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[jiw98]

Originally Posted by Harliduck

Finished my 1960 Topps set...finally! Got sniped 5 times on the 561 Al Kaline AS and finally scored a nice one. Focus now is on the 1964 Topps...one step closer to the 60's being complete. I feel like I am competing with twice as many set collectors than last year...haha. Good for the hobby, tough on us!

Nice set John. It's kind of odd to me that the last card that you needed was that Kaline. I have 3 of them setting on my desk. I was a big Kaline fan when I was younger.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by jiw98

Nice set John. It's kind of odd to me that the last card that you needed was that Kaline. I have 3 of them setting on my desk. I was a big Kaline fan when I was younger.

That would have been nice to know Jeff, I would have made an offer...

I am a huge Kaline fan as well. I have an employee in Detroit who literally grew up with Al as his idol. When he passed, I shipped my only autographed card to him (psa 73 Topps) as I knew he would need it more than me. That was a great moment. He held a zoom meeting with around 25 guys and we toasted Mr. Kaline and the card...the boys from Detroit area were very emotional. Cool moment and showed what he meant to a lot of people.


So that card was on a BIN for $32. My goal was to beat the BIN for my last card. 5 TIMES with cards equal but no better exceeded the $32 mark, a couple close to $50. I finally said screw it, bought the BIN! Not sure how that became the last card, always funny how the last card happens. I usually buy the big cards first...