A couple that are a bit dirty, and a couple that aren't so dirty

Haven't touched the 1959 Topps set very much during the month of July.  But last week I decided to get back on the bandwagon and start knocking out a few more off the want list.

I mentioned it on the post yesterday, had a coupon for 20% off if I purchased $50 or more, so this evening's post is the bulk of the purchase that complemented the Thurman Munson.

Between the Bobby Richardson and the Sparky Anderson, I spent about $17.  For the condition that they came with, I was OK with that.  I've been seeing the Anderson RC'S about $30 and up, so I saved a bit of money here.

$32 for the Cepeda and Snider combined.  Very happy with that.  Not the perfect centering most would like, but I really like the condition that these are in.  A couple of bigger names off the want list for sure.  

34 cards to go.  I've already identified a few cards that are still on the list that can be picked up for a few bucks here and there.  

I've also started discussing with the Mrs. about the big names such as Mantle and Gibson.  She actually had prices in her mind that are higher than what's on ebay.  This '59 train may have a bigger light at the end of the tunnel than I thought.   Fingers crossed!!

Robert

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

TCDB trade #622, 2 of this, 2 of that, and a guy formerly known as Mike

Man that was easy.  Trade offered by Chris (CH34) on the Wednesday, I replied the same day and within 8 days we both had our new cards in hand.  Some Heritage went Chris' way, and I received 5 cards that helped with some collections.

The Jim Thome collection is now up to 669 cards:

I've been getting a lot of his cards lately in trades; I remember not long ago my Thome collection just passed 600 cards.  Now I'm hoping to hit the 700 card mark later this year.  I've been getting them 2 and 3 at a time in trades, so I think 700 is very possible.

The Ichiro Suzuki collection is now up to a nice 333 card total:

No goals are in place for Ichiro, but I'm enjoying the growth of his collection over time.  I'll never go after his big ticket items, the base cards along with the cheaper parallels and inserts are good enough for me.  

My 2013 Allen & Ginter set build increased by one in this trade also:

Stanton is #303 out of the 350 card set that I have in hand.  47 to go, almost half of them are the Short Prints.  All but one of them are baseball players, the soccer legend Pele is the only one that stands out from the others.  Interesting the two versions of the Pele card, one has no description at all on the back, The prices I've found for them on eBay are around the $15 mark, not bad.  

Thank you for the trade Chris, the cards are appreciated!!

Robert

Hanger Box Delight

Every once in a while, I will buy a retail pack or 2 off the shelves, just to give me something to open.  Nothing serious, just something to rip and put up for trade on the TCDB website.  

Today, I decided to grab a hanger box of 2023 Heritage.  I've seen a few here and there on the blogs and I've liked what I've seen.  Why not?

Having finished the '74 set a couple of years ago (maybe more), I liked looking at these, and being able to put the cards on the scanner bed without having to adjust them to fit the various cuts and such that the set featured over the years.

I kind of like some of the action shots that I see, Hunter Dozier comes to sight right away with the umpire in the background awaiting the throw that's inevitably coming towards first base.  Adam Cimber's pitching motion provides a great option for the horizontal view, seeing the ball leave his hand and it still being in the shot looks really good to me.

The mix of pitching and action shots blend well with the still photos.  Posed shots like Oscar Gonzalez take me back to the 70's, and interesting poses like the Kyle Schwarber card are a nice change as well.  

I only received one insert in the box, the New Age Performers of Nolan Gorman from the Angels.  I thought it was interesting that the insert card has an RC logo on it.  I thought RC's were base cards only?  I guess things have changed and I just haven't been paying attention

Now those who have bought hanger boxes know that there are 35 cards inside, packaged much like a small deck of playing cards.  You've seen 34 cards so far, so here comes the Hanger Box Delight.  It delighted me so much that I immediately showed the missus, my best pull out of a pack in a long time.

Steve Carlton Red Ink auto, #54/74!!!  That is truly a holy shit moment for me.  An on card auto as well.  I'm certainly not going to run out and buy more modern product, but it was nice to get a little bit of luck out of a $12 box.   

Robert

Bookkeeping errors. Again

First off, just want to congratulate the Night Owl on 5300 posts.  Incredible number!  I'm on #2144 here, just a little bit behind.

So last night, instead of writing, I took to putting away the recently acquired '59 Topps cards that I've blogged about.  While doing that, I did something that was long overdue.  I checked the binder and compared it against my current want list.

Wouldn't you know it, another bookkeeping mistake.  Turns out I was missing two common cards, 324 & 325.  How I missed those 2 I will never know.  But they are on the want list now and after today's post I'll need just 38 cards to finish up the set.  

So, while searching for the latest '59 card to bring the set closer to completion, I had to find a couple of other cards from the same seller (as always) to try and help some other sets along.

A '71 Fergie Jenkins was a good start.  Just under $5, typical well loved '71 card, but I figured why not as it was the 3rd of 3 cards to go in the cart.

Also picked up the '69 All Star card of Carl Yastrzemski for $9.  I've been trying here and there to knock off the All Star cards from the '69 set, so this was a nice find.   One hundred and fifty four more to go to finish up '69.  Maybe next year...

Now we get to the '59 I acquired, Gil Hodges of the Dodgers.  $18 it cost me, not bad.  This would have got me down to 36 cards for the set if I had learned to count properly.

I searched last night for a few other cards I need, and found them more reasonable than I thought.  I have a feeling that I should be able to get to around 10 cards to go before I really start feeling the pain.  

That's what I signed up for years ago.   

Robert