It would be nice to finish up 2003 Diamond Kings this year. After 10 freaking years of working on it. There are a few relic cards that I may never get (Ruth bat, Gerhig jersey) but the rest I think I can manage. I made a nice push this week, adding one of the nicer relic ards, and several of the cards of one of the tough insert sets.
First the relic:
When this George Brett card popped up last week on eBay, I thought it might go out of my price range. He had just been named the hitting coach for the Royals and was getting a lot of media love. Attention sometimes translates to higher prices on cards, but this card didn't seem to be impacted and I got it for a good deal. I'm almost set on the bat relic group- I've got 25 of the 30 cards of the set. The last five will be tough: (Ripken, Mattingly, Ruth, R. Henderson, Sandberg). Once I get Sandberg, Henderson and Mattingly I may call it good.
I was very tickled to get this lot of cards from the Heritage insert set. They've been hard to buy at good prices and I still lacked 9 of the 25 in the set. I picked these up as part of a larger lot of 16 cards. I was able to knock off 6 of the 9 I needed, and as a bonus I've now got doubles of some of the more expensive cards (Ripken, Ryan, etc.) Not sure if I'll trade, eBay or Listia them.
The final 3 I need won't be too tough to get:
Barry Bonds
Carlton Fisk
Thurmon Munson
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