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Don't post much in terms of maildays, but I have to share today's.
quick backstory - [MENTION=1787]wideright[/MENTION] started this project when the set first came out back in 05-06, and got up to 88/90 card about a year ago. He unfortunately needed to part ways with it and I worked with him on a deal for the 88 cards. I PM'd [MENTION=2458]Erich[/MENTION] since I knew he had one of the two missing (Duke Snider) and he offered to sell that to me. About this time, i found the last card needed, the Willie McCovey /10 in a photobucket account....I traced it all the way to a blog and a diehard McCovey collector. He wasnt going to part ways with it...this was the only copy that anyone I have talked to has ever seen.
Fast forward to two weeks ago (I had been trying every few months with the collector, but no luck) and there was an auction for a dual auto with Killebrew from the 500HR subset. I bought it in hopes of pursuading the collector over the edge, and it turned out to be enough!! I traded away the dual auto /35 and the supremacy auto /20 for this FINAL card to complete the 90 card decades subset. It arrived this afternoon and wow, what a set!!
So, here is today's mail:
And here is the 90 card set!! Special thanks to Erich for the Snider and of course Dave for the opportunity to have this set (and I know it wasnt easy and was only from necessity, but glad i could finish it for ya bud)
http://s111.photobucket.com/user/jpcz/library/2005 Ult Sig Decades?sort=4&page=1
quick backstory - [MENTION=1787]wideright[/MENTION] started this project when the set first came out back in 05-06, and got up to 88/90 card about a year ago. He unfortunately needed to part ways with it and I worked with him on a deal for the 88 cards. I PM'd [MENTION=2458]Erich[/MENTION] since I knew he had one of the two missing (Duke Snider) and he offered to sell that to me. About this time, i found the last card needed, the Willie McCovey /10 in a photobucket account....I traced it all the way to a blog and a diehard McCovey collector. He wasnt going to part ways with it...this was the only copy that anyone I have talked to has ever seen.
Fast forward to two weeks ago (I had been trying every few months with the collector, but no luck) and there was an auction for a dual auto with Killebrew from the 500HR subset. I bought it in hopes of pursuading the collector over the edge, and it turned out to be enough!! I traded away the dual auto /35 and the supremacy auto /20 for this FINAL card to complete the 90 card decades subset. It arrived this afternoon and wow, what a set!!
So, here is today's mail:
And here is the 90 card set!! Special thanks to Erich for the Snider and of course Dave for the opportunity to have this set (and I know it wasnt easy and was only from necessity, but glad i could finish it for ya bud)
http://s111.photobucket.com/user/jpcz/library/2005 Ult Sig Decades?sort=4&page=1
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Fantastic accomplishment! Your dedication and perseverance paid off in a big way!
