Oldies but goodies

I guess I'm not going to a card show after all. My cousin's kids wife went into labor today so they are flying to Tennessee in the morning to meet their first grandchild. Now I'm afraid I'm going to end up at a 2 year old's party. Help me!

I've shown some of the 1977's that I've received that were a part of my player collections, you'll get to see the rest in this post. All these cards came from the card show in Mishawaka that we set up at.

I picked this up for a quarter. I just happened to run into it in the quarter box and I needed it so there you go. There really wasn't any vintage in the box so I was surprised to see it. This is my 251st card from the 1982 Topps set.

Here's the rest of that 1977 lot. Look at some of those players along with the PC ones you've seen the last couple of days. One of the sellers there heard that I like vintage so he brought this small stack of 77's that he just picked up and offered it to me for $20. How can I say no to that? It's definitely above my budget but those were some great cards for $20. I'm sure it's hard to see but these cards are in really good shape as well. All those 77's give me 271 cards.

I picked this one up for $.50 from the guy next to us. I went through his boxes since we were chatting most of the show and grabbed some stuff. I know he's a Cubs fan so that's probably why he picked this up. It gives me 105 cards from the 1975 set.

I picked this up in a dollar box. I got it a little cheaper because he gave me a discount because I picked up a bunch of Sox cards from him. This was like the Foster up there, not a lot of vintage in there but I stumbled on this one. Some big names in it as well. This was my 95th card from the 1970 set.

This was in the quarter box as well. I will definitely give up a quarter for any 1967 card. When I initially saw it, I assumed the floating head was Killebrew on the card but it's Jim Kaat. This is my 43rd card for that set.

The oldest card in this post didn't actually come from the show. It came from a collection that we got from Sluggo so this was a freebie for me. This card gives me 38 cards from the 1966 set.

Random Cards #79

It's a Sunday so how about a random post, it's been a few weeks since I put one out.

Tier 1 Collections

(1440 cards - up 152 cards since last random post)

Collection - Tom Seaver

Card - 1992 Pacific Tom Terrific

Player - Tom Seaver

Team - New York Mets

Acquired - Trade

From - Ron (reader)

When - September, 2011

Tier 2 Collections

(1467 cards - up 18 cards since last random post)

Collection - Carlton Fisk, White Sox

Card - 1986 Leaf

Player - Carlton Fisk

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Unknown

Price - Unknown

From - Unknown

When - Unknown

Tier 2 Michigan Players Collections

(445 cards - up 1 card since last random post)

Collection - Mitch McGary

Card - 2014-15 Panini Select

Player - Mitch McGary

Team - Oklahoma City Thunder

Acquired - Trade

From - Too Many Verlanders

When - April, 2016

Tier 3 Collections

(1233 cards - up 1 card since last random post)

Collection - Carl Yastrzemski

Card - 1983 Topps Sticker

Player - Carl Yastrzemski

Team - Boston Red Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.26

From - Sportlots

When - January, 2020

Michigan Collection

(648 cards - up 1 card since last random post)

Collection - Devin Gardner, Michigan

Card - 2015 Panini Michigan Wolverines

Player - Devin Gardner

Team - Michigan Wolverines

Acquired - Trade

From - Too Many Verlanders

When - December, 2015

White Sox Collection

(8218 cards - up 188 cards since last random post)

Collection - White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1983 Topps

Player - Rudy Law

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.15

From - Ebay

When - December, 2014

Team Card Collection

(145 cards)

Collection - Team, Vintage

Card - 1980 Topps

Player - Multiple

Team - Toronto Blue Jays

Acquired - Unknown

Price - Unknown

From - Unknown

When - Unknown

Vintage Collection (1950's)

(71 cards)

Collection - White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1954 Topps

Player - Jack Harshman

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - Unknown

From - Flea Market, North Carolina

When - March, 2013

Vintage Collection (1960's)

(306 cards)

Collection - White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1965 Topps

Player - Juan Pizarro

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Unknown

Price - Unknown

From - Unknown

When - Unknown

Vintage Collection (1970's)

(2285 cards)

Collection - White Sox, Vintage

Card - 1974 Topps

Player - Jim Kaat

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.35

From - COMC

When - December, 2012

Vintage Collection (1980's)

(7348 cards - up 31 cards from last random post)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1985 Topps

Player - Bret Saberhagen

Team - Kansas City Royals

Acquired - Unknown

Price - Unknown

From - Unknown

When - Unknown

Relic

(230 cards)

Collection - Mark Buehrle, White Sox

Card - 2008 Topps Retail Relics

Player - Mark Buehrle

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $1.50

From - Ebay

When - August, 2011

Autograph

(366 cards)

Collection - White Sox

Card - 2016 Topps Heritage

Player - Matt Purke

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.99

From - Ebay

When - September, 2017

There you have it, I thought the White Sox were going to do a clean sweep on the Vintage sets but Saberhagen put a stop to that.

Cheaper Than Stamps #19

This is a series where I show off cards I need for my PC’s that I pick up on Ebay for cheaper than a stamp.  My maximum I spend on these cards is actually $.30 so I get them quite a bit cheaper than a stamp.

1982 Topps Future Stars – Mark Davis, Bob Dernier and Ozzie Virgil. Steve Balboni, Andy McGaffigan and Andre Robertson.  Frank DiPino, Marshall Edwards and Chuck Porter.  Vance Law, Bob Long and Johnny Ray.  Jody Davis

Love the hockey stick set.  I picked all 5 of these up in a lot for $.54 which goes down to just under $.11 a card.  I definitely remember Jody Davis being as I’m not too far from Chicago.  Also Bob Dernier for the same reason.  I remember the Johnny Ray rookies being hot at a time too.

