that they were all photographed at Exhibition Stadium, featuring the Jays in their home whites.  The backs all have fire safety tips, as well as the player's bio. 

These were all great, and quite unexpected.   Thank you very much Richard, the envelope is greatly appreciated!  (I'll keep my eye out for Joe Carter cards for you)

thanks for reading, Robert

Getting the want list up has been well worth it

The Blue Jays want list was a lot of work.  But in the fortnight since I've had it active on the blog, it's presence has paid dividends.  I've already found a couple of sets that I failed to put on originally, and I'm sure that I'll find more as time goes on.

Another good thing has been the great cards that have come in to the house.   I received a great package this past Monday from Jeff at One Man's Junk (Wax), full of Blue Jays from many different sets. 

 I decided to divide the scans into those featuring Fleer...

Tom Henke was lethal when he dropped down to sidearm like pictured above.  Right handed batters suddenly were weak in the knees when the 6'5" giant came from the side.  

Yes folks, that's 5 different years of Fleer cards featured there, including the Yellow Monster that is the 1991 set.  I only need card #171 to finish the 1991 Jays team set (Pat Borders).

I also have a couple of scans of Bowman/OPC/Topps to show off:

All of a sudden I've started receiving the bigger '89 Bowman cards from other bloggers.  I'm now down to 2 cards to complete the '92 Stadium Club team set (372 Bob MacDonald and 555 Derek Bell). 

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the want list is decreasingly rapidly now that I have it up.   Maybe I should keep working and get more lists posted.   Who knows what might come my way?

Thank you for the cards Jeff!!  Great envelope, very much appreciated.

Thanks for reading, Robert