Still on a one per week pace

I had mentioned earlier this year that if I had picked up one card a week toward my 1964 Topps set, I could be done by the end of 2016.  Well, I did a little shopping on eBay over the weekend, and for $17 shipped, these 4 cards arrived yesterday.

The Chuck Schilling and Diego Segui cards are both from the 6th series, and the Don Mincher is from the higher numbered (and more expensive) 7th series.  $11 for the three cards was quite cheap, especially considering the condition of the Diego Segui card which is easily EX to EX-MT. 

For me, this Willie Stargell card was one that I've tried many times to get in auctions on the cheap, but failed.   I finally found one that I thought was in decent enough shape for a pretty good price ($6).  I grew up watching Stargell play 1st base for the Pirates, but he spent a good portion of the first decade of his career patrolling the outfield for the Bucs.  He must have been slimmer in those days.

Just 34 left.  There's more than 34 weeks left in the year.  So you're saying there's a chance....

thanks for reading, Robert

Happy Accident

I spend some of my weekend mornings going through eBay looking over cards of my PCs that I can't have.  You know, wishing.

I came across on auction this past weekend for what I deemed to be a pretty sweet Joe Sakic card that was ending in a few hours.

It was at 99 cents when I bid, and I knew that if I saw this card at a show it would probably run $20-$30.  So, on a lark, I put an $8 bid on it.  This in my mind at least would help fetch a more reasonable price for the seller.  When I completed the bid, I was winning at $5.12 with about 8 hours to go.   I promptly forgot about it until I checked my email the next morning.

Winner winner, chicken dinner

Dual jersey patch card of Joe Sakic!  Emerald parallel #'d 20/25.  Just over $8 shipped and I have a great card for my collection.

This is definitely a happy accident.  

A few more of these wouldn't hurt...

thanks for reading, Robert

Will we see something unique and low priced in the future?

"One of the card companies should be able to do something better than Triple Play as a low priced option."--Matt

This was a comment on my post from last Tuesday by Matt of Bob Walk the Plank fame.  Matt commented about the Jose Bautista card that was sent to me that was part of the Panini Triple Play release from 2012.

Not that I look a gift card in the mouth (thank you again Tony), but thinking about this card and other low priced sets like Topps Opening Day made me wonder...

Are we ever going to see anything similar to Collectors Choice that Upper Deck released in the mid 90's?

Collectors Choice was a great low priced set that offered something different for collectors young and old.  If I remember, it was just 99 cents a pack and the sets were big and worth putting together.

Panini Triple Play?  A little too cartoonish in my opinion.  Topps Opening Day?  Using the same photos as the flagship and adding a little opening day design just doesn't cut it for me. 

I'm no designer by any stretch of the imagination.  There is no way that I'm going to provide an answer for the question posted in the title.  But I truly believe that there is someone out there that can design a set that isn't that doesn't mimic another set or turn players into something that I used to watch on Saturday mornings. 

The question is, is there anyone out there that would want one?  Besides me of course...

thanks for reading, Robert