BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 24: MISSING

BACK TO SOME SET BUILDING STUFF. BUT THIS IS A CARD FROM A SET I'VE ALREADY COMPLETED!

1974 TOPPS JESUS ALOU NO POSITION ERROR

1974 TOPPS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS AND THE OLDEST TOPPS SET THAT I'VE COMPLETED. BUT SETS ARE NEVER REALLY COMPLETE, THERE'S ALSO THE TRADED SET. I COMPLETED THAT ONE BEFORE THE ACTUAL SET. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE CHECKLIST INSERTS. COMPLETED THAT TOO. AHA, BUT VARIATIONS! 1974 HAS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS VARIATION SETS OUT THERE WITH THE SAN DIEGO/WASHINGTON CARDS. THAT ONE IS NOT YET COMPLETE, BUT I'M ONLY MISSING THE MCCOVEY WHICH IS EASY ENOUGH TO FIND. HOW ABOUT ERRORS? AHA! I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ERROR CARDS! MAINLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THERE EVEN WERE ANY ERROR CARDS UNTIL I STARTED LOOKING INTO THE VARIATION CARDS TO MAKE SURE I WASN'T MISSING ANY OTHER WASHINGTONS. I FIRST STARTED COLLECTING DURING A BIG ERROR CARD BOOM YOU'D THINK I WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS THING SOMEWHERE BUT NOPE. TOPPS FORGOT THE POSITION ON THE CARD AND THEN SNUCK IT BACK IN AT SOME POINT. O-PEE-CHEE WASN'T SO LUCKY, ALL THEIR JESUS ALOU CARDS HAVE NO POSITION. FROM THE MOMENT I LEARNED ABOUT THE CARD I DESPERATELY WANTED IT AND THEN FOUND IT WAS QUITE REASONABLY PRICED WHEN I CHECKED COMC

AT THE TIME I COMPLETED THE SET (WITH A JOHNNY OATES CARD I HAD ALREADY POACHED FOR MY TEAM SET IF I REMEMBERED CORRECTLY) I WAS DOWN TO JUST FIVE CARDS TO COMPLETE THE FULL MASTER SET OF 1974 TOPPS. THE ALOU ERROR, THE OTHER ERROR CARD OF BOB 'APODACO', THE MCCOVEY WASHINGTON AND THE TWO DAVE FREISLEBEN ROOKIE OUTFIELD CARDS WITH THE LARGE AND SMALL SAN DIEGO TEXT. THE APODACO I PICKED UP VERY QUICKLY ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE WHERE, PERHAPS A CARD SHOW. WITH THE ALOU, I'M NOW DOWN TO JUST THE THREE CARDS TO COMPLETE THE 1974 TOPPS MASTER SET. THE MCCOVEY WASHINGTON NAT'L CARD WHICH YOU CAN FIND EVERYWHERE AND IS SOMEWHAT AFFORDABLE AND THE DAMN FREISLEBEN ROOKIES WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AND COST A LUDICROUS AMOUNT IF YOU DO TRACK ONE DOWN. AND SINCE THE FREISLEBEN IS A VARIATION ACCORDING TO MY DUMBASS COLLECTOR'S BRAIN TECHNICALLY THE SET ISN'T EVEN COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE OF THE SAN DIEGOS. ARGH WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES. LIKE I SAID, SETS ARE NEVER REALLY COMPLETE