My vintage collection

I told you in my last post that I was organizing my Vintage collection over the past weekend. All of my collection was in a dresser drawer and while it was mostly organized by year, I didn't have room to add when I picked up more cards. They were all crammed in there so they could fit in one drawer. Now that I have switched rooms, I have another dresser to store cards so I thought I would spread them out some so when I added cards, I could just add them right to the year.

I also thought about putting sets in binders, I was thinking any set that I had over 50% of, I would put in binders. I had enough pages to put one set in so I started putting the 1987 Topps in. I got all the way into the 400's before I decided there was no point to that. I would probably never look at it and there would be holes where my PC and Sox cards were supposed to be and that wouldn't look right. Plus I didn't see dropping the cash on 11 binders and all the pages that would go with it. So they are back in a drawer. It's own separate drawer, but a drawer.

Anyways, they are all separated now in a couple of drawers to where I could add cards as I get them. I also mentioned I had photos so here you go. The rest of the post will be photo heavy.

All of these stacks are minus the White Sox cards and my PC cards.

The 1987 Topps set is complete, the Fleer (39%) and Donruss (46%) are actually decent stacks but next to the Topps they barely look like they've started.

The 1986 Topps set is completed as well but the Fleer (19%) has a long way to go. The Donruss (76%) is one of those over half though.

Again, Topps is completed, but so is the Fleer this time, although it is a smaller set which is why the stack isn't as high. The Donruss (9%) is a long ways away.

The Topps is the tallest at 43% completed, Donruss (18%) and Fleer (9%) have a lot further to go.

As expected, the older I get, the less I have. The only reason the Topps (23%) and Fleer (17%) are even up that high are because of that last package that Jeff sent. Than there's the Donruss (9%). The 1982's however is the first year that I have more of another brand than Topps (17%). Fleer (12%) is just behind Topps but Donruss (68%) leads the way.

Back to Topps (82%) on top in the first year they had some competition. Fleer (70%) isn't real far behind but Donruss (17%) has a lot further to go. I threw in the 1980 Topps (43%) to finish off the decade.

We're all Topps from here on out. 1979 (55%) is one of 3 sets from this decade that I have over half complete. 1978 (25%), 1977 (35%), 1976 (53%) and the lowly 1975 (13%).

1974 (46%) is almost at half while 1973 (76%) is definitely over but it gets slim from here on out. 1972 (9%), 1971 (15%) and 1970 (10%).

I won't get into all the percentages here. They are all pretty low with 1969 being the highest at 8%. I do have a few from 1957 but they are all White Sox cards so they aren't here. I do not have any from 1952.

Obviously I need to work on the vintage vintage. As we all know, I only buy cheap so those won't happen until I decide to start spending some more money.

The side view

The whole collection

Monday's Pudge

A fairly small and quick post today, I'm sleepy and should be going to bed soon.

I spent the weekend sorting my Vintage collection. I took photos that I had planned on sharing but like I said, I'm sleepy, so you'll get a quick player collection post.

These 3 cards of Fisk came from Jeff over at 2x3 Heroes. That first one is a Lava Flow version from a National Sports Convention, or that's what I think anyways. I was surprised I needed the 1993 Leaf, I would have guessed I had that. The O-Pee-Chee I definitely needed, I have some of the Canadian version variety, just not very many. I've been picking up a few on Sportlots recently so those numbers will go up.

Chris at Nachos Grande always throws in some extra packs with his box breaks, if I remember correctly, he threw in a whole blaster of 2020 Archives and I scored this card of Fisk to add to the collection. 

The 4 cards above give me 186 cards of Pudge. It was nice that all 4 go to the White Sox Collection as well.

Private Box Break

Hello all! No post yesterday as my wife and I went out for supper since it was our 10th anniversary. We don't generally go inside and eat, not because of Covid, but because we generally don't like being around people. They usually annoy us. We had a good meal and survived among the people. Nothing special, just spent some good quality time together.

As promised, we finally get away from the Vintage for today's post, although I probably hold most of your interest with the Vintage than I do my team collections. Oh well!

I joined a box break over at Nachos Grande for some 2000 Pacific Private Stock. I generally look at the checklist with what I have, to see where I'm at for the team collection and that determines whether or not I buy in. The box break provided me with half of the team set with the above 3. I was hoping to get the Konerko as it is a player collection but that didn't work out.

Honestly, I don't even remember that name. I got this insert as well. I already have the Frank Thomas mini so I only need 1 more to finish the team set of the (PS-2000 Action) insert set. 

