What was the last card you acquired to complete a set?
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I am building a 1971 Topps set and am wondering what that last card will be.
Back in 1975, the last card I needed was Rich Auerbach. I found one torn in half on the sidewalk. I taped it together and my set was complete. I still have that tape repaired card.
Just this year, I completed the 1955 Topps set with Hank Bauer as the final piece.
Let's hear some more set completion stories!
Back in 1975, the last card I needed was Rich Auerbach. I found one torn in half on the sidewalk. I taped it together and my set was complete. I still have that tape repaired card.
Just this year, I completed the 1955 Topps set with Hank Bauer as the final piece.
Let's hear some more set completion stories!
Daniel
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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.
When Rookie Sensations were hot as hell, my son and I decided to complete the base Fleer set.
The last card we purchased to finish the set was #435 Pete Harnisch. And we found it at a flea market set up on Ft. Gordon.
More recently, the last card I needed to finish my Wacky Packages series 1 registry set was Camals:
IMF
Almost as difficult as 126- Ben Wade
T200- Boston NL. Toughest card in the set, in any condition
'34-'36 Diamond Stars- the high numbers are scarce, expensive, and repeats of the same player in the lower numbers.
'39 Playball- Earl Averill. It's a high number, just took a while.
'50 Bowman- Phil Rizzuto. The lows numbers are really tough in this set, especially in ex-mint.
'53 Bowman- all of the cards from about #112 to #128. Seems like a much shorter printed run than the rest.
'54 Red Heart- Duke Snider. Couldn't find an 8
'54 Topps Johnny Sain no idea why
'59 Topps- all of the "no option/no trade" variations. Really tough.
'63 Fleer Clay Dalymple tough to find centered in PSA 8
'64 Topps Giants-Johnny Romano tough to find in PSA 9
'66 Topps- Denny McLain or Grant Jackson. Both SP's, just hated paying so much for commons.
'67 Topps- Rocky Colavito. It's a high number, but still shouldn't be so tough. Walked the entire National once looking for one at any price, and eventually got one. Seemingly the only one at the show. I'd heard that Colavito's family bought them up whenever they saw them.
'70's pack run- '75 regular. Surprised me, thought it would be '71
'60's pack run- '61. Just don't see them as often as others
'50's pack run- '56. Brutal. Heard there are only 3-4.
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
T200- Boston NL. Toughest card in the set, in any condition
'34-'36 Diamond Stars- the high numbers are scarce, expensive, and repeats of the same player in the lower numbers.
'39 Playball- Earl Averill. It's a high number, just took a while.
'50 Bowman- Phil Rizzuto. The lows numbers are really tough in this set, especially in ex-mint.
'53 Bowman- all of the cards from about #112 to #128. Seems like a much shorter printed run than the rest.
'54 Red Heart- Duke Snider. Couldn't find an 8
'54 Topps Johnny Sain no idea why
'59 Topps- all of the "no option/no trade" variations. Really tough.
'63 Fleer Clay Dalymple tough to find centered in PSA 8
'64 Topps Giants-Johnny Romano tough to find in PSA 9
'66 Topps- Denny McLain or Grant Jackson. Both SP's, just hated paying so much for commons.
'67 Topps- Rocky Colavito. It's a high number, but still shouldn't be so tough. Walked the entire National once looking for one at any price, and eventually got one. Seemingly the only one at the show. I'd heard that Colavito's family bought them up whenever they saw them.
'70's pack run- '75 regular. Surprised me, thought it would be '71
'60's pack run- '61. Just don't see them as often as others
'50's pack run- '56. Brutal. Heard there are only 3-4.
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
My 1971 set it was the famous Claude Raymond, a tough card to get centered.
Is it me or is Dick Williams maybe the hardest card to get in most sets. His 1971 is tough(sp) and so is his '63. His 1958 yellow team letters is difficult to get in high grade. His 1952 rookie card is also difficult in high grade.
Anybody know of another player who has so many hard to get cards?
My 1971 set it was the famous Claude Raymond, a tough card to get centered.
Is it me or is Dick Williams maybe the hardest card to get in most sets. His 1971 is tough(sp) and so is his '63. His 1958 yellow team letters is difficult to get in high grade. His 1952 rookie card is also difficult in high grade.
Anybody know of another player who has so many hard to get cards?
My 1971 set it was the famous Claude Raymond, a tough card to get centered.
Is it me or is Dick Williams maybe the hardest card to get in most sets. His 1971 is tough(sp) and so is his '63. His 1958 yellow team letters is difficult to get in high grade. His 1952 rookie card is also difficult in high grade.
Anybody know of another player who has so many hard to get cards?
I am currently working on a 1986 Fleer PSA 9 set. I am about 2/3 done. I have no idea who the last card will be for that set. My guess is a low pop common.
