Where am I at now? Charting my progress through building a set

[wdwfan]

8.6 Update:
Money spent: $0;
Cards acquired: 8
(6 usable cards, 1 with a crease I can't use and 1 that is glossy and blank back)

Notes: After I started this thread, I had a nice user (Harliduck) message me saying he had a few extras he'd give me at no cost. Those came in the mail today. Very nice gesture by an awesome collector. So I added a few more, for nothing. THat's what collecting is about. Thank you Harliduck. By the way, I have no idea what the Bouchee is about. It's quite glossier than all the other cards and has a blank white back. I think it's some type of reprint that thrown in somehow, although I'm not really sure.

[Hxcmilkshake]

Originally Posted by wdwfan

8.6 Update:
Money spent: $0;
Cards acquired: 8
(6 usable cards, 1 with a crease I can't use and 1 that is glossy and blank back)

Notes: After I started this thread, I had a nice user (Harliduck) message me saying he had a few extras he'd give me at no cost. Those came in the mail today. Very nice gesture by an awesome collector. So I added a few more, for nothing. THat's what collecting is about. Thank you Harliduck. By the way, I have no idea what the Bouchee is about. It's quite glossier than all the other cards and has a blank white back. I think it's some type of reprint that thrown in somehow, although I'm not really sure.

Yeah Bouchee I think should've been in the set but wasn't for some reason so somebody made him.

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[wdwfan]

Thanks. Yes, I asked Harliduck, and he said Bouchee was pulled. So the set will forever have a hole at #145. But I can always replace it with the Bouchee (or just drop this set and do a different one that's complete! Thanks Topps). I'd never do that, but I know some people that would. Anyway, I guess I'll have 2 Bouchee's in the set.

Originally Posted by Hxcmilkshake

Yeah Bouchee I think should've been in the set but wasn't for some reason so somebody made him.

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[wdwfan]

8/17 Update:
Money spent: $125;
Cards acquired: 65
(59 usable and 6 with creasing)

Notes: Did a couple of deals on Facebook that got me one of my biggest lots yet. They actually came in last week, but I just got around to getting them off the counter in the kitchen where our mail sits until we open it.

I got a large lot, but I ultimately had to put 6 into the not usable pile. I specifically asked both sellers if any had creases. Both sellers said their lots were crease free, but I found that not to be the case.

Anyway, I added 59 usable cards to my set and put 6 into my trash/donate/do whatever pile later on. I now have more than 40 cards in that lot as well as 27 in my "extras" pile that are trade candidates.

I'm not up to over 70 percent of the set, but I still have 1 big one (a Mantle) to go as well as several smaller $50-$75 type cards. I might go ahead and start putting them into a notebook this weekend. I am a notebook set collector. In other words, no graded and no toploaders. Strictly I pages. Someone told me that you could put them into Ultra Pro Premium Penny Sleeves. Neither of the LCS around here carry the premium ones, so I might go buy a few packages just to try them out.

By the way, the camera is making them look dull. They're not that dull. They're very sharp in color. Thanks for the look, and here's a look at the lots that came in this week.

[wdwfan]

8/19 Update:
Money spent: $22;
Cards acquired: 2
(2 usable cards)

Notes: Found a couple more on Facebook that I could use. Dodgers TC is a little more OC than I am wanting, but I got it for a good price. Also, it fills a hole for now. I can always upgrade later. Anyway, almost up to 71% now. Getting excited as I move closer to finishing. Thanks for the look.

[wdwfan]

9/16 Update:
Money spent: $170;
Cards acquired: 54
(All usable)

Notes: I picked up a few lots between here and Facebook a couple of weeks ago, but I forgot to add them into the thread. I got the Williams for $24 at my LCS, got the Ford and a lot of 11 other cards for $55 on Facebook and the Mays/Braves card from a user here.

Earlier this week, I was contemplating sell the lot because I was more interested in the look and asthetic of the 1957s. I was going to try and trade/sell all of my 1958s to fund more 1957s. But I stopped at one of my favorite card stores yesterday while traveling home from a job site (went to Bankston's in Waco). When I was there last year, I put a box of 57s and 58s in his office, and he held them for me. So I picked up 40 more (the lot of 7 pictured plus another 33) for $1.75 apiece. Needless to say I'm still chipping away at trying to finish the set (I also picked up about 40 different 57s for my set for the same price).

Here's my latest pickups:
Williams, $24 at my LCS, Ford and 11 others for $55 on Facebook and Aaron/Braves from user on here.



Picked up these and 33 others for $1.75 apiece ($70 total) yesterday.

[egri]

Nice set, and I’m glad you stuck with it. Good luck with the rest!