When I weight out on whether or not to buy in, I never count on these kinds of hits just because I never get them. I did win this from that break though. It's another mini but as you can tell, it's numbered to /299. It's the only White Sox in the PS-2000 Stars insert set.

I like Chris' box breaks because he allows stacking which is he'll hold your cards until you're ready to ship so you can join multiple box breaks and not have to pay a bunch of shipping cost.

More 80's "Vintage"

Dodgers took game 1. If I had to pick a team I'd want to win, it would probably be the Rays. Just because they are in the AL East and it would rub the Red Sox and Yankees wrong. But either way, I don't mind who wins. I work with a Dodger's fan so if they won, I'd be okay with that. 

Here we go with another 80's vintage post. Good thing Jeff sent a lot.

A couple of pretty good pitcher's in that top row. I didn't mind the 1982 Donruss set but some reason, I don't like this one with the gloves. It's pretty much the same but the glove just doesn't sit right with me. Not sure why. Jeff sent me these 10 cards to give me 56 cards for the set.

I think I might have bought this full set at a card show back in the day. I vaguely remember doing so but I have no idea if it's true or not. I was never into set collecting so I'm sure I got a good deal and I probably broke it up. As you can see above, Jeff dropped a pretty good number on my current attempt at it. These 37 cards put that set at 113 cards.

Jeff hit all 3 major sets with these 47 from the Topps set. Seeing all these Topps cards from the 80's is bringing back so many memories. I don't think I liked this set when it first came out but it grew on me. I was a fan of the 1982 set and this was vastly different. I wasn't so sure about the headshots but like I said, it grew on me. Enough so that when they did it again in 1984, I liked it. I also remember that Willie McGee rookie being a hot commodity. These boosted the set to 185 cards.

Cards from my 1st year collecting

Looks like we are getting a Rays/Dodgers World Series. I was hoping for the Braves in there but I was also hoping for the White Sox and we know how well that worked out.

I randomned for today's post and came up with 1986. Except that I just posted that. Apparently I forgot to take it off the list after the last post. I randomned again and we get this year.

I picked up these 2 from the baseballcardstore.ca, they didn't have much that I needed but I guess that worked out since I also got these.

Jeff hooked me up with 17 more from the 1981 Topps set. If you remember, before I started the Vintage collection, I started with trying to get the 1973 and 1981 Topps sets so I'm a little further in on this one. These 19 cards put that set at 584 cards which is just over 80% completed. I'm not sure why I don't make a push to finish it, it's not an expensive set. Just lazy I guess.

Jeff also sent me these 12 cards from the Donruss set. As much as I remember the Topps set, this set was right behind it on the memory scale. The Fleer not so much, just didn't see as many of them growing up. I've seen the Topps a lot over the years but not the Donruss so I really enjoy getting these and remembering all the cards. You can also tell these came from Jeff because of all the the Cubs cards. I still think he's a closet Cubs fan. He does like a lot of Chicago teams.

I promise that I have PC and White Sox cards as well. At the rate the great random in the sky is going, I'll get through all the vintage first.

Random Cards #75

The Rays finally made it in. We're still waiting to see if Atlanta can stop LA. I'm just chilling at the homestead today so I figure I'd give you a random post. It's been awhile since I've done one, a month and a half to be exact.

Tier 1 Collections

(1219 cards)

Collection - Billy Williams
Card - 2015 Panini Diamond Kings HOF Sluggers
Player - Billy Williams
Team - Chicago Cubs
Acquired - Purchased
Price - $.40
From - Sportlots
When - September, 2020

Tier 2 Collections

(1440 cards)

Collection - Barry Larkin

Card - 1996 Leaf Preferred

Player - Barry Larkin

Team - Cincinnati Reds

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.23

From - Ebay

When - September, 2018

Tier 2 Michigan Players Collection

(445 cards)

Collections - Devin Funchess, Michigan

Card - 2015 Leaf Draft Limited Edition

Player - Devin Funchess

Team - Michigan Wolverines

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.35

From - Ebay

When - November, 2019

Tier 3 Collections

(1229 cards)

Collections - Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver, Vintage

Card - 1972 Topps

Players - Fergie Jenkins, Steve Carlton, Al Downing, Tom Seaver

Teams - Chicago Cubs, St Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets

Acquired - Trade

From - Number 5 Type Collection

When - June, 2011

Michigan Collection

(647 cards)

Collection - Michigan

Card - 2008 Upper Deck Draft Edition

Players - Sam Baker, Jake Long

Team - USC Trojans, Michigan Wolverines

Acquired - Purchased

Price - Unknown

From - Ebay

When - August, 2011

White Sox Collection

(7976 cards)

