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[darkhorse9]

Originally Posted by Jwkeen

Love the display. It looks great, but unfortunately your 1980 Topps binder doesn’t have a Hall of Famer in the spine. I don’t blame you for using Rose though. I would probably use his card many times for a run like that, but preferably in a Reds uniform.

There's a second bookshelf that has the sets from 2000-2023. Obviously there aren't Hall Of Famers in many of those either, but there are Hall of Fame worthy players there.

[stkuhl]

Ordered a 1968 Topps Clemente #150 today which completes my 1968 set. Moving onto 1962 Topps with the goal of completing Topps BB sets back to 1961. Have completed the 1961 set and have a start on the 63-67 sets. All the stories of the 66 and 67 high numbers scare me sometimes but the challenge is what makes the hobby fun.

[Bigdaddy]

After several years of hunting, this card showed up at REA and I was fortunate to be able to add it to the collection. Currently at 58/60 signed cards for the 1968 Topps Giants set. Doubting that I'll ever finish it off, so this will probably be it.

[Jwkeen]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

After several years of hunting, this card showed up at REA and I was fortunate to be able to add it to the collection. Currently at 58/60 signed cards for the 1968 Topps Giants set. Doubting that I'll ever finish it off, so this will probably be it.

I would assume because of Clemente? I would imagine a signed Clemente would be extremely difficult to find.

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by Jwkeen

I would assume because of Clemente? I would imagine a signed Clemente would be extremely difficult to find.

Yes, Clemente is very tough and just doesn't show up for sale. And they've usually already been scooped up by set collectors. The last one I saw was pre-pandemic and went for several thousand dollars.

The other tough one is Dick Farrell, who retired in 1969 and shortly after moved to Great Britain where he worked on an oil rig. He then died in 1977 in an auto accident. So not a big opportunity for him to sign.

Originally Posted by JollyElm

This seems like Déjà vu, so I may have asked this before, but can you tell us why the autographed 1964 Topps Giants Mays is such a tough get? He's not a hard signature to find on virtually any card (if you have the money to spend), so why is there a roadblock trying to get this one? Thanks.

For some reason, Mays is tougher than I would expect also. His card is an SP, so that may have something to do with it.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

After several years of hunting, this card showed up at REA and I was fortunate to be able to add it to the collection. Currently at 58/60 signed cards for the 1968 Topps Giants set. Doubting that I'll ever finish it off, so this will probably be it.

This seems like Déjà vu, so I may have asked this before, but can you tell us why the autographed 1964 Topps Giants Mays is such a tough get? He's not a hard signature to find on virtually any card (if you have the money to spend), so why is there a roadblock trying to get this one? Thanks.