1982 Fleer – Johnny Ray and Mike Marshall

Without looking, I’m pretty sure both of these are rookie cards.  It’s amazing what comes back when you look at cards from your childhood.  I love this set, I’m not sure why.

1982 Donruss – Johnny Ray, Mike Marshall and Steve Sax

I picked up these in 5 card lots.  Again, all 3 of these are rookies.  So I happened to pick up all 3 Johnny Ray rookies and 2 of Mike Marshall’s.  I can’t complain about getting a Steve Sax rookie either.

1982 Donruss – Von Hayes, Brett Butler and Darryl Motley

Off the top of my head, I know the Brett Butler is a rookie as well.  Maybe they were both rookie lots that I picked up.

1982 Donruss – Tim Wallach and Jody Davis

Another Jody Davis rookie and Tim Wallach was a fairly big name in the 1980’s or at least that’s the way I remember it.

 

1981 Fleer – Joe Torre                  1981 Donruss – Jim Kaat

I went ahead and threw these 2 1981’s on this post as well since they are the only 2 I got from that year.  Haven’t really ran across a whole lot of Topps and when I do, I have over half the set already.

I picked up these 2 cards as singles.  I paid $.16 for the Joe Torre and it came in a lot of 3 of that card.  I got the Jim Kaat for $.15.

I’ll save the 1980 for the next post because I picked up quite a few of those.

Complete Team Sets–1976 Topps

Another vintage completion.

I like the red jerseys but I’m not in love with them.  I prefer to see the Chicago White Sox in black and white.

Beltin’ Bill Melton and Wilbur Wood.  Both vintage players I like.  Can’t say much about the look of this set.   Kind of hideous if you ask me.  I guess I can’t complain about the red since it was one of their colors that year, but the green?  And I don’t like the little logo guy in the bottom corner either.

I had to pick up a couple of cards from this set to complete it.  I do like the team card, I have always liked them.  They remind me of the team photos they’d send you when you sent the teams letters.  I used to send a letter to each team to get their fan packs.

Completed Team Sets–1975 Topps

Another vintage team set that I completed with the previous COMC purchase was this awesome set.

I had thought I finished this with the end of the year purchase in December but I accidently bought a mini instead of the regular sized card.

I really do hate all the oddball colors but yet I love the set for them.  I can’t understand it.  I kind of feel the same way about the 1976 Topps set as well.

I guess the advantage of being a White Sox fan is that there is rarely a high dollar card that you have to pick up.

Technically the leader and rookie cards aren’t part of the team set, but I’m throwing them in anyways.

Believe it or not, I still have a couple of Vintage Complete Sets to post.  So stay tuned because I have a few other packages from fellow bloggers to throw up as well.

Completed Team Set–1974 Topps

I completed this set before the end of the year but I’ve been a slacker for awhile.  I get such a satisfaction of finishing a vintage team set.  I finished 4 of them from the 70’s just before the end of the year with my black Friday purchases from COMC.

I can’t believe they followed up the 1973 Topps photography with these.  Only 3 action shots in the first 16 cards.

A couple more action shots.  These were odd years for the White Sox just because their uniforms really have nothing to do with their normal color scheme.  But I do enjoy them because they are a little different from the norm.

I went ahead and threw the Ron Santo traded and a rookie pitchers card with Ken Frailing from the Sox on it even though they may not be technically part of the team set.

Team collections from COMC

I went and purchased my first ever cards from COMC on Black Friday and took advantage of the free shipping plus you got $.10 back on each purchase.  Today we’ll go through the White Sox collection purchases.  I mainly wanted to work on my vintage team collections and vintage player collections.

I needed 4 cards to complete my 1975 Topps team set.  I thought I picked up all 4 but I apparently didn’t pay enough attention to what I was buying.  I picked up all 3 of these for $2.38 - $.30 = $2.08 total.  What’s the last card I need to complete this set and if I bought 4, why did I not complete it?

I accidently picked up the 1975 Topps mini instead of the full size card.  Oops.  So I still need the team card to complete that set.  I still needed the mini for the White Sox Collection so it wasn’t a big deal, but I was disappointed when I pulled it out and knew I didn’t complete it.  I picked this card up for $.65 – $.10 = $.55.

I picked up the final 3 that I needed for the 1974 Topps team set.  You see the odd cut on the Jim Kaat?  2 of the 3 listed had that and the 3rd card was quite a bit more expensive so I went for the bad cut.  It’s not like I’m going to sell the team set and they have to perfect.  I picked up all 3 of these for $1.36 – $.30 = $1.06.

I also picked up these 2 1973 Topps to bring that team set to only needing 3 cards.  I picked both these up for $1.26 – $.20 = $1.06.

I concentrated on those 3 years because they were the vintage ones that I was closest to completing.

So my totals for my black Friday purchases for my White Sox collection was 9 cards (1973-1975) for $4.75.  Not too shabby at all.

1981 Topps–McRae, Kaat, Oates, Milbourne

 I’m collecting the 1973 set, slowly but surely. This post is the latest in my quest for the completion.

• Card Facts – Hal McRae – Kansas City Royals – Card #295
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “JABO’s”)

• Card Facts – Jim Kaat – St. Louis Cardinals – Card #563
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

• Card Facts – Johnny Oates – New York Yankees – Card #303
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

• Card Facts – Larry Milbourne – Seattle Mariners – Card #583
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Crinkly Wrappers”)

 

• Cards posted in this set – 70
• Total price paid – $2.14
• Average price per card – $0.03
• Cards left to post – 656
• Percentage posted – 70/726 (10% posted)
• Percentage completed – 494/726 (68% completed)

An all free from trade post.  Percentage posted up another percent.  We might be up to about 20% if I would post these more often.  I’ll try to get a little better.