BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 43: TEAM SET GET

WE'RE NOT DONE WITH TEAM SET BUILDING YET. I AM AT THAT POINT IN MY COLLECTING JOURNEY WHERE MOST OF THE CARDS LEFT FOR VINTAGE TEAM SETS ARE HALL OF FAMERS, HIGH NUMBERS, AND HALL OF FAMER HIGH NUMBERS. SINCE I BLEW MY BUDGET ON THE LAST CARD I HAD TO LOOK HARD TO FIND A SUPER CHEAP CARD TO KNOCK OUT A LINE ON MY WANTLIST. THANK GOODNESS FOR CARDS IN POOR CONDITION

1965 TOPPS FRANK BOLLING

ANOTHER FIFTY CENT PICKUP ADDS A CARD TO MY 1965 TEAM SET. THERE AREN'T MANY EASY PICKUPS ANYMORE FOR MY VINTAGE TEAM SET COLLECTION. AT THE TIME OF THIS PURCHASE I NEEDED TWENTY-FOUR CARDS TO COMPLETE MY 60S TOPPS TEAM SET RUN AND SEVEN ARE HANKS AND TWELVE ARE HIGH NUMBER CARDS. FRANK HERE WAS BY FAR THE CHEAPEST OPTION I FOUND. AND MAYBE THE CHEAPEST ONE I'LL EVER FIND AGAIN. THE THREE CARDS I STILL NEED FOR THE 60S SETS I'M MOST LIKELY TO FIND A BARGAIN ON ARE:

1961 BOB "HAWK" TAYLOR - THIS IS A WEIRD ONE, IT'S NOT A ROOKIE CARD BUT IT HAS A ROOKIE STAR LOGO ON IT SO IT DOESN'T GET ADDED TO CHEAPO BARGAIN BINS MUCH

1963 DENNIS MENKE - A SECOND YEAR CARD FOR DENNIS AND HIS FIRST SOLO CARD BUT, I MEAN, IT'S DENNIS MENKE. I WON'T FIND ONE FOR FIFTY CENTS BUT I CAN SURELY FIND A CHEAP ONE

1963 DEL CRANDALL - DEL'S AN ALL STAR AND HAS AN ARGUMENT FOR BEING THE BEST CATCHER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY BUT DOESN'T COMMAND STAR PRICES. THIS CARD IS FROM THE SEMI-HIGH SIXTH SERIES THAT IS ACTUALLY SCARCER THAN THE HIGH NUMBERS BUT PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT FACT

ALL THE REST ARE AARON, ROOKIES, HIGH NUMBERS OR HIGH NUMBER ROOKIES 😭

OH, AND BILLY MARTIN. ONE OF THESE DAYS I JUST NEED TO BITE THE BULLET AND THROW A FEW BUCKS AT THAT CARD

FRANK CAME TO MILWAUKEE THROUGH A TRADE FOR BILL BRUTON AND WAS AN ALL-STAR IN 1961 AND 1962. HIS BROTHER MILT WAS A SHORTSTOP AND GOT TO PLAY A SEASON WITH HIS BROTHER WHEN HE WAS TRADED TO DETROIT IN 1958. FRANK HIT A GRAND SLAM OFF OF SANDY KOUFAX IN 1965 AND PLAYED ONE SEASON IN ATLANTA. THIS CARD IS BEAT ALL TO HELL BUT IT LOOKS MUCH BETTER IN THE BINDER THAN AN EMPTY POCKET. IF A NICER ONE COMES ALONG I'LL JUST SLIDE THIS ONE OVER TO THE 65 SET BINDER. WITH THIS CARD I'M DOWN TO ONLY NEEDING AN AARON CARD TO COMPLETE THE 1965 TEAM SET AND I ALREADY HAVE ONE OF THE MANY REPRINTS OF THAT ONE FILLING OUT THE PAGE. MY 1966 TEAM SET HAS A CHROME AARON IN IT AND IT LOOKS GREAT. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT I CAN FILL OUT SO MANY POCKETS IN THE BINDER THIS WAY, I'LL NEVER FIND A CHEAP REPLACEMENT FOR A 1967 CHI CHI OLIVO