1981 Topps–Jim Sundberg #95, JR Richard #350

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

• Card Facts – Jim Sundberg – Texas Rangers – Card #95
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “Royals and Randoms”)

I remember Sundberg and I remembered he was a catcher, so I’m guessing he has a card somewhere that I remember where he’s wearing his catching gear.

• Card Facts – JR Richard – Houston Astros – Card #350
• Purchase Price – free (Trade with “JABO’s”)

Don’t know an enormous amount about JR Richard.  I want to say he was really good or really bad.  I want to say that he had a consecutive loss streak but I think that happened in the late 80’s so I’m not sure if it was even him.  Basically, I don’t know crap and am just throwing this out there.

• Cards posted in this set – 46
• Total price paid – $1.89
• Average price per card – $0.04
• Cards left to post – 680
• Percentage posted – 46/726 (6% posted)
• Percentage completed – 483/726 (67% completed)

Percentage completed is up to 67% from 59% with the trade cards from Josh at “Royals and Randoms”.

1973 Topps–Billy Williams #200, Fergie Jenkins #180

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

• Card Facts – Billy Williams – Chicago Cubs – Card #200
• Purchase Price – $.56 (Ebay lot 4/$2.24)

If you don’t know, Billy Williams was my father’s favorite player.  That’s why he is in my player collection.  He was a Rookie of the Year and a current Hall of Famer.  So there is plenty to be said about him that I won’t go into here. I actually do remember this card because I originally had a pretty decent sized player collection as a kid, and that was before they produced all the current cards.  I remember even having his rookie card (1961) and probably had most of his base through his last card (1976).

• Card Facts – Fergie Jenkins – Chicago Cubs – Card #180
• Purchase Price – $.56 (Ebay lot 4/$2.24)

It’s apparently a Cubs day as well as a Hall of Famer day for the 1973’s.  Fergie was a Cy Young award winner to go with the Hall of Famer.  I thought he was great when I was younger and I collected him, but I appreciate more of what he did now that I understand the stats and the game better.  It’s your typical pose.  Hopefully, he was at least on the bullpen mound and not just standing in the grass.  The card has a stain in the bottom right so I might eventually replace this.  Haven’t decided if I will or not, it’s not like I’m collecting it to sell it so does it really matter?

• Cards posted in this set – 41
• Total price paid – $6.27
• Average price per card – $0.15
• Cards left to post – 643 (including NNO Checklists)
• Percentage posted – 41/684 (6% posted)
• Percentage completed – 93/684 (14% completed)

Price per card went up with the 2 higher priced purchases at $.56 each.  Both Hall of Famers so you can see why I paid that price regardless.  I also moved the percentage completed up to 14% from 11% with the trade from Josh at “Royals and Randoms”.  Hopefully the randomness of how I pick what cards to show will allow you to see some of those next time.

Player Collection Spotlight–Tom Seaver

In this series, I randomly select a card from my player collections and show it off here. Being that it’s random, it could be a base, insert, parallel, auto, relic or any other kind of card I have. It could be from Paul Konerko, Tom Seaver, Billy Williams, Dave Dravecky and even Mike Hart or Peyton Manning. I will put a mark next to it on my PC list so it doesn’t get repeated.

1986 Topps – Tom Seaver

Card Show Awesomeness

Our quarterly card show was here this weekend.  Yeah, once, every 3 months, that’s pathetic, but that’s the way it is around here anymore.  It’s never much to brag about.  And that’s the way it started here.  It was advertised as 40 tables.  Now to me, that means 40 dealers.  But I’m wondering if they actually counted the tables.  Most dealers had 3 or 4 tables, some had more.  That’s give you an idea how many people are there.  Why they spread it all out in this mall is ridiculous since they could probably squeeze them all into one end.

I remember the days of hitting up shows with my written out lists of what I had or wanted depending on the year.  Those days are over.  I got a Kindle Fire on Wednesday so after playing around for a few days, I figured out how to send my Google Docs (have/want lists) to my Kindle so I wouldn’t need an internet connection to view my documents, grabbed my daughter, I did say it was at the mall, and left.

