As I mentioned in my last post last Sunday December 14, I attended my monthly show outside of the Detroit area in hopes to find some singles from my ever growing wantlists. While I was talking to one of my dealer friends whom I haven't seen since last year cause he usually attends another show within the area & only sets up when there isn't any conflict with the other show. So as I was catching up with him I noticed he had an 800ct box of 1968 Topps baseball with a disclaimer in the box "Condition Sensitive" for $100 considering I asked how low would he go he said $80 & weighing the pros & cons in my head I figured what the heck after all hopefully I can get the 1967 Topps set done in time for the 2026 National Sports Card Convention in Rosemont, Illinois & maybe it won't take me 35+ years to finish this set so I took it.
On Tuesday I started to sort through my find getting them sleeved up so I could figure out how many more cards I need to go other than needing the obvious cards any card that features a Detroit Tigers player on it as well the Mickey Mantle 2nd to last card during his playing career the 2 big rookies of Johnny Bench & Jerry Koosman/Nolan Ryan cards. I was lucky to get the Willie Mays in my box sure its not the top notch type cause it has a crease on it but, that was the key card that made me want to pull the trigger on this lot cause his card would be one less star player I would have to find cause I saw it poking out of a small stack laying on top of the other cards in the box. I have a good portion of the set as I type this post I'm currently working on the 200s getting them in order & sleeved up (109 cards needing & counting). Before anyone asks me what I am planning to do with the dupes well.....I know of a fellow blogger who wouldn't mind them for his set pending I have some of the cards he needs for his set. I will keep you posted on the progress of my building of the set so stay tuned for future developments on the 1968 project.
I still have an extra `25/`26 Topps Basketball hand collated set available if anyone is interested in it just let me know until then I am reminded of Rogers Hornsby once said about signing autographs for little kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."
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