Finish What Ya Started

 Two posts within the same week? Say it ain't so?

It is so.  I finished two sets this week!

This card completes my 1974 Topps football set.   I am not sure when exactly I started this, but I believe it was about a year and a half ago. So, a fairly quick build for me.

This one was a different story. I started the 1993 Upper Deck Baseball Assistance Team set, which is based on the T202 Hassan Triple Folds, in 2017. I had pretty much forgotten about it, but when I was adding 1974 Topps Football to my Want List widget I noticed it there and decided to just finish it.  There are a couple other sets over there that I am in striking distance of finishing and I will probably try to knock them off next month.

What I am listening to: Finish What Ya Started by Van Halen

1974 Topps Football Want List

 Any hope that sports card will become less popular and (more importantly) less expensive was put to rest today when I looked to see the schedule of the upcoming card shows in the area.  I skipped a show last weekend because the seller I buy the most from wasn't going to be there and it was being held at a casino. I don't gamble and always feel skeevy in a casino. This weekend there was three (yes, three) shows here in the Oklahoma City area. One was in the city I live in, one was in the next town north, and the third was about a 45 minute drive away. I hit the first two shows and they were both a complete bust.  99% TCG and modern sports.  As luck would have it, there is a sports card shop in the same town as the second show so I went by. I went there and started pawing through boxes of commons.  

I found about 15 cards for my 1966 set; all from the first five (of seven) series.  Not wanting to get over my skis financially until I knew how they priced commons, I shifted to seeing what I could find for my 1974 Topps football set. I managed to find 30 cards I needed, leaving only 11 cards standing between me and completion.  None are key cards, so I figured I'd throw up a want list and see if I could trade my way to completion.  

Here it is:

COMPLETE

What I am listening to: Feelin' Good Again by Robert Earl Keen