Rare mid-week update.

Normally I wouldn't bother updating in the middle of the week but since it's the end of the month and some unexpected packages came in just in time I thought it might not be a bad idea to include them in a final update for the month.

Four envelopes in total have come in this week. And as a whole they managed to contribute the final 1976 Topps card required for my set, 3 1960 Topps cards (including HOFer Eddie Matthews), 18 1961 Topps cards, a single 1968 Topps and 21 1974 Topps cards (effectively bringing me to 90% completion on the set).

As you can imagine such progress is helping to make short work of some of my sets. The total damage above is 44 more cards to my collections. As a result my totals at the end of the first month of 2007 stand as follows:

Cards in my Collection: 4,477
Total Cards needed: 17,936
Cards remaining to achieve goal: 13,459
Percentage Complete: 24.96%

I normally wouldn't bother with two decimal places, but I elected to in order to emphasize how close I came to reaching 25% this month. By my math I only needed 7 more cards, soo close, so very close.

Next month should be fun as I'm expecting a few star cards to bring my lists further down, including of course my 1956 Mantle.

It's deja vu all over again...

Well, it would appear that the powers that be decided that last week ran smoothly and thus decided to do an encore for this week.

Mail delivery was just a trickle again, although the one envelope I received delivered a 1976 Topps Carl Yastrzemski. This card thus reduces my set to within one card of completion, a good turn of events indeed.

The fates compensated me for the lack of cards in hand by making the promise of future riches however, and as a result I was able to arrange for the delivery of the final card for the 1976 set, another hit for my 1975 set, several hits to the 1974 and 1970 set and this doesn't even count the most exciting item I'm expecting.

In a glorious turn of events I was able to have a chance to acquire the 1956 Topps Mickey Mantle for my set at a decent price point. This is of course an exciting development indeed as I'm always glad to add another Mantle to my quest, especially when it happens to be my favorite one.

Needless to say I'm looking forward to the next few mail deliveries as it should be a relative avalanche compared to my last two postings.

For the sake of continuity I shall post the latest numbers which are virtually unchanged:

Cards in my Collection: 4,433
Total Cards needed: 17,936
Cards remaining to achieve goal: 13,503
Percentage Complete: 24.7%

Quality over Quantity...

As the title states this week seems to have been a quality over quantity week.

Things were slow in general but I did receive two Ebay lots which gave me a 1976 Topps Ted Williams All-Time Greats (one of three I needed for the set, now down to two), a 1978 Topps Jack Morris RC in the same envelope (not expensive BV wise but the rookie of a great pitcher who should be in the Hall of Fame).

The last envelope (which shamefully came in a toploader with no sleeve (when will cheap sellers learn?) came a 1975 Topps Nolan Ryan. Fortunately the card was unharmed otherwise I would have to do some screaming at the seller. As is the card joins my new 75 Topps project and moves things along.



So with that obviously the counter moves ever so slightly this week, just three cards, but it does increase my total complete by a decimal point, so any progress is good.

Cards in my Collection: 4,432
Total Cards needed: 17,936
Cards remaining to achieve goal: 13,504
Percentage Complete: 24.7%

Oh Canada Post... please your time...

My friends at Canada Post seem to have elected to take the scenic route for some of my recent Ebay winnings, so this past week was rather slow on the card front.

I did manage to accomplish something however as a visit downtown to see a friend of mine resulted in a side trip where I picked up 25 overpriced 1975 Topps singles at one of the shops in T.O.

My newly minted 75' set also received the addition of the Aaron Highlights #1 card via Ebay.

To round out the week I managed to find a pair of 1956 Topps that had mysteriously wandered into a pile of papers. Both turned out to be ones that I needed but had forgotten to file in the binder. The end result being another 2 hits to my list without actually receiving anything, which is always bitter-sweet since I like being closer to my goal but really hate misplacing things.

So this past week knocked 28 more cards off the list in total. Progress is progress, and I expect some more items to come in this week.

Cards in my Collection: 4,429
Total Cards needed: 17,936
Cards remaining to achieve goal: 13,507
Percentage Complete: 24.6%

First real update

The first mail day of 2007 has proven to be a fruitful one.

Although only one package came in the mail for me today, it was a good one as it contained my group of 10 1955 Bowman cards.

Getting 10 1950's cards in general is great, but 10 direct hits to my list is even better. The list at this moment thus stands at 177 cards remaining, meaning that I need another 17 more to be at the halfway mark. Not a bad package to start off the year right...

I'm still awaiting some hits to my 1970s lists that should come in sooner or later this month, but for today I shall be searching ebay carefully to see if I can't put some more dents in my lists.

After this package, my progress stands as follows:

Cards in my Collection: 4,401
Total Cards needed: 17,936
Cards remaining to achieve goal: 13,535
Percentage Complete: 24.5%

As you can see, this actually knocked me over the 4400 card mark, only 99 more before I can make such a claim again...