My plan going into the show was to grab some White Sox vintage or pick up some 1973 or 1981 for my set collection.  I hit a few tables, managed to stay away from anything new.  Picked up a few cards.

Nothing too exciting.  Neither were on my have list (haven’t finished my want lists, been slacking lately), so I grabbed them and headed on.  Last time I was there, a dealer had a box of 1973’s and I was hoping he would be there again.  If he was, he didn’t have the box.

I headed to the other side of the mall.  The first couple of tables didn’t have much.  Lots of $1 base cards that I could buy on ebay for half that shipped.  I was disappointed, but I figure I’d hit the last couple of table.  As I walked up to the last bunch of tables, I saw a light shining on a table.  I heard harp’s playing over the intercom.  A whole table of vintage.  And I’m not talking 70’s vintage, I’m talking 50’s and 60’s vintage.  Let me put it this way, I grabbed everything I wanted and then had to put a bunch back because I just couldn’t afford to spend that much.  But I came away with lots of goodies regardless.  Lots of pictures from here on out.

I know, more 70’s, but at .50 a piece, I couldn’t resist.

He had a whole book of 67’s marked at $1/each.  They were in numerical order so I started at the back because I know a lot of the vintage sets have short printed the last series.  I don’t know which years they did it, and which they didn’t.  But it didn’t matter, the book only went to 300 and something so I figured he probably took the high numbers out.  But I grabbed all the Sox cards in it that I didn’t have, which wasn’t hard since I think I only had the Hoyt Wilhelm. I grabbed the above 9 as well as the following 3.

But wait, there’s more.

Grabbed both these 62’s on accident.  Could have saved myself a few bucks for other cards.  I think it was the bright light shining over the table.  It was in my eyes.  Or I was just too excited and didn’t notice the dupe.  It was probably the second one.

Also grabbed these 2 Post cards from ‘61 and ‘62.  I’ve come across of a number of these in $1 boxes around here so I don’t think they are real hard to find, but I would assume the number of them wouldn’t be as high as a regular ‘61 or ‘62.  But that’s just a guess but what would I know.  Anybody have a clue about any kind of print run?

Lots of 1960’s, also at $1 each.  Except the Aparicio, it was a few bucks.  But well worth the money.

The 2 on the left are ‘60’s also.  I scanned it with the ‘59 because I had scanned them before I looked up the years and thought they were all ‘59’s.  Oops.  Big circles, headshots, Topps did it to me on purpose.  I don’t know my vintage as well being as I wasn’t around back then.

1958’s.  That’s right.  I’m still not done.  What turned into a crappy day at the card show, turned out pretty awesome.

Yup, even a couple of 57’s.  I’m getting as excited typing these out as I was when I came across the table.  I’m sure you all can admit how awesome the above cards are.

All in all, I paid $45 at that final table, so I spent less than $50 at the show.  Considering I was ready to walk away after $2, I think that one table turned my day around.

Contest win & trade with GCRL

I won a contest, I know, I couldn’t believe it either.  I was randomed off in Jim’s contest for commenting on his bog “Garvey Cey Russell Lopes” and plugging his new blog “Timeless Teams”.  My prize was this auto from that set.

Steve Yeager autograph from the 2004 Upper Deck Legends Timeless Teams set.  It is available for trade, if nobody claims it, it’ll go to the next Dodger collector I trade with, except Jim, being as he gave it away, I’m going to assume he doesn’t need it.   But Jim didn’t stop there, apparently he wanted to trade as well as he sent me a huge stack of White Sox cards as well.

These are just a few of the cards he sent.  Really like the Sports Illustrated card.  I like that set earlier when I collected but I don’t remember seeing that card.  The Konerko Fleer Genuine goes to my Konerko collection because I didn’t have it either.

I will definitely send a return package your way Jim but it’ll take me a little time because all you Dodger traders keep me depleted of other Dodger cards. I have a Steve Yeager auto from 2004 UD Legends Timeless Teams if you’d like.  Jusy saying.  Be sure to check out “Garvey Cey Russell Lopes” and “Timeless Teams”