Collection - White Sox

Card - 2010 Topps

Player - Sergio Santos

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Unknown

Price - Unknown

From - Unknown

When - Unknown

Team Collection

(145 cards)

Collections - Team, Vintage

Card - 1981 Topps

Player - Multiple

Team - Chicago Cubs

Acquired - Trade

From - 2x3 Heroes

When - October, 2013

Vintage Collection - 1950's

(72 cards)

Collections - White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1954 Topps

Player - Bob Boyd

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - Unknown

From - Flea Market, NC

When - March, 2013

Vintage Collection - 1960's

(306 cards)

Collections - Bill Melton, White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1969 Topps

Player - Bill Melton

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.99

From - Ebay

When - July, 2012

Vintage Collection - 1970's

(2285 cards)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1979 Topps

Player - Brian Downing

Team - 1979 Topps

Acquired - Trade

From - Too Many Verlanders

When - April, 2016

Vintage Collection - 1980's

(7204 cards)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1986 Topps

Player - Mike Marshall

Team - Los Angeles Dodgers

Acquired - Trade

From - Sluggo

When - September, 2016

Relic

(225 cards)

Collection - White Sox

Card - 2006 Upper Deck Game Materials

Player - Jim Thome

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $1.88

From - Ebay

When - November, 2011

Autograph

(356 cards)

Collections - Amara Darboh, Michigan

Card - 2017 Panini Elite Draft Picks Silver

Player - Amara Darboh

Team - Michigan Wolverines

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $1.99

From - Ebay

When - December, 2018

Mets win!

Hey, I finally had a Saturday off so I'm getting to post. I would have done it sooner but I had to take my 16 year old out for a drive. He has to get his time in so he can get his license. I'm posting out of a celebration that I survived. I kid, he wasn't that bad. He's actually over-cautious where as the 2 daughters I taught were the opposite and actually scared the crap out of me more than once. Either way, I survived to post another day.

I can't believe that both LCS's are down to game 7 considering the way they both started. I haven't watched any, I generally don't unless my Sox are playing but I may watch the WS when it starts.

The following cards come from a year back when I was a kid and specifically remember watching the World Series. It was the Mets and Red Sox and back then, I was a Mets fan so I remember the game 6 error by Bill Buckner. I remember watching the games on my small TV in my bedroom.

Jeff sent me these 5 cards from 1986 Donruss which is one of the sets I'm closing in on finishing. As a matter of fact, these 5 pushed it over 75% complete with 498 cards.

He also sent these 16 of the Fleer set. I'm a lot less further along on that set as these only give me 123 cards which is just under 19% completed. You'll notice the Bill Buckner up there, if he only knew what was coming at the end of the year. I felt bad for him, if I remember, he wasn't treated well by Boston fans for many years after that.

In the Topps section, you get the World Series winner with that Hernandez. Although he didn't do well until Game 7. Also a Rod Carew who is a Hall of Famer. 

All the above cards came from Jeff and as I said before, 2x3 Heroes sent me a huge package so you'll continue to see his name in these posts for a little while.

I also picked up this nice stack from baseballcardstore.ca at a dime a piece. I think it averaged $.14/each when I added the shipping.

These 37 cards put that set at 739 cards which is good for just over 93% completed.

I guess I need to get working on that Fleer set. 

More than cards

If you remember a couple of posts ago, I said Jeff of 2x3 Heroes sent a huge package. Part of the reason it was huge was because he sent a lot more than just cards. While I'm going to show you a few of those items today, it certainly isn't all he sent. There's a couple more but they are mixed in on other posts.

First off he sent me a couple of cups, they might be tumblers, I don't know but they come at a perfect time. I have moved my card room as my daughter moved out and I'm looking for stuff to fill shelves so guess where these are going.

He also sent this sticker of Chris Sale from the Sox Kids Club. I remember signing up for all kinds of free stuff with all the teams when I was a kid. The whole page is like an 8x10, I haven't decided what I'm going to do with it yet.

Finally, he also sent this pocket schedule. These are those kinds of things that I wish I would have kept growing up. I didn't even think of them as collectibles. Last time he sent me a package he had included a couple of modern pocket schedules that I enjoyed but I really like this one. As you can tell, it's from 1990 which is the last year of Comiskey park.

While this is no where near everything he sent me, I still wanted to give him a shout out for this "extra" stuff. I really enjoyed it and the stuff above wasn't the best of it.

