Last Card Needed

[Piratedogcardshows]

Not much of a story but here goes.I only needed Buck Hooker to complete my T210 Series 2 set.I was bidding on one that was in a auction and missed it due to sleeping through an alarm I set.A couple weeks later the same card was on Ebay and I won it for exactly what it sold for including the BP.Here he is.

[darwinbulldog]

"Honey, why are you setting that alarm?"
"Well, um, I finally have a chance to pick up a nice-looking Hooker around 3 o'clock."

[and my wife would reply -- "But I thought you weren't going to buy any more cards this month."]

Originally Posted by Jason

Not much of a story but here goes.I only needed Buck Hooker to complete my T210 Series 2 set.I was bidding on one that was in a auction and missed it due to sleeping through an alarm I set.A couple weeks later the same card was on Ebay and I won it for exactly what it sold for including the BP.Here he is.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

"Honey, why are you setting that alarm?"
"Well, um, I finally have a chance to pick up a nice-looking Hooker around 3 o'clock."

[and my wife would reply -- "But I thought you weren't going to buy any more cards this month."]

Hahaha that was a good one

[Jantz]

Hi Rich

Back in the late 90s I was building a Bowman Chrome set and got down to one card. I remember reading an article in Beckett that said this set was one of the toughest sets to build from the 90s.

Ironically it was a Cleveland player. I figured since I live here in Ohio, it wouldn't be that hard to find. After months of stopping by card shops...(card shops? What are those?) and hitting a few card shows I would be able to locate this last card.

After months of searching with no luck, I grabbed the latest issue of Beckett and began calling all the card shops advertised in the back of the magazine. Finally found a shop out in Las Vegas that had my last card I needed.

So after months of searching and an inflated long distance phone bill, I finally found that last common card I needed to finish my set. But as we all know, the hunt is a big part of what makes this hobby so enjoyable.


Jantz

[Republicaninmass]

T3 set it was Cobb but he is found easily

Last two were Rhoades and Tenney both very tough

[mybuddyinc]

Many years ago: E90-1 complete sans Jackson. Had to sell do to finances. As I was selling off, I had a chance to buy a PSA 2 Jackson for $3000, but had to pass .............


"Don't cry Constable, it is a sad story, but as my uncle Ichabod said "Speaking of the city: 'T'ain't no place for women gal, but pretty men goo thar." -- W.C. Fields (Fatal Glass of Beer)

[albrshbr]

Sorry Rich but this is about the last 2 cards needed.

It was 1979 and I was finally getting close to completing my first ever set of baseball cards (1979 Topps) and was only missing Clint Hurdle and Mike Krukow. I checked with a friend of mine who usually had more cards than me, and wouldn't you know it, he only needed the same 2 cards. (He was only 1 card short of the 1978 set...Thurman Munson). I took a trip to a local card shop (there weren't many available back then) and they already had 3 wantlists on file needing the same cards.

A couple weeks later I went to visit my grandparents for the weekend and I took my cards with me. I sat at the kitchen table with my grandmother and told her all about my card collection and what I knew about some of the players (Bench and Brett for the most part). After dinner, the 3 of us got into the car and went to a nearby K-Mart where grandma surprised me by buying the last of the packs they had available (about 10 of them). We got back to the house where I tore them open, but did not find the cards I was hoping for.

The next day grandma went to the grocery store and came home with about 10 more packs of cards. This time I found both of the cards I needed! I can't tell you how excited I was, I really thought back then that completing a set was a major accomplishment, for anyone. I knew people who had complete sets of KISS cards or Star Wars, but no one who had completed a set as large as a baseball set.

I lost my grandmother in 1981 and miss her for many reasons. I have many wonderful memories, one of which is her helping me complete my 1979 Topps baseball. She had no interest in any sports, but sat there for hours as I talked about my cards and various baseball players. I still have the 2 cards, don't know exactly where they are right now, but I do know I still have them in probably VG condition both in toploaders. They are my only 2 cards in my collection that I will never get rid of.

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

"Honey, why are you setting that alarm?"
"Well, um, I finally have a chance to pick up a nice-looking Hooker around 3 o'clock."

[and my wife would reply -- "But I thought you weren't going to buy any more cards this month."]

Excellent! Thanks for that, Darwin!