How it feels to FINALLY cross your most-wanted card off your list.....

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Posted By: Brian McQueen

Just got this one in today. I suppose the "thrill of the chase" was one reason I always enjoyed set collecting but it's nice when the chase finally ends too. It may not be much to look at, but this card was at the top of my want list for a very, very long time. I'm thrilled to finally have one and am sure it will be a favorite in my collection for a long time to come. Sometimes the hobby's "rewards" will more than make up for it's frustrating aspects. And of course, the good news for all of you is that I can finally stop badgering you all for this card each month on BST or through emails. See how that works? Everyone wins!

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Posted By: barry arnold

great news!
congratulations, Brian.
i'm 4 away from completing the Monster and am beginning to taste what you're talking about.

all the best,

barry

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Posted By: Kramer

The problem with this is when you cross of your most wanted card...

Another one becomes your new most wanted card... and it never ends!

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Posted By: Darren

I recently picked up a 1952 Topps Jackie Robinson...a classic card that has seemed to escape me until I pulled the trigger.

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Posted By: leon

Congrats....I know that is a tough card and you have wanted it for a long time. I know the feeling.....I just crossed off D32 from the few I need...thanks to Barry's recent auction...

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Posted By: Joe D.

moments like that are bitter-sweet.

awesome to get the card... but then there is an empty space there which used to be filled by that chase thrill/aggravation.


congrats on the pickup!

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Posted By: Jimi

Congrats, Brian! I looked for one for you at the National, but of course, no luck. I am the same way as you....the thrill of the chase and completion.....but.....then what? What does Brian McQueen do now?

Jimi

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Posted By: Ricky Y

That's a sweet card Brian! Part of the joy of collecting is to finally find one off of your wantlists!

Ricky Y

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Posted By: Bob Pomilla

Joe D.,

"You may find that having, is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." -Spock from "Amok Time".

Not, by any means a "Trekkie", but see some truth in that.

Congradulations, Brian!

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Posted By: Jason L

and you know, it is the wanting!

I searched for many many years for a particular pair of cards, always looking at pictures I had, wondering if I would ever find these elusive things. When I finally found them, I couldn't pay for them fast enough, and no delivery service was fast enough. When they finally arrived in the mail...I looked at them for 10 minutes, showed them to my family, and then put them away and haven't lookd at them since!

Weird, huh?

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Posted By: Zinn

For me too it is the "thrill of the chase". I haven't completed many sets but do recall the letdown once the quest had ended. It isn't instantaneous but it will come. And when it does you will move on to another chase, and another, and another, and hopefully it will never end.