I have a Puckett problem...and Gooden

jbox · November 13, 2013 6:58AM

I collect Puckett as well as the '84 Fleer Update set in high grade. Here's how it works. Buy '84 Fleer Update set to look for common cards in gem mint. Justify purchase by selling the big three cards and hoping to break even for the hunt. The problem is, I never sell my Pucketts. Honestly, I don't sell any of them and I have a similar stash of Clemens and Gooden, and these don't count the raw ones sitting around somewhere! I do not need all of these, but I can't seem to bring myself to sell any. Am I a hoarder?

jackstraw · November 13, 2013 7:01AM

Nice problem to have..

Dpeck100 · November 13, 2013 7:02AM

<< Nice problem to have.. >>

Agree! I view good cards like stocks, you want to own as many shares as you can. Obviously this is a good card!

edmundfitzgerald · November 13, 2013 7:09AM

Ah Puck-ett
Hoard all you want

mygotta · November 13, 2013 7:44AM

I would just say Puckett and move on.

edmundfitzgerald · November 13, 2013 7:51AM

I tried to Puckett once.
Didn't work out very well for me.
Did it work out any better for anyone else ?

Dboneesq · November 13, 2013 7:57AM

AWESOME! Damn, at $400/each for the TENs, buy more!!!!!!!! LOL GOOD LUCK.

saucywombat · November 13, 2013 9:38AM

so how close are you to the entire set in 10?

doog71 · November 13, 2013 9:46AM

I have a similar problem with 1984 Topps Mattinglys.

vladguerrero · November 13, 2013 9:52AM

Well Puckett me sideways, those are nice.

Big80s · November 13, 2013 10:34AM

Two tears in a bucket, Puckett!

Love those gems!

CubsKiller99 · November 13, 2013 11:11AM

Yes you are a hoarder.

jbox · November 13, 2013 11:52AM

<< so how close are you to the entire set in 10? >>

LINK

<< Yes you are a hoarder. >>

Thank you for your honesty sir. I'm afraid you are right.

jbox

Dpeck100 · November 13, 2013 11:57AM

<< 

<< so how close are you to the entire set in 10? >>

LINK

<< Yes you are a hoarder. >>

Thank you for your honesty sir. I'm afraid you are right.

jbox >>

Very nice work jbox. This is a great set.

jbox · November 13, 2013 12:06PM

<< Very nice work jbox. This is a great set. >>

Thanks Dpeck. It's a fun set...not too big, star power, a few condition challenges, and an iconic set from my childhood collecting years. I've been working on it slowly for a few years now and figure it will take a few more to close it out in all 10's, maybe more. I'm not in any big hurry, just grinding it out.

jbox

Dpeck100 · November 13, 2013 12:13PM

<< 

<< Very nice work jbox. This is a great set. >>

Thanks Dpeck. It's a fun set...not too big, star power, a few condition challenges, and an iconic set from my childhood collecting years. I've been working on it slowly for a few years now and figure it will take a few more to close it out in all 10's, maybe more. I'm not in any big hurry, just grinding it out.

jbox >>

I bought the only set of these I ever owned in 2001 and it was a very proud moment. I had the Clemens and Puckett on display in large screw down holders until 2009 when finally I gave into my wife's requests to put them away. Little did she know that just a few years later I would have six cases of wrestling cards on the wall. LOL

This has to go down as one of the best sets from the 80's and was out of reach for many my age for much of our collecting years. I think it is great to see it put together in high grade.

heritage · November 13, 2013 12:31PM

Ah Puck-ett
Hoard all you want

I was thinking the same thing. lol the cards are awesome ..

CubsKiller99 · November 13, 2013 12:33PM

If you want to feel less of a hoarder, you could sell the 9s and keep the 10s.

ThoseBackPages · November 13, 2013 1:27PM

WOW!!!

may we see the Goodens?

orioles93 · November 13, 2013 1:54PM

Nice! I need to get a 9 eventually for my HOF RC set.

cree · November 13, 2013 10:38PM

Those Puckett cards are amazing. I would love to see the other key players from the set in high grade. Very cool set. Congrats. Thanks for sharing.

jbox · December 4, 2013 6:49AM

<< WOW!!!

may we see the Goodens? >>

I got a bit bored today, so I thought I'd oblige.

orioles93 · December 4, 2013 7:08AM

Nice cards! If you're ever looking to sell a Puckett 9, let me know. I am looking for one.

gemint · December 4, 2013 7:17AM

Nice cards. No problem hoarding them. Now if you try to do this with the big three in the T-206 set, then that's the time you need to seek out help!

ThoseBackPages · December 4, 2013 7:33AM

Thanks so much for sharing the Gooden Stash

tsalems1 · December 4, 2013 7:35AM

Very nice!

CubsKiller99 · December 4, 2013 10:15PM

Somewhere out there is a collector wishing he could find a 1984 Fleer Upate Gooden or Puckett -- and you could
be the answer to his dreams.

Head for the BST forum please. Do the right thing.

MrNearMint · December 4, 2013 10:48PM

I'd like to have a Jordan or mantle problem.

gregmo32 · December 4, 2013 11:14PM

Hoarder, indeed.

I have the same deformed gene.

CubsKiller99 · December 5, 2013 3:02AM

I think we all have it to some degree. If there's a card we like then the more the merrier.

It does seem to me that set builders have it a bit less. They need trade-able
or sell-able items to complete sets.

orioles93 · December 5, 2013 3:14AM

<< Somewhere out there is a collector wishing he could find a 1984 Fleer Upate Gooden or Puckett -- and you could
be the answer to his dreams.

Head for the BST forum please. Do the right thing. >>

He was the answer to my dreams! He agreed to sell me a 9 Puckett.

I have a Puckett problem...and Gooden

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