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helionauthelionaut Posts: 1,555 ✭✭
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I've been making great progress lately filling in the final holes in my 1975 set the last few weeks after about 3 months of stagnation. I had hoped to complete this set by March 1, which was my 3-year-anniversary of building this set, but it wasn't to be. When my most recent purchases arrive, I'll be at over 95% completion. For some time I've been wondering what the 660th card I add to my set will be. I've only found about 3 raw cards to submit myself over the years, and I rely on ebay and friendly board members, so I never know what I'll find when. So far the Tanana has been the most difficult, both in terms of findability and the price garnered by it. This is one of those cards that gets snapped up by set-builders for some outlandish prices, even as the population of 8s increases. But somehow I think I'll snag one sooner than later. I was thinking about making #660 the last card deliberately, because #1 was the first card I got, and the symmetry appeals to me. But I found one for a great price a couple months ago. I think the Brett RC might be the last one because I blanche at the idea of spending $135+ on one as nice as I'd like, but I don't want to put an off-center, fuzzy, or rough example in as the keystone of my set. Or even worse, the Rice rookie. Prices for this card have been at $40-50 for some time now, the same as Carter's RC and he's in the Hall. I guess Red Sox fans and HOF speculators won't let this one soften. And then there's #475 Darrell Evans. I can't remember the last time I saw one auctioned, but they are also few and far between even though the population is not real low.

The point of all this is that I was just wondering about the stories behind the last card added to completed sets, especially the 500+ card mainstream Topps sets. Did you make a conscious choice as to what would be the last card? Luck of the draw? Other unforeseen circumstances?
WANTED:
2005 Origins Old Judge Brown #/20 and Black 1/1s, 2000 Ultimate Victory Gold #/25
2004 UD Legends Bake McBride autos & parallels, and 1974 Topps #601 PSA 9
Rare Grady Sizemore parallels, printing plates, autographs

Nothing on ebay

Comments

  • CreeperKatCreeperKat Posts: 393 ✭✭
    Ah yes, the '75 Tanana card. I remember that card being a pain for my 1975 Angels Team set. For me, the last card is never a conscious decision. Most of the time it is a low pop card that is just hard to get.
    Looking for Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels in PSA 8 or better
  • imafishinnutimafishinnut Posts: 251 ✭
    I just reached the last card in out of the 752 card 1971 Topps set (My set actually shows that I need three, but I am waiting to receive two of them that I just won in the last week). My last card will be #382 Jake Gibbs. For me, it is just luck of the draw. As CreeperKat indicated, it is a low population card; however, I have picked up a bunch of cards with lower pops. I wonder how long it will take me to find one. In the 3 1/2 I have been building the set, I only remember 2 coming up for Ebay. One was a PSA 7 about a year ago in which I missed the end of the auction and was outbid on.image The second one was a PSA 8 about a month ago and it went for over 5 times SMR to a Yankee team set collector. I put in a bid for about 4 times SMR and wasn't even the second highest bidder. LOL. The worst part is the second highest bidder is down to 5 cards for his 1971 set and is anxious to complete his set too. There will probably be a bidding war between me and him for the next one that shows up image

    Mike
  • IJustLoveCardsIJustLoveCards Posts: 1,345
    It usually just is luck of the draw...

    For my psa sets the last cards were...

    1975- Don Hahn
    1959- Wayne Terwilliger
    1955- Hal Smith


    I always began with the tough (low pops) ones first..the stars are plentiful..if it were me I would get the commons first..leave the stars for last..it just never seemed to work out that way. I would get down to the last ten or so, then it was usually one common and the rest stars so I would begin eliminating the stars while I await that one last common to appear.

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  • GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,076 ✭✭✭
    A few assorted "last cards"-

    '54 Red Heart- Snider, notoriously O/C
    '63 Fleer Barber and O'Dell- the first and last cards of the set. Dalrymple was a close 3rd
    '48 Leaf- Doby. 6 months longer than the rest- of course I found an upgrade 8 days later.
    '70 Kellogg's- Cullen. Toughest card in the set
    '41 Play Ball - Hal Trosky. No idea why
    '67 Topps- Rocky Colavito. See Trosky above

    Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's

  • OnlypsahockeyOnlypsahockey Posts: 1,479 ✭✭
    I can't wait to have this situation arise with my sets!

    imageimage
    57 Topps (83%) 7.61
    61 Topps (100%) 7.96
    62 Parkhurst (100%) 8.70
    63 Topps (100%) 7.96
    63 York WB's (50%) 8.52
    68 Topps (39%) 8.54
    69 Topps (3%) 9.00
    69 OPC (83%) 8.21
    71 Topps (100%) 9.21 #1 A.T.F.
    72 Topps (100%) 9.39
    73 Topps (13%) 9.35
    74 OPC WHA (95%) 8.57
    75 Topps (50%) 9.23
    77 OPC WHA (86%) 8.62 #1 A.T.F.
    88 Topps (5%) 10.00
  • FabfrankFabfrank Posts: 2,312
    The worst part is the second highest bidder is down to 5 cards for his 1971 set and is anxious to complete his set too. There will probably be a bidding war between me and him for the next one that shows up

    If you give me a heads up, I'll let you drop out so there won't be a bidding warimage
    Baseball is my Pastime, Football is my Passion
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