Goal for 2011: get wantlists up for every Topps base set from 1951 to 2007ish. I might bother to do the same for 2008-2011 assuming Topps doesn't piss me off too badly this year. Who am I kidding, they'll piss me off for sure. It's the 60th anniversary, you know they're going to gimmick that poor abused base set to death.
Protip for all you kiddos who love vintage sets but are scared to death of high numbers. Take your favorite Pre-1973 sets and focus on completing one of the low numbered series. 132 cards is much easier to pull off than five hundred something and you won't end up paying 10 bucks for a common. While I will never ever complete this set I'll bet dollars to donuts I can complete at least one series this year.
Hold off on the trading offers for the time being please, I've got a Target bag full of unmailed bubble mailers I need to deal with before I start up any new swaps.
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3 - need 1
299 Hank Aaron -- Atlanta Braves
Series 4 - need 12
401 Jim Nash -- Atlanta Braves
420 Steve Carlton -- St. Louis Cardinals
433 Johnny Bench -- Cincinnati Reds
434 Johnny Bench IA -- Cincinnati Reds
439 Billy Williams -- Chicago Cubs
441 Thurman Munson -- New York Yankees
445 Tom Seaver -- New York Mets
463 Bernie Carbo -- Cincinnati Reds
470 Ray Fosse -- Cleveland Indians
484 Lum Harris -- Atlanta Braves
486 John Lowenstein -- Cleveland Indians
510 Ted Williams -- Texas Rangers
Series 5 - need 30
531 Freddie Patek -- Kansas City Royals
533 Ralph Houk -- New York Yankees
539 Terry Forster -- Chicago White Sox
540 Felix Millan -- Atlanta Braves
549 Dave May -- Milwaukee Brewers
550 Brooks Robinson -- Baltimore Orioles
560 Pete Rose IA -- Cincinnati Reds
562 Leo Cardenas IA -- California Angels
574 Fritz Peterson IA -- New York Yankees
583 Darold Knowles -- Oakland Athletics
588 Jim Holt -- Minnesota Twins
589 Hal Lanier -- New York Yankees
591 Paul Casanova -- Atlanta Braves
595 Nolan Ryan -- California Angels
596 Manny Mota -- Los Angeles Dodgers
597 Jim Magnuson -- New York Yankees
598 Hal King -- Texas Rangers
600 Al Kaline -- Detroit Tigers
602 Dave Bristol -- Milwaukee Brewers
604 Checklist 657-787
606 Luis Melendez -- St. Louis Cardinals
613 Mike Ferraro -- Milwaukee Brewers
614 Ted Uhlaender -- Cincinnati Reds
623 Cy Young Award
628 Terry Crowley -- Baltimore Orioles
636 Bill Lee -- Boston Red Sox
638 Ken Wright -- Kansas City Royals
640 Joe Coleman -- Detroit Tigers
649 Pete Richert -- Los Angeles Dodgers
Series 6 - need 61
657 Bobby Wine -- Montreal Expos
658 Steve Dunning -- Cleveland Indians
659 Bob Aspromonte -- Cincinnati Reds
660 Paul Blair -- Baltimore Orioles
662 Stan Bahnsen -- Chicago White Sox
664 Bobby Knoop -- Kansas City Royals
668 Rangers Team -- Texas Rangers
672 Archie Reynolds -- California Angels
673 Dave Marshall -- New York Mets
674 John Kennedy -- Boston Red Sox
681 Bobby Pfeil -- Boston Red Sox 682 Mike McCormick -- San Francisco Giants
683 Steve Hovley -- Kansas City Royals
689 Eddie Fisher -- California Angels
691 Curt Blefary -- Oakland Athletics
692 Curt Blefary IA -- Oakland Athletics
693 Alan Gallagher -- San Francisco Giants
695 Rod Carew -- Minnesota Twins696 Rod Carew IA -- Minnesota Twins
699 Bobby Murcer -- New York Yankees700 Bobby Murcer IA -- New York Yankees
701 Jose Pagan -- Pittsburgh Pirates
702 Jose Pagan IA -- Pittsburgh Pirates
703 Doug Griffin -- Boston Red Sox
704 Doug Griffin IA -- Boston Red Sox
705 Pat Corrales -- Cincinnati Reds
712 Bobby Bonds IA -- San Francisco Giants714 Gene Michael IA -- New York Yankees
716 Jesus Alou -- Houston Astros
717 Bruce Dal Canton -- Kansas City Royals
718 Del Rice -- California Angels
719 Cesar Geronimo -- Cincinnati Reds
723 Al Santorini -- St. Louis Cardinals724 Curtis/Hinton/Scott -- New York Yankees
728 Gail Hopkins -- Kansas City Royals729 Bob Veale -- Pittsburgh Pirates
730 Rick Monday -- Chicago Cubs
733 Jim Hart -- San Francisco Giants
737 Lenny Randle -- Texas Rangers
742 Jim Rooker -- Kansas City Royals
747 Jim Stewart -- Houston Astros
748 Phil Hennigan -- Cleveland Indians
749 Walter Alston -- Los Angeles Dodgers
751 Steve Carlton TR -- St. Louis Cardinals
752 Joe Morgan TR -- Cincinnati Reds
754 Frank Robinson TR -- Baltimore Orioles
755 Jim Fregosi TR -- California Angels
758 Gil Garrido -- Atlanta Braves 760 Bill Mazeroski -- Pittsburgh Pirates
764 Dusty Baker -- Atlanta Braves 765 Ken McMullen -- California Angels
768 Denny Doyle -- Philadelphia Phillies769 Jack Aker -- New York Yankees
770 Jim Wynn -- Houston Astros
775 Jerry Reuss -- St. Louis Cardinals776 Bill Voss -- Milwaukee Brewers
777 Hoyt Wilhelm -- Los Angeles Dodgers
778 Albry/Dmpsy/Strcklnd -- Minnesota Twins
779 Tony Cloninger -- St. Louis Cardinals
780 Dick Green -- Oakland Athletics
781 Jim McAndrew -- New York Mets
787 Ron Reed -- Atlanta Braves
*Items in RED I have already in my Braves team set, just not in the complete set.
Contributors to the cause: Aardvark Trading Co., Tom from Peoria, Chris Mays, Roger Neufeldt
2 comments:
I like the idea of completing the older sets one series at a time. Some of those sets can be daunting, especially the ones that were in the neighborhood of 700 cards. Doing a set by series makes it much more manageable.
I just need a price for the #679 would be a great help.
Chuck
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