Robert
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1938- Jimmie Foxx #273
1954-55 HK - Edgar Laprade #56
1957- Ernie Johnson #333
1973- Checklist #588
1974- Pete Rose #300
1977- Thurman Munson #170
1994- Sean Berry #344
1996- #425
2008 Hannah Montana- #90 checklist
A lot of the stars that were the final cards was simply due to not getting around to getting them earlier and they just happened to be last. I don't know the reason behind the a common being last, but they were the most mind boggling one to locate. The 1973 checklist shouldn't be that tough to find(in comparison to the ones from 1956-57), but there aren't a lot offered on eBay and other sites and the ones that are the sellers want lots of $$$ for them. The Sean Berry card was just luck as I had assembled every other card by packs. I got pretty nervous when going through my local card shop's stock and failed to find Berry until the fourth and final vending box he had. What are the chances? On the other end of the spectrum, I once visited a shop that had about 50 1994 Topps cards total and I was missing 30 cards to that point and they had nearly every one I was missing.
Craig H
1974 - Mark Belanger in PSA 8
1970 - Steve Whitaker in PSA 8
1961 - Ralph Houk in PSA 8
1968 - Jose Cardenal in PSA 8
1969 - Dick Radatz in PSA 8
One other player that seems to be tough in almost every year is Mike Shannon.
<< <i>A few that I remember
T200- Boston NL. Toughest card in the set, in any condition
'34-'36 Diamond Stars- the high numbers are scarce, expensive, and repeats of the same player in the lower numbers.
'39 Playball- Earl Averill. It's a high number, just took a while.
'50 Bowman- Phil Rizzuto. The lows numbers are really tough in this set, especially in ex-mint.
'53 Bowman- all of the cards from about #112 to #128. Seems like a much shorter printed run than the rest.
'54 Red Heart- Duke Snider. Couldn't find an 8
'54 Topps Johnny Sain no idea why
'59 Topps- all of the "no option/no trade" variations. Really tough.
'63 Fleer Clay Dalymple tough to find centered in PSA 8
'64 Topps Giants-Johnny Romano tough to find in PSA 9
'66 Topps- Denny McLain or Grant Jackson. Both SP's, just hated paying so much for commons.
'67 Topps- Rocky Colavito. It's a high number, but still shouldn't be so tough. Walked the entire National once looking for one at any price, and eventually got one. Seemingly the only one at the show. I'd heard that Colavito's family bought them up whenever they saw them.
'70's pack run- '75 regular. Surprised me, thought it would be '71
'60's pack run- '61. Just don't see them as often as others
'50's pack run- '56. Brutal. Heard there are only 3-4. >>
Wow anthony, you completed all those sets twice and needed the same cards for each one both times?!?!
I'm curious to see which one will be the last. I've been at it for 3 1/2 years so the last 10 could still take a few months.
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<< <i>A few that I remember
T200- Boston NL. Toughest card in the set, in any condition
'34-'36 Diamond Stars- the high numbers are scarce, expensive, and repeats of the same player in the lower numbers.
'39 Playball- Earl Averill. It's a high number, just took a while.
'50 Bowman- Phil Rizzuto. The lows numbers are really tough in this set, especially in ex-mint.
'53 Bowman- all of the cards from about #112 to #128. Seems like a much shorter printed run than the rest.
'54 Red Heart- Duke Snider. Couldn't find an 8
'54 Topps Johnny Sain no idea why
'59 Topps- all of the "no option/no trade" variations. Really tough.
'63 Fleer Clay Dalymple tough to find centered in PSA 8
'64 Topps Giants-Johnny Romano tough to find in PSA 9
'66 Topps- Denny McLain or Grant Jackson. Both SP's, just hated paying so much for commons.
'67 Topps- Rocky Colavito. It's a high number, but still shouldn't be so tough. Walked the entire National once looking for one at any price, and eventually got one. Seemingly the only one at the show. I'd heard that Colavito's family bought them up whenever they saw them.
'70's pack run- '75 regular. Surprised me, thought it would be '71
'60's pack run- '61. Just don't see them as often as others
'50's pack run- '56. Brutal. Heard there are only 3-4. >>
Wow anthony, you completed all those sets twice and needed the same cards for each one both times?!?!
Groundhog Day Dave!
Always looking for Topps Salesman Samples, pre '51 unopened packs, E90-2, E91a, N690 Kalamazoo Bats, and T204 Square Frame Ramly's
Spud Webb
My #2 Ranked Michael Jordan PSA Basic Set
In more recent times, I put together the entire 1987 Topps Football set in autographed form, but have been down to the last 2 for the last few years. Reggie White #301 and Walter Payton on the Bears Team Card #43.
Luke
1989 Hoops BB - Signed
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-1969 Topps Football Fred Biletnikoff
Both cards were very difficult to find centered and the Sinkwich is a low pop
--1969 Topps Fred Biletnikoff
Both difficult to find centered and Sinkwich is a low pop $$