Monday, June 21, 2021

And Then There Were Two


For the past 18 years I've been working on completing a set that has been a thorn in my side. The company is no longer around and it's taken me what seems like forever just to pick up a card that I need. That changed this past weekend when I acquired not one but two of the four cards I needed to complete the 2003 Fleer Authentix set. Comc.com had a listing for a Bobby Doerr card that I had only seen once (as in only once in the 18 years I've been working on this set). I couldn't buy that card fast enough. It was less than $2 and the last time I ever saw the card listed years ago the seller was asking for $20. In addition to picking up the Doerr, I decided to bite the bullet and get the last autograph I needed from the set. This Jeter completes the trifecta of autographs that Fleer put out in this set back in 2003. I already had the Barry Bonds and Nolan Ryan so adding this card was a nice addition even though the price was steep. As I said, with those two cards acquired I'm down to only needing two more cards: Chin-Feng Chen in the base set update and a Hometown Heroes Johnny Damon. 

4 comments:

defgav said...

Congrats on the big pickup!

Fuji said...

Whoa this is a pretty awesome set build. At first I thought you were just building the autograph set... but you're building every set from that product. That's awesome.

Reds Card Collector said...

Thanks Gavin!

Reds Card Collector said...

Thanks Fuji! It's been a lot of work but fun at the same time. I'm glad that I'm in the home stretch. Can't wait for it to be completed.