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Completed! Sharp 1975 mini set

BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 3,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just got the last card I needed: a right-sized Willie Stargell. I started this set with about 200 cards from a partial box that I opened in 2012.
Special thanks to miniduff for selling me a set missing about 60 cards for a really nice price. No HOFers in the near set (as he told me beforehand) but I had been collecting the HOFers in mainly PSA 8 previously so the lot was a great match. It took a while to get the missing cards on Ebay in the quality I was looking for (pack fresh).
I still have a few too big (tan/blue and pink/yellow) cards and too short (red/yellow) cards but I’m not going to pursue the right sized versions at this point.
I built the ‘regular’ set in 1975 – first set I ever collected to completion. They started out in the same condition as the minis (I remember buying 2 vending boxes from Renata Galasso for $9.99) but due to pitching and flipping ended up a little worse for wear. Here are few of the cards side by side:

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Daniel

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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,742 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on the set, Daniel! The 75 mini set is one of my all time favorites. I have been working on my graded set for over 7 years now and am finally down to the last 50 cards.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
  • cincyredlegscincyredlegs Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭
    Nice job Daniel. There is a sense of accomplishment in finishing a set.

    Mark
    Project:

    T206 Set - 300/524
  • MiniDuffMiniDuff Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭
    Big grats! Glad to have been a help on this addictive set. I never stop looking for more and building sets of differing quality. Fun set :-)
    1975 Mini Collector
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  • heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭
    Congrats on getting the mini set compete... I wish I could say the same. I am working on the mini set with pack fresh centered cards.
    Maybe I should do the same thing. Nice job with it.
  • GuruGuru Posts: 3,127
    Congrats man! I just completed the 1975 regular set raw. Your cards are sharp and look great.
  • ashabbyashabby Posts: 471 ✭
    Awesome set . Congrats
  • esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭
    That's awesome. It takes a lot of drive and patience to complete a set. I don't know if I have it in me.
    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
  • elsnortoelsnorto Posts: 2,012 ✭✭
    Congrats, Daniel. It isn't hard to understand why there are so many die hard mini fans.

    So what's your next project?

    Renata Galasso... her name brings back some great memories. I wonder what ever happened to her?

    Snorto~
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    Awesome accomplishment, great job!
  • jmaciujmaciu Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭
    Congrats !! Like many here, I love that year.

    Jmaciu's Collection
  • BPorter26BPorter26 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congrats, beautiful set.
    "EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY IT SAYS IT RIGHT THERE ON THE WALL" - JACKIE MOON
  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,160 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Renata Galasso... her name brings back some great memories. I wonder what ever happened to her?
    >>


    Near as I can tell, she got out of sports cards around 2000 and now runs a mail order house.
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