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.

On The 8th Day, Ebay Gave To Me, 2 Free Cards

8th day in a row. I'm thinking that I purchase way more cards than I thought I did. Although, technically, 1 of those days was a package from someone else and not a purchase.

Today, I actually had to walk to the mailbox to get my cards because my daughter, who normally grabs the mail after school, had a field trip to Chicago so she wasn't getting home until later. I thought the change of routine might stop the streak. I was happy to see 4 envelopes, each containing 1 card I purchased but 1 envelope had 3 other cards as filler and 2 of those I could use as well.

2015 Topps Baseball History

 I picked up this modern day Carlton for $.37/shipped. I love the powder blue uniforms of the 80's, I really don't know why. This is my 67th card in the Steve Carlton collection.

1992 Score

I grabbed a couple more of Cal off of Ebay. I continue to grab his cards cheap, mainly because there are so many during the junk wax era. I paid a quarter shipped for this big headed Ripken.

1988 Fleer

A double Ripken. I grabbed this one for $.44/shipped so $.22 a Ripken. These 2 cards bring the Cal Ripken Jr Collection to 229 cards. What was nice about this pick up is the seller wrapped it in 3 other cards. 1 card was a NBA card which is going to my cousin in my next card dump but the other 2 fit in another collection.

1980 Topps

I assume since I purchased a Ripken card that he assumed that I was an Orioles fan. We all know that I'm not but I can certainly use this in the Vintage Collection.

1980 Topps

He sent me 2 cards from the 1980 Topps and I needed both of them. Those 2 cards put the 1980 Topps set at 112 cards which is just over 15% completed. I still can't believe he sent 3 vintage cards.

2011 Topps Finest Orange Refractor Autograph

Just like Josh Fields (Sunday's post) Brent Morel was supposed to be our 3rd baseman of the future and he's no longer with the Sox. I picked up this autograph that's numbered to /99 for $2.99/shipped. It's a pretty slick looking card, very shiny.