This Update:
So
the dog is doing better and I am doing worse…
Sinus Infection on top of allergies. Fun times. Finally got some
antibiotics from the VA. Day 1 of that was yesterday.
Thursday, Stef and I celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary--by jumping out of a plane! Will let everyone know how that goes later this week. :D
Archives
was released as was Fire and now Stadium Club. My LCS has Archives and Stadium Club,
but retail anything has been MIA for a while. My wife did track down some Fire
eventually. It’s probably my favorite Fire set to date.
Card
Updates:
I
will get a total number of cards added and places added later today.
Sets
that were completed: 2 (1992 Topps Kids and 1978 Topps)
Highlights/Thoughts:
Normally
I will post pics of some of the great cards I have received since the last
update. This time, I want to specifically highlight one set and a few people
who fought to make it happen.
I
was born in 1977. The first card I ever received was a 1984 Topps Rick Cerone.
So, obviously, my targets for collecting should be 1984 or 1977, both of which
I have a decent chunk. (I think I’m closer to 77.) But, sometimes, things work
differently.
As
it happened, through trades and some good fortune on Letgo, I wound up within a
few cards of 1978 Topps. So, I reached out to the community on Twitter. The
response was swift and overwhelming. Within a week, I was suddenly one base
card and an error away. While that error (which isn’t recognized by Beckett) is
still out there, the last base card, a variation itself (the “a” variation),
was found by someone who already had done so much to help this set.
A
massive thank you to the following, who have all been involved at some point:
@andyt813
@tapintomac @delspacefranco @lsucks @jcouvy @MikeCordaro1 @JennyMiller521, all of the people
on TCDB who traded 78’s with me and anyone I forgot on here. (My memory is not
what it used to be.)
A
special shout out to @ngtcollectibles (for facilitating the Sunday giveaway
that finally shut the door on the set)
And
finally, to @NamathSeaver—an extra large thank you. Not only did you send cards
to help, but you found the last card and made it your mission to finish this
set by Labor Day. Wills error or not, mission accomplished. Thank you, my
friend!
This
set is a testament to the hobby as a family coming together to finish a set. I
will always know that 1978 Topps was built by the community and will always be
thankful for that.
Shoutouts:
I’ve
said before that half of the fun of the hobby is the new people and friends I
make. This is extremely true in the case of the Card_Buzz (@Card_Buzz).
On
my top 2 list of hobby people I need to have a beer with, he has been an ear
for hobby advice, a friend in life and one of the nicest people on Twitter. As
a fellow Mattingly collector, we have traded cards back and forth while I continue
to buy cards from him. He has also worked with me financially to ensure that I
don’t lose out on cards I need for specific sets. (An earned trust, I ensure
you.)
Just
an overall good guy who is crazy good at packing cards. One day, we will break
open a box while breaking open a beer.
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