i haven't placed a sportlots or comc order for a few months now. i still buy on ebay occasionally, but am really focusing on steve garvey stuff and maybe timeless teams parallels if they pop up at a reasonable price.
one of the last non-garvey, non-timeless teams ebay purchases i made was a 1952 topps billy loes card
it's super colorful and reduces my low number needs for the dodger team set to just 8 cards. i have no illusions of ever completing this team set, leaving it and the 1953 topps dodger team sets as the only ones i have not and likely will not complete. i'm ok with that, although i might try to get the last four 1953 cards that i need.
some of the last sportlots orders i placed included cards from my "nefarious 9" list of most wanted cards. they included a 2005 upper deck mvp derek lowe card
i believe the a&g lowe was a short print, but regardless, both of these lowes complete team sets for me.
some other formerly most wanted cards that i added to complete team sets were a 2017 topps allen & ginter logan forsythe card
a 2000 topps hd adrian beltre card
a 2005 topps retired signature duke snider card
a 1984 topps cereal series fernando valenzuela card
a 1999 upper deck ovation adrian beltre card
and i also added this 1991 swell don drysdale card
to finish up yet another team set!
even though these cards were crossed off the list, there are always more! following kerry's lead, i've moved the list from the web version sidebar to a link below the header so that it is more easily available on mobile devices. take a look at my most wanted cards and see if you can help a blogger out! you will be rewarded!
Love those Topps Retired Signature cards. I'm always on the lookout for cheap ones.
ReplyDeleteyes they are hard to pass up in bargain boxes.
DeleteD-Lowe will always look weird in a non-Red Sox uniform to me.
ReplyDeletei feel similarly when i see ramon martinez as a red sock
DeleteNever saw an all-red-background '52 card before. Looks good.
ReplyDeletejackie robinson's card also has a red back, but there is way more background showing on loes' card. i like it too!
DeleteI can't say that I'm overly familiar with the '52 checklist, but this has to be one of the more in your face cards on it, right?
ReplyDeletei would say so from what i've seen. roy seivers' card is similar but better composed.
DeleteI am very bad at making and sticking to want lists, outside of certain narrowly focused areas. I have so many Dodger cards, but have no clue how close or how many full team sets I actually have. At one point, I tried to close out the really old sets (Goudey, Playball, T206, etc), but lost interest when I would not be able to find affordable copies for a while. Knowing I can't even complete the 1963 Topps set w/o that frigging Rose card makes trying for others kind of pointless.
ReplyDeleteThat ken McMullen rookie card certainly annoys a lot of dodger collectors
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