Checklist Time

I found an eBay lot for the 1st four series' checklists  in the 1964 Venezuelan Topps set.

Minimal marks on the fronts, though it looks like they've been well loved over the decades.

The first three series have no marks at all except for a little glue on the 3rd series back. The 4th Series is the most beat up, but it's actually an upgrade over the one I had before. 

Check, check. Check 2, yeah.

Oh brother.

I went looking for some steals and deals on eBay, and this checklist caught my eye.

I need the Larsen, too, kid!

Mostly unmarked, fairly clean, and most importantly, this was cheap! I only have two more cards to go, both Yankees pitchers. Whitey Ford, and Don Larsen. I might get them on eBay, but I'm in no hurry. Instead, I think I will try my luck at the next card show in October. Maybe I can finish the set this year after all!

Card show WIN

Oh boy - this show was a very good one for me.

I found some packs of junk wax that I missed the first time around as a kid - 1995 Stadium Club. Better 20 years late than never, right?

I doubled the size of my 1954 Topps collection (from 2 to a whopping 4!)

I got a great deal on these '48 Bowmans from the vintage dealer that gets all my money (He also sold me a lot of vintage at .50 per card, I picked up a bunch of nice cards from him today.)

Best of all, a different vendor brought his binder of 1965 O-Pee-Chee!

!!!

I only was missing one card that he had, Dan Osinski, but the bigger/better news was that he had the two unmarked checklists I needed (my copies were marked up like whoa)

There were several other small successes (finished the 2015 series one All-star Rookie Cup, for instance) but this was a really great show for me. I feel like I won the lottery! Even though I'm coming home with a lighter wallet.