1973 Topps

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

Detroit Tigers

• Card Facts – Aurelio Rodriguez – Card #218
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

• Card Facts – Bill Freehan – Card #460
• Purchase Price – $.50 (Ebay single)

• Card Facts – Chuck Seelbach – Card #51
• Purchase Price – $.23 (Ebay lot – 13/$2.99)

• Card Facts – Duke Sims – Card #304
• Purchase Price – $.22 (Ebay lot – 4/$.88)

• Card Facts – Ed Brinkman – Card #5
• Purchase Price – $.13 (Ebay lot – 4/$.52)

• Card Facts – Jim Northrup - Card #168
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

• Card Facts – Joe Coleman – Card #120
• Purchase Price – $.50 (Ebay single)

• Card Facts – John Hiller – Card #448
• Purchase Price – $.50 (Ebay single)

• Card Facts – Lerrin LaGrow – Card #369
• Purchase Price – $.13 (Ebay lot – 4/$.52)

• Card Facts – Tony Taylor – Card #29
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

• Card Facts – Woodie Fryman – Card #146
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

 

• Total price paid – $72.61
• Average price per card – $0.23
• Percentage completed – 314/684 (46% completed)

Vintage Collection–the rest

As you can tell in the title, I don’t have many more vintage to go so I don’t need to break the decade up in 3 posts like I did the 1970’s.

A black hatted Montreal Expos card.  You totally can’t tell he was in a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform in this picture.  Got to love the vintage for the photoshopping skills.  We’ve come a long way now.

And a couple of 1960’s.  We breezed right through that decade, didn’t we?  I like this set.  Player name, team and/or logo, plus you get 2 photo’s, a headshot and action shot.  what’s not to love.

And last but not least, this 1959 comes from Dennis of “Too Many Verlanders”.  He actually picked up 2 of these, 1 for my White Sox Collection and this one for my Vintage Collection.  He’ll probably tell you he did that because I needed 2 copies, but he already fessed up to me and said he didn’t realize he bought 2.  But all is good, because I needed them both. 

1959 Topps - 1

1960 Fleer - 1                           1966 Topps - 67
1960 Topps - 2                          1968 Topps - 1
1964 Topps - 1                          1969 Topps - 1
1965 Topps - 1

1970 Topps - 2                          1975 Topps - 8
1971 Topps - 45                         1976 Topps - 130
1972 Topps - 10                         1977 Topps - 15
1973 Topps - 314                       1978 Topps - 37
1974 Topps - 59                         1979 Topps - 14

1980 Topps - 8
1981 Donruss – 1                       1981 Fleer - 1                    1981 Topps - 505
1982 Donruss – 13                     1982 Topps - 7
1983 Fleer - 3                            1983 Topps - 1
1984 Topps - 1
1985 Topps - 15
1986 Donruss - 1                       1986 Topps - 29
1987 Donruss - 3                       1987 Fleer – 1                    1987 Topps – 65

1981 Topps

I’m collecting the 1981 set, slowly but surely. This post is the latest in my quest for the completion.

Seattle Mariners

• Card Facts – Bill Stein – Card #532
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

• Card Facts – Bruce Bochte - Card #723
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

• Card Facts – Byron McLaughlin – Card #344
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “JABO’s”)

• Card Facts – Dave Roberts – Card #57
• Purchase Price – free (trade with “Royals and Randoms”)

• Card Facts – Rick Anderson, Greg Biercevicz, Rodney Craig – Card #282
• Purchase Price – $.05 (Ebay lot – 100/$4.99)

• Card Facts – Glenn Abbott – Card #699
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

• Card Facts – Jim Beattie – Card #443
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

• Card Facts – Joe Simpson – Card #116
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “JABO’s”)

• Card Facts – Julio Cruz – Card #397
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “JABO’s”)

• Card Facts – Larry Cox – Card #249
• Purchase Price – $.05 (Ebay lot – 100/$4.99)

• Card Facts – Manny Sarmiento – Card #649
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

• Card Facts – Marc Hill – Card #486
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “JABO’s”)

• Card Facts – Shane Rawley – Card #423
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “JABO’s”)

• Card facts – Tom Paciorek – Card #228
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Manupatches & Mustaches”)

