The last card of your first hand collated set

[rats60]

1968 Topps Willie Smith.

[Rickyy]

1974 Topps, I needed the Washington Padres variations to finish the set... I got Dave Roberts many years later at a show in SF in the late 80's...(pre ebay days) the dealer was just as happy for me as I was...

Ricky Y

[JollyElm]

1975 Steve frickin' Foucault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jayworld]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

1975 Steve frickin' Foucault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, I remember Steve Foucault pitching several times in person for the 1975 Rangers; sidewinder relief pitcher with a tremendous mustache. It was always "good" back then to see Foucault come in the late innings, as the game was "won" for the Rangers, a fairly rare feat back then...

[Ksquared]

1981 Topps Mario Mendoza. Seems like I bought packs for months looking for that card. As I separated cards into my Topps Sports Locker by team it drove me crazy not to have that card. Probably looked through my doubles almost every day thinking I must have it somewhere. Bittersweet to finally get the card.....finished the set but, wow, what an ugly card.

[mrmopar]

78T baseball was the set, but have no memory of the last card needed. I think Cullen Bryant was the last card I needed for an 81T football set. I remember that because I had trouble finding it in the pre-internet/local cardshop/show days.

[DHogan]

1967 Don Clendenon #535 The centering on that card drove me nuts.

[Harliduck]

1979 Topps was my first complete set, but I don't remember the last card. I do however remember getting a 1981 Topps Gene Richards for my last card in 81. I remember that feeling pulling it from a pack after looking though NUMEROUS packs for that one card...it was magic, like I won the lotto.

When I was 16 in 1986, I got the last card to my first 1969 set through the mail. I had to call a shop in Boston from an advertisement in the back of a Becket to get it, Norm Cash. I thought it was unbelievable cool to order and find a card from across the coast! I still remember putting in $2 cash into an envelope, and waiting for the card to arrive. My how times have changed...

[62corvette]

1960 Topps Smokey Burgess. As a 12-year old, I drove a hard bargain, trading a Whitey Ford and an Al Kaline for that Smokey! 6 months later dropped the hobby for about 10 years. Was 13, and too sophisticated for a little-kid's hobby.

[runbrett]

I gave up way too much in trade to complete my set. Getting the Billy Martin was great, but I never again traded anything decent for a manager card.

[tjv815]

1978 Topps was my first vintage set that I completed. The last card was Rick Auerbach

[keating3620]

1977 topps, buying a pack at a time at the candy store. Last card was Toby Harrah. Ended up with 8 Aurerlio Rodriguez of the Tigers

[SmokyBurgess]

1963 Fleer Orlando Cepeda.

Found the checklist much earlier at a flea market.

[1963Topps Set]

The first vintage set I ever completed was the 1959 Topps set back in 1993. The Al Kaline All Star card was the final card added. It was an amazing feeling!

[oilersfan9994]

I bought pack after pack of this in the summer of 1983 but #293 just never appeared. Weird thing was NOBODY in my area seemed to have it. None of my friends, none of the booths at the local flea market, not even any of the local card stores had this common. I finally ended up ordering it through the mail--I remember being so ticked that a card which would normally cost me perhaps a penny or two from a local dealer ended up costing me just shy of 30 cents because I had to pay for postage.

[JTysver]

1978 Topps Ray Knight. I needed both the Tom Seaver and Ray Knight and got them in the same day.
Built the set completely from buying packs.