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.

Random Cards #77

I'm hanging out in my card room but not really doing anything other than listening to music so I figured I'd throw one of these up.

I got TCDB yesterday and while watching Michigan suck on the football field, I went through all my Tier 1 players and most of my non-Michigan Tier 2 players and added photos to all the cards I had that weren't on there. I did a bunch of Paul Konerko's where the front of the card was there and the back wasn't. I also realized that I put most of those front pictures on without doing the backs. That was back when I scanned each card individually which is why I didn't have the backs.

I'll try to knock this out before I go grab some lunch. Looking forward to watching Michigan basketball (we're a basketball school now) tonight. Once games start a little later today, I'll probably find a NFL game to have on in the background. We'll see, I just can't really get into the NFL anymore.

Tier 1 Collections

(1288 cards)

Collection - Tom Seaver, White Sox

Card - 1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes

Player - Tom Seaver

Team - Chicago White Sox, New York Mets

Acquired - Trade

From - Just a Bit Outside

When - July, 2012

Tier 2 Collections

(1449 cards)

Collection - Barry Larkin

Card - 1992 Fleer

Player - Barry Larkin

Team - Cincinnati Reds

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.12

From - Just Commons

When - February, 2016

Tier 2 Michigan Players Collection

(445 cards)

Collection - Jabrill Peppers

Card - 2017 Panini Prizm Prizm

Player - Jabrill Peppers

Team - Cleveland Browns

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.41

From - Ebay

When - June, 2019

Tier 3 Collections

(1232 cards)

Collection - Cal Ripken Jr

Card - 1996 Upper Deck Cal Ripken Jr

Player - Cal Ripken Jr

Team - Baltimore Orioles

Acquired - Trade

From - Too Many Verlanders

When - December, 2017

Michigan Collection

(647 cards)

Collection - De'Veon Smith, Michigan

Card - 2017 Panini Contenders Draft Picks

Player - De'Veon Smith

Team - Michigan Wolverines

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $3

From - Ebay

When - July, 2018

White Sox Collection

(8030 cards - up 1 card since last weeks random post)

Collection - White Sox

Card - 1988 Fleer Team Stickers

Player - none

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - Trade

From - 2x3 Heroes

When - June, 2016

Team Card Collection

(145 cards)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1976 Topps

Player - multiple

Team - Baltimore Orioles

Acquired - Purchased

Price - unknown

From - Ebay

When - May, 2015

Vintage Collection - 1950's

(71 cards)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1953 Topps

Player - Ray Scarborough

Team - New York Yankees

Acquired - Trade

From - Sluggo

When - April, 2020

Vintage Collection - 1960's

(306 cards)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1960 Topps

Player - Ryne Duren

Team - New York Yankees

Acquired - Trade

From - Sluggo

When - January, 2020

Vintage Collections - 1970's

(2285 cards)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1979 Topps

Player - Joe Ferguson

Team - Los Angeles Dodgers

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $.50

From - Ebay

When - October, 2012

Vintage Collection - 1980's

(7317 cards - up 1 card from last week's random post)

Collection - Vintage

Card - 1987 Topps

Player - Dwight Gooden

Team - New York Mets

Acquired - unknown

Price - unknown

From - unknown

When - unknown

Relic

(230 cards)

Collection - Mark Buehrle, White Sox

Card - 2012 Topps Allen & Ginter Relics

Player - Mark Buehrle

Team - Chicago White Sox

Acquired - unknown

Price - unknown

From - unknown

When - unknown

Autograph

(366 cards)

Collection - Michigan

Card - 2011-12 Fleer Retro Autographics 1998-99

Player - Cazzie Russell

Team - Michigan Wolverines

Acquired - Purchased

Price - $2.69

From - COMC

When - February, 2016

Just a reminder that all the photos, except the last one, came from TCDB as I don't have photos of every one of my cards anymore. The Cazzie Russell came off my blog because it wasn't on TCDB which is why I'm gradually going through my cards to add photos to the site, so when I do these posts, all the photos are there. My 1953 Topps don't look that good.