Close, but not quite there

I checked on my Sportlots package and I'm pretty sure I'm not getting it until the 28th but I still have 6 more posts after today which means I won't have to stop blogging and I can finish everything from the last couple of months.

As you know, I occasionally take a set that I'm close to finishing and throw some money at the cards and try to get it complete. I've actually completed the 1985 Fleer & Topps set, as well as the 1987 Topps set doing this. I've completed all 3 of those sets since August and those are the 1st 3 that I've completed since starting collecting again.

Today is one of those posts and one of the next sets I'm trying to complete.

As you can see, I bought quite a bit of the 1981 Topps set. The bad thing about completing sets this way is that I started with the set I was closest to completing, than the 2nd closest and so on. So now that I'm working on my 4th set, the more cards that I need.

I picked up all of these on Card Barrel, 114 cards for $23.87 including shipping which equals out to just under $.21/each. It's not completed yet as they didn't have everything that I wanted or I could get them cheaper on Sportlots so it'll hopefully be completed on the 28th when I get my Sportlots package. As it stands right now, I have 694 of the 726 cards in the set.

Lotsa Sox

Hey, I finally got another envelope. I actually got a box of stuff yesterday from my cousin but he sends me whatever Sox stuff he finds so I have to filter through it and see what all I need so it'll be a bit before you see that. Before we get going today, I'll give you an update on my Ebay purchases (read last couple of posts if you aren't in the know). It's a nice, easy update.

As soon as I get my past winnings in the mail, I'll be done with the site. The card I couldn't pay for, got cancelled by the seller. He never responded to my messages so as far as I know, he just thinks I'm a dick that wouldn't pay the $.27.

As I said before though, I did get one of those past winnings in the mail tonight. 1 envelope with 7 cards in it that is.

Somebody posted a bunch of 83 fleer so I bid on all the Sox cards that I needed. I won all these for $1/shipped once tax was paid. It broke down to 4 cards at $.06, 2 cards at $.22 and one at a quarter. Sadly, it doesn't even put me at half for the team set. I know all the players except that Ernesto guy, not sure I've seen him before.

I have 6 more envelopes coming from Ebay, although one is way overdue so we'll see if I even get that one.

Another purchase from JABO’s

Kyle over at “JABO’s” had a post where you claim a team.  He’ll send you a bunch of cards from that team.  You go through the cards, take out all the ones you want, and then pay him $.02/card plus pay the shipping cost when he shipped them to you.  I got in on it.

I kept all these from the 80’s.

And these from the 90’s to current.

Great additions to my White Sox Collection.  Check out Kyle at “Juuust a Bit Outside”

Box Break

Dave over at “Indians Baseball Cards” had another oddball box break.  I didn’t get in on any previous ones but I got on the last one.  These breaks are great for a couple of reasons, they are cheap, and for people like me who are just starting their collections, you get some great oddball cards to add.

1986 Fleer Stickers.  These are great, I got a few duplicates but not of the Tom Seaver, who I collect, so I could have put one with my team collection and one with my player collection.  Oh well, still nice to have, I just have to get another one.

An oversized 1985 Donruss Ron Kittle, don’t know if this was a box topper or not, doesn’t matter I guess.  A 1989 Bowman Ozzie Guillen.  And some 1985 Topps rubdowns (Tom Seaver, Harold Baines and Carlton Fisk)

And 4 Topps Fold Outs which are also oversized.  Greg Luzinski, Jerry Koosman, Jim Kern and Ron LaFlore.  All 4 of these have players on the back and I got dupes of all 4, so if your interested in the following, let me know.

Although technically, the Phil Niekro isn’t on the back of one of the Sox players.  It’s a whole different card that Dave threw in.  Who’s on the back of the Niekro you ask?

Are you still trying to figure out who was on the back of one of the Sox cards then?  Well, on the back of the Jerry Koosman was non other than

Tom Seaver himself.  So I get to add the Sox to the team collection and one to the player collection.

Definitely impressed with the Box break.  A bunch of Sox, none of which I had and 3 Tom Seaver’s.  All for $4.  Great box break Dave, thanks again.

 

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, it’s been 100 degrees here and I got a stupid cold that’s been kicking my ass.  Between the lack of sleep and the run down feeling, I haven’t done much online this week.  I think I’m getting on top of it with the help of antibiotics so hopefully I’ll be able to post a little more regularly.