I still haven't been to a card show this year. I ended up skipping the March show as it was the same weekend I was leaving for the CONEXPO-CONAGG trade show in Las Vegas and I needed to get some things done at home before I left.
I didn't take a lot of pictures this year as the trade show was huge and I had specific things I wanted to achieve. But, I couldn't pass up the opportunity take a picture of this Komatsu WA700 loader staged as if it was dumping a load into an (also Komatsu) HD605 70-ton haul truck. The company I work for predominately uses Caterpillar products in our operations, but we do have similar Komatsu equipment in our fleet. Anyways, on to the main topic.
It is only a quarter of the way through the year and I've already completely messed up one of my goals for the year, though not necessarily in a bad way. One of my goals for the year was to almost finish the 1967 Topps baseball set. Almost in that I wanted to get the set complete except for the high number Tom Seaver rookie card. However, in a turn of good fortune the company I work for gave out bonuses and, for once, I didn't have any adult obligations laying claim to the windfall. So....
I won't deny that I was a bit sick after placing my bid as it was for a price that makes the third most I have ever spent on a card. The centering is off, but I've never been a centering absolutist. As long as there is border all the way around, I am fine. It isn't obvious from the image, but there is border along the bottom. I put it at 80-20 centering top to bottom. I probably won't change my goal from almost completing the set. I need 53 more cards and 51 are from the sixth semi-high series and seventh high number series. Lately, they have been getting really strong prices, and I am not confident that I can pick up more than one or two at a time. But, I am pleased to have this one out of the way.
What I am listening to: Blind by Korn (Believe it or not, I had this teed up before it went viral as Mason Miller's entrance song)
a. My niece would have loved to walk around that show. She's always had a thing for construction vehicles (excavators are her favorite).
ReplyDeleteb. Sweet Seaver! Congratulations!
c. Miller's entrance song is perfect for closers. Hope him and his entrance become a long standing tradition in San Diego.
Wow, that '67 arrival puts my moldy '67 Clemente I picked up this weekend to shame. ... I am 97 cards away from a complete 1967 set and have all but waved the white flag.
ReplyDeleteAt this point, I am at the point that I have to finish it, but I am reasonably sure it will be the last baseball set I chase to completion. The high number series in these 60s sets are awful.
DeleteA couple years ago, while in the early-middle of my 1967 chase I was at a seller's table that had no 67s but a huge cache of 66s. So, I went to town on that set. As of today. I have 85% of the first five series , 13% of the sixth semi-high series and 4% of the seventh high number series. After the pain of this set, along with similar experiences on 65 and 68, I am probably going to call 1966 good after finishing the first 5 series.
Great pick up of a structurally tough card.
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