 

• Total price paid – $8.08
• Average price per card – $0.03
• Percentage completed – 505/726 (70% completed)

1973 Topps

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

Kansas City Royals

• Card Facts – Al Fitzmorris – Card #643
• Purchase Price – $.13 (Ebay lot – 4/$.52)

• Card Facts – Carl Taylor – Card #99
• Purchase Price – $.23 (Ebay lot – 13/$2.99)

• Card Facts – Dick Drago – Card #392
• Purchase Price – $.19 (Ebay lot – 4/$.74)

• Card Facts – Gail Hopkins – Card #441
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

• Card Facts – Lou Piniella – Card #140
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Justin’s World”)

• Card Facts – Monty Montgomery - Card #164
• Purchase Price – $,11 (Ebay lot – 40/$4.25)

• Card Facts – Paul Schaal – Card #416
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

• Card Facts – Roger Nelson – Card #251
• Purchase Price – $.20 (Ebay lot – 4/$.80)

• Card Facts – Ted Abernathy – Card #22
• Purchase Price – unknown

• Card Facts – Tom Burgmeier – Card #306
• Purchase Price – $.22 (Ebay lot – 4/$.88)

• Card Facts – Tom Murphy – Card #539
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

• Card Facts – Wayne Simpson – Card #428
• Purchase Price – $.31 (“Crinkly Wrappers” lot – 145/$45)

 

• Total price paid – $69.16
• Average price per card – $0.22
• Percentage completed – 314/684 (46% completed)

Randomness

I’m stealing something I do on my Random blog, a post of Randomness.  It makes it easier than throwing out a bunch of small posts.

I haven’t really been around, personally, on this blog in awhile.  I’ve been churning out posts with lots of cards but not much personality behind them.  I still have a 3 1973 Topps posts and 12 1981 Topps posts until I’m caught up on those.  And going through my drafts, I only have one more vintage post left because apparently, Windows Live Writer lost my early 1970’s post and I’ve already deleted the pictures off my computer.  I’ll just tell you, the majority of that post were 1971 cards that I got at $.50 each.  Since it lost my pictures, you get a picture of a 1971 Topps box above.

I also wanted to update you on my Twitter account.  The old Twitter account that you all followed me on (above pic) has been changed to the new one.  The first one you followed was my personal account that my family and friends also follow.  I decided to start a sports one so my family and friends didn’t have to deal with all the sports tweets from this blog and My Sports Obsession Tumblr account.  I don’t care if you follow the original one, I still use it for my Instagram pics, My Random Thoughts from a Random Guy blog and A Day In The Life Of A Nobody as well as personal tweets but you may want to follow the new Twitter account to get in on all the sports related tweets (picture below).  So click on the pic above for my personal Twitter and the below pic for the Sports Twitter.

I made it to the playoffs on both my Fantasy Football leagues and lost both of them in the first round.  I barely squeaked in both leagues so that didn’t really surprise me.  The league I run, I ended up ditching my frozen player (Philip Rivers) and started Andrew Luck about 3 or 4 weeks in.  But it still took me a 5 straight win finish to get into the playofffs.  If I had to guess right now, I’ll be freezing Andrew Luck for next year.  Would have been nice to actually win some money since it’s my league though.

I’ve had a few requests for trades in the last few weeks that I’ve had to turn down.  If you remember my resolution at the beginning of this year, I was going to tone down my purchases and only buy stuff specifically for my collections.  I’ve done a great job on that, I haven’t bought any packs all year.  But what it does do is make my trading material minimal.  So I don’t have any extra cards to trade out.  I do still trade a little, I sent a box of White Sox cards to “2 by 3 Heroes” which wasn’t technically a trade box, but he has reciprocated with a couple of packages back, so I guess it was a trade.  And I also have a standing trade with Dennis over at “Too Many Verlanders” and “Too Many Manninghams” because we just swap whenever we get cards for each other.  And I pick up cards for him while shopping for myself because we both collect Wolverines.  But like I said, I just don’t have any cards to trade with anymore.

I guess that’s all I got, hopefully I haven’t ran all of you off.  But definitely go sign up with the new Twitter so I can follow you all as well.