Done! That only took 8 years.
helionaut
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Today I received the last 2 cards I needed for my 1998 Leaf Rookies & Stars set. I had put together most of it back in the day, starting with a full hobby box I bought for $100, which was the most I had ever spent on a box I think, and which yielded none of the key RCs and a nice Larry Walker Longevity. I picked up the Drew in February, 1999 by trading a Bowman Chrome Interstate parallel Randy Moss, some other cards, and I think $30, back when that was a $175-200 card, and the Moss was I think $75 or so. In fact, I got all the big rookies of the time then, except Troy Glaus. After paying $30 for Magglio Ordonez, $20 for Gabe Kapler, $20 for Ruben Mateo, etc., I decided I'd wait for the Glaus to drop back to the $10 range from it's then $30. I had seen him play in a couple games that summer and didn't think he'd live up to the hype. Of course, he's the one guy from the set who really took off from a relatively low point, and I sure wasn't going to pay $200 or so after I skipped it at $30. But, sure enough, prices have softened in the interval, and I picked up his sp'd rookie for a little over $50 a few weeks ago. The other 3 SPs I needed were fairly easy to track down after that, even though they had been tough to find when I had looked before. Bada bing, a complete set. So far this year I've knocked out both my main vintage albatross, the 1975 PSA 8+ set, and this modern one. I think I had set them as 2 of my hobby goals last year, so that's good. I do so love the feeling of starting a new project yet so rarely get around to finishing one. Next year, 1941 Play Ball, 2001 Topps Heritage Chromes and 1994 SP Red Holoviews.
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
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
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1994 Pro Line Live
TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject
I just need one more A & G mini "a&g back" to complete my two parallel sets (a&g mini and regular mini) .....
If you see #165 Derek Lowe anywhere, please let me know!
Finishing those two parallel sets will mark the first "completed" set for since re-joining the hobby earlier this year.
-t
------- 1960 Topps Baseball PSA 8+
------- 1985 Topps Hockey PSA 9+
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S,all 16-34's
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
74T: 241,435,610,654 97 Finest silver: 115,135,139,145,310
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects,HR Kings,On-Base Leaders,Power Plus,RBI Kings,Rising Stars
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Congratulations Helio.
It's always a pleasure hearing about what you're doing and I can always rely on you for spot on info about a lot of these kind of issues.
That's quite a big deal! I'm gonna have to throw a party when I complete a set! Not including my perennial, like Heritage.
Good luck on you new sets
and Merry Christmas
mike