1984, but not the book

Atlanta is up 6 and are trying to go up 2-0. The Rays play later but they are already up 2-0. As far as these final 4 teams, I'll take anyone other than Houston. Although it would be funny for Houston and LA to match up and LA spank the crap out of them. You know, some revenge. Needless to say, I'm rooting for Tampa Bay in the American League. The National League, I'll take either team but I'm rooting for Atlanta because my cousin is a Braves fan and we text about baseball all the time. Plus, he's sent me a ton of Sox cards. We were hoping for a Sox/Braves World Series but that plan was foiled after 3 games.

Today's post is another Vintage post but it has a few more cards than the previous one. These are also from Jeff and even though you'll see 46 cards today, it's still a small portion of what he sent.

We'll start with a few Donruss. I noticed Jeff sent a lot of Cubs cards, as much as I don't want to take them, I guess I have to. The Ron Darling is the no number variation. These 5 give me 116 for the Donruss set.

Jeff sent a few more Fleer than the Topps or Dontuss. You see lots of Cubs again, a Ryne Sandberg among them as well as a Rod Carew card. The bottom right which got cut off is a checklist and there is also a checklist under the Dave Henderson. These 34 boosted the Fleer set up to 91 cards.

To finish off with the Topps, you get a Reggie Jackson and a Dale Murphy. I quizzed my cousin on the Murphy card, told him to tell me who else was on the card. He failed, some Braves fan he is. (I didn't have the card in front of me when I asked and I couldn't remember either so I guess I can't complain.) These 14 cards give me 338 cards for that set which is still under half, but I'm inching closer to it.

Vintage Herr and Willie

Wow! It's been exactly a week since my last post. That's awhile for me, I'm a pretty regular poster but we went to 10 hour days plus Saturday this past week so it took me until Sunday to get everything scanned. When they up to 10 hours, I don't get home until 4:30 so by the time I get done with a shower, we're eating supper and then I tend to chill in the evenings with my wife. I usually take the time on work days between showering and supper to work on cards but the longer hours takes that time away.

I'm no longer going to stick to a month to get the posts done. I have a list of everything scanned and I will random that list and you get what comes up. If I receive more stuff (usually around the end of the month), they'll get added to whatever I still have left to post.

Anyways, I have a lot of cards to show off. A huge package from Jeff at 2x3 Heroes, some box break cards plus some extras from Chris at Nachos Grande, a PWE from Daniel at It's Like Having My Own Card Shop as well as 2 packages from baseballcardstore.ca and 1 from Sportlots. So like I said, lots of cards.

Let's get to it. Today's random is from the Vintage Collection.

Only 2 cards today but Jeff sent me a ton for the Vintage Collections so you'll see a lot more in upcoming weeks. These 2 cards put the 1980 Topps set at 313 cards which is just over 43% complete. These aren't just ordinary cards either, financially maybe, but in the early 80's these were pretty good cards to have. Willie Randolph was a stud for the Yankees and a Tom Herr rookie card? Yes, please! I would have been extremely excited to get both of these cards in the 80s. 

2 down, lots to come

This is the last post of cards that I have scanned. I have a bunch that I need to scan so this will be my last post until I get off my lazy ass and get to scanning. I have packages from Sportlots, 2x3 Heroes & Nachos Grande and I believe I have one coming from the BaseballCardStore so like I said, I have some scanning to do.

This last post is only 2 cards but both former Sox.

I got one lone Fisk card, only because I was looking for Sox A&G's and came across this one. I still needed it for my team set but it is a player collection as well. This is my 182nd card of Fisk and it leaves me 1 short on the 2019 A&G team set.

While I appreciate that Panini is putting out more cards of Shoeless (even though they mostly look the same), this is my 15th card from Panini since 2014, I only have 29 so over half of them are from them.

Timmy's on fire

 Well, Congrats to the A's as they knocked us out yesterday. I was to depressed after the game to post. I feel like our manager gave that one away. Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of struggles to go around, but pulling your starter after 15 pitches set the tone. Even if he gave up a run or 2, we have a good offense. I just hope he didn't screw the kids confidence going into next year. It was a good, clean game from Oakland which I always like to see. I might even have to root for them now that we are out. Not that I'll watch any of the games. Congrats Fuji! We'll get you next year.

One of the guys in the series that never took his foot off the gas is todays cards. He became the first player in Major League history to start his playoff career with 9 hits in 3 games. 4 other players had 8. I think he might have proved that last year was not a fluke.

Lots of shinyness going on up there. I will always love the 1983 jerseys. 2 cards up there have them, possible a 3rd but they seemed to take off the color, not sure what's up with that. Timmy has had another great season for us and I'm definitely looking forward to more of that from him. These 9 cards give me 59 of the former batting champion.