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KCRfan1 · #1 09-14-2021, 08:47 PM

I just completed the 1973 baseball set. It took the better part of 6 years or so.

I bought the HoF's first with Schmidt being the first card I bought. $75 bucks for a sharp 5.5.

The last card I needed was #590 Deron Johnson.

Tough card to find centered, however I found one.

Most of my set is un-graded except for the HoF's.

The set is fairly well centered, but again, the cards are difficult in centered condition.

Iconic rookie card in Schmidt with the last cards of Mays and Clemente. The set is loaded with HoF's.

This was the first set I seriously collected as a kid. I loved those cards and while they are long gone, the past 6 years gave me an opportunity to be a kid again.

This set of cards will be with me for the rest of my life. They're my time machine.

UKCardGuy · #2 09-15-2021, 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

I just completed the 1973 baseball set. It took the better part of 6 years or so.

I bought the HoF's first with Schmidt being the first card I bought. $75 bucks for a sharp 5.5.

The last card I needed was #590 Deron Johnson.

Tough card to find centered, however I found one.

Most of my set is un-graded except for the HoF's.

The set is fairly well centered, but again, the cards are difficult in centered condition.

Iconic rookie card in Schmidt with the last cards of Mays and Clemente. The set is loaded with HoF's.

This was the first set I seriously collected as a kid. I loved those cards and while they are long gone, the past 6 years gave me an opportunity to be a kid again.

This set of cards will be with me for the rest of my life. They're my time machine.

Congrats! It's a great set. I'm working on it too (537 / 684). To me, centering can be an issue but it's the black border on the back of the cards that makes higher grades so tough. Well done.

Chicosbailbonds · #3 10-13-2021, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

I just completed the 1973 baseball set. It took the better part of 6 years or so.

I bought the HoF's first with Schmidt being the first card I bought. $75 bucks for a sharp 5.5.

The last card I needed was #590 Deron Johnson.

Tough card to find centered, however I found one.

Most of my set is un-graded except for the HoF's.

The set is fairly well centered, but again, the cards are difficult in centered condition.

Iconic rookie card in Schmidt with the last cards of Mays and Clemente. The set is loaded with HoF's.

This was the first set I seriously collected as a kid. I loved those cards and while they are long gone, the past 6 years gave me an opportunity to be a kid again.

This set of cards will be with me for the rest of my life. They're my time machine.

If interested, the Topps Heritage set next year is the 1973 design.

wdwfan · #4 10-13-2021, 07:11 PM

I'm down to needing 3 cards to finish my 1958 Topps set. But I'm getting frustrated as I'm having trouble finding them. I've found them for absurd asking prices on eBay, and I'm not going to overpay just to finish a set. So I'm thinking about just giving up on it and moving them all and finding another set to build.

I'm just getting started on a 1957 Topps set, which is my all time favorite set. I only have about 220ish, but I've got a large lot of 100 different (taken off my needs list, so none will be dupes of what I have) that should be here tomorrow or Friday. Most of them are in Ex to NM condition and most are from the very tough midseries set. So that would be put me about 315, which isn't close. But still close enough to try and finish.

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