Welcome back to the second part of my recent trade with blog reader Steve. You can check my blog archives to find part I of the trade, but right now it's time to look at part II!
Steve helped me out with a lot of sets that had seemingly stalled out in terms of trade offers. One such set that I was excited to acquire a few more cards from was the 2011 Topps Heritage set. Before Steve's trade proposal, I was missing ten of the short prints from the set. Not terrible exactly, but not close enough to put the set on my Elusive Eight page either.
Luckily for me, Steve had not one, but two of the short prints that I needed (and, as you'll see in a later post I was also able to nab a third short print off of Listia) which means I am down to needing a mere seven cards from the set! I don't know if/when I will finish the set but it felt great to get three cards closer in such a short amount of time.
Staying in the year 2011, Steve also helped me out with my quest for the full base set of the Topps Diamond parallels. I've been tracking down all 660 cards - and thanks to the eight that Steve sent I'm now a bit closer than I was before. In fact, by my count I am now down to needing only 30 more which means I'm 95% of the way to my goal!
Another set from 2011 that I am working on is the Gypsy Queen set. At the time of the 2012 set's release I still needed so many cards from last year's set that I decided I wouldn't tempt myself by buying any of the newer set. Luckily, thanks to Steve's generosity, I might be able to buy some 2013 Gypsy Queen (assuming Topps keeps the brand for another year). Steve helped me out with ten base cards (including a few short prints)...
...and two more of the inserts that I'm chasing!
The Nolan Ryan card is particularly nice!
Along with the previous sets mentioned, I'm also working on the 2011 Topps Lineage set. Actually, to be more precise, I'm working on some of the insert sets. Steve happened to have one of the two remaining 3D cards that I needed which was great for me.
I'm now only missing Shin-Soo Choo's 3D card from the set.
The final card for Part II is both the least and most exciting.
Yep, a Topps Town card (boring!)
However, I needed that card - it was the final card for the set...which means no more Topps Town on my blog, hooray!
Thanks (again) for the trade Steve! And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade, check out my want list and make an offer!
Steve helped me out with a lot of sets that had seemingly stalled out in terms of trade offers. One such set that I was excited to acquire a few more cards from was the 2011 Topps Heritage set. Before Steve's trade proposal, I was missing ten of the short prints from the set. Not terrible exactly, but not close enough to put the set on my Elusive Eight page either.
Luckily for me, Steve had not one, but two of the short prints that I needed (and, as you'll see in a later post I was also able to nab a third short print off of Listia) which means I am down to needing a mere seven cards from the set! I don't know if/when I will finish the set but it felt great to get three cards closer in such a short amount of time.
Staying in the year 2011, Steve also helped me out with my quest for the full base set of the Topps Diamond parallels. I've been tracking down all 660 cards - and thanks to the eight that Steve sent I'm now a bit closer than I was before. In fact, by my count I am now down to needing only 30 more which means I'm 95% of the way to my goal!
Another set from 2011 that I am working on is the Gypsy Queen set. At the time of the 2012 set's release I still needed so many cards from last year's set that I decided I wouldn't tempt myself by buying any of the newer set. Luckily, thanks to Steve's generosity, I might be able to buy some 2013 Gypsy Queen (assuming Topps keeps the brand for another year). Steve helped me out with ten base cards (including a few short prints)...
...and two more of the inserts that I'm chasing!
The Nolan Ryan card is particularly nice!
Along with the previous sets mentioned, I'm also working on the 2011 Topps Lineage set. Actually, to be more precise, I'm working on some of the insert sets. Steve happened to have one of the two remaining 3D cards that I needed which was great for me.
I'm now only missing Shin-Soo Choo's 3D card from the set.
The final card for Part II is both the least and most exciting.
Yep, a Topps Town card (boring!)
However, I needed that card - it was the final card for the set...which means no more Topps Town on my blog, hooray!
Thanks (again) for the trade Steve! And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade, check out my want list and make an offer!
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