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gracecollector

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Aug 7, 2008
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Lake in the Hills, IL
I don't bother. Too many times I discover something new on the list. And if you're going off Beckett's list, it's usually incomplete to begin with. Is that what you're basing the above stats on?
 

shadowking86

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May 13, 2014
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Well, in checking Beckett, here I am with my Sandy Alomar Jr. collection:
1984-1988 - complete (just minor league issues)
1989 - need 1 (Collect the Stars Magnetables, though technically I don't think it is a 1989 item so much as a multi-year item that started in 1989)
1990 - need 2
1991 - need 5
1992 - need 6
1993 - need 3
1994 - need 1 (Upper Deck Silver back which is listed on Beckett but probably does not exist for Alomar)
1995 - complete
1996 - need 2
1997 - 2000 - need a lot more than 10 each
2001 - need 4
2002 - need 5
2003 - need 6
2004 - 2006 - need more than 10 each
2007 - complete
2012 - need 1
2013 - need 3
2014 - need 2
 

ASTROBURN

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Jun 23, 2011
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Santa Cruz, CA
I have a master checklist for Bags. But even that list doesnt have some cards I have. No list is perfect. But...

I havent bothered to check. Heck, I still havent done a total count of my cards. I'm still scanning about 50 more cards, and I have to add them to the site. Maybe I'll get a final count afterwards, but I still wont be satisfied comparing yearly totals. Its almost pointless to check based on how I collect. As an example, I count the different colored backs of 1991 topps as different cards. You dont. One collectors list will vary from anothers. So I deem it as pointless to try completing years, because even if I got each Beckett listed card, I would know that its not complete regardless of what is listed.
 

chris19978

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Aug 30, 2011
978
25
Beckett is missing a lot but if you base it off of something it's a good starting point. I have a lot of Jeter cards not listed on beckett but some are from a secondary market which beckett doesn't count. I have a master list of Jeter cards from 1992 to 1996 to include the 1996 Mirror Gold Proof. I use beckett's list for a general list and that's about it. If I were you I would check yearly as they find new sets all the time from collector's input like mine for the 1996 Leaf Preferred Steel Bronze Promo. They don't list any of the blank back cards or cards from the Topps vault. Pretty much use there's to start with and add to it from input of the members of these boards. A lot of people here can help you get a better estimate of what cards beckett doesn't have listed and use ebay sales for other cards you need.
 

jszczech

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Dec 27, 2010
2,315
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Minnesota
I keep track of what % I have for each year but it changes all the time. I know I dont have 100% of any given year.
 

TGutta

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May 30, 2010
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Minnetonka, Minnesota
Not counting 1/1 cards since I am collecting a somewhat newer player, I need 10 or less for Denard Span every year. My most incomplete year being 2009 where I need exactly 10, but even then there are a couple of those that I have on my checklist that I am not 100% sure even exist.
 

DaClyde

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Jan 17, 2010
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Huntsville, AL
For my Dave Winfield collection, I'm very close on several years, but something new and obscure always seems to pop up when I think a year is "complete". Granted, most of the earlier years didn't have many cards to begin with.

1973, '75, '76, '81, '83, '84, '87, '91, '95-'98, - 0
1974 - 1 (Dean's Photo Padres)
1977 - 1 (Topps Dynamite 6-card panel)
1978 - 1 (Royal Crown Cola Iron-On, 2 if including a pin from a series that ran from 1978-1984)
1979 - 1 (Padres 5x7 team issue photo)
1980 - 2
1982 - 1 (Topps Blackless #600 )
1985 - 1 (Sportflics Prototype stat back)
1986 - 0 (have 2 on my list that likely do not exist)
1988 - 1 (Topps Cloth test)
1989 - 4
1990 - 1 (Topps Mylar Sticker test)
1992 - 2
1993 - 2
1994 - 1 (Stadium Club 1st Day Issue #526 w/Paul Molitor)
1999 - 2

Beyond 1999 there are at least a dozen cards each year, and many that I will never have, either due to scarcity or expense. So I'm missing roughly 22 items from 1973-1999, and then something like 1200 items from 2000-2015. Companies can stop making new Dave Winfield cards any time now :/
 
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JoshHamilton

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Aug 7, 2008
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Those Lennox cards are impossible to find.

Not THAT impossible :D

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jszczech

Well-known member
Dec 27, 2010
2,315
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Minnesota
For my Dave Winfield collection, I'm very close on several years, but something new and obscure always seems to pop up when I think a year is "complete". Granted, most of the earlier years didn't have many cards to begin with.

1973, '75, '76, '81, '83, '84, '87, '91, '95-'98, - 0
1974 - 1 (Dean's Photo Padres)
1977 - 1 (Topps Dynamite 6-card panel)
1978 - 1 (Royal Crown Cola Iron-On, 2 if including a pin from a series that ran from 1978-1984)
1979 - 1 (Padres 5x7 team issue photo)
1980 - 2
1982 - 1 (Topps Blackless #600 )
1985 - 1 (Sportflics Prototype stat back)
1986 - 0 (have 2 on my list that likely do not exist)
1988 - 1 (Topps Cloth test)
1989 - 3
1990 - 1 (Topps Mylar Sticker test)
1992 - 2
1993 - 2
1994 - 2
1999 - 2

Beyond 1999 there are at least a dozen cards each year, and many that I will never have, either due to scarcity or expense. So I'm missing roughly 22 items from 1973-1999, and then something like 1200 items from 2000-2015. Companies can stop making new Dave Winfield cards any time now :/

Which cards are you missing from 89, 92, 93 and 94?
 

weegee

Member
Aug 30, 2008
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Maine
Everything listed after are the cards i need.
My Trot Nixon stats.

1993 5/5
1994 34/35 missing 1994 Upper Deck Electric Diamond Silver Back #543 Trot Nixon
1995 8/8
1996 4/4
1997 9/9
1998 11/11
1999 39/39
2000 52/55(all 3 are 1/1's)
2001 66/69(2 samples 1 Chicago collection)
2002 122/134(4 gold samples, 5 Chicagos, 2 1/1's, and fleer platinum parallel)
2003 68/76(6 Nationals, Orange County and Victoty Tier 4 Purple)
2004 284/322(26 1/1's, Quad patch/5,fleer jersey auto championship, leaf cuts gold #/7, sweet spot triple patch/25, timeless red orange county press proof gold showdown gold holofoil/10 leaf mirror white/100 throwback threads green, game winners bat)
2005 216/287(63 1/1's, showdown gold, classic silver auto, leaf cert red auto/5, topps pristine bat knob/5, leaf cert gold jersey, sweet spot gold and patch)
2006 37/52(12 1/1's glossy gold, topps blue, silver spectrum)
2007 44/58(14 1/1's)
2008 6/10(4 1/1's)
Totals 1005 1174
 

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