Somehow, we've made it to the final Monday of June. I don't know about you, but as a college professor who is off in the summer, that fact makes me a bit sad!
I had some high hopes of doing a lot of baseball card trading this summer, but it turns out that I guess I need to buy more current stuff in order to keep finding willing trade partners. Unfortunately, I've enacted a self-imposed law that I won't be buying myself much in the way of modern cards this year (other than Allen & Ginter). While this is good for both my budget and my storage space, it's proven to be quite detrimental in trying to make lots of trades!
Luckily, there are still some people who are like me: people looking for older stuff and people who have older stuff to unload. For my one lone trade this past week, I was lucky enough to pair up with user LiAps, who fit the bill perfectly. I was able to nab a needed card from 2009 while sending off several cards from 2000 (plus a 2024 card). Here's what I was able to add to my collection:
You'd be forgiven if you couldn't place what that set was, even with the hint of the year being 2009. That's one of the American President inserts from the 2009 Topps American Heritage set. The American Presidents set has proven to be quite difficult to complete - here's what I'm still looking for:
2009 Topps American Heritage:
Presidents: AP1, AP5, AP7, AP8, AP10, AP12, AP13, AP14, AP17, AP18, AP19, AP20, AP22, AP23, AP25, AP28, AP30, AP31, AP32, AP34, AP35, AP41, AP43
My best guess is that the American Heritage set wasn't all that popular, and thus, trading for said cards is always going to be challenging. The American Presidents were seeded in 1:6 packs, so it's not like they were super rare. No matter, I'm happy with even the smallest bit of progress toward a set build (and I'm also happy to have a net loss of total cards in my storage; five cards went out in this swap, and I got only one needed one in return, a perfect swap for my collection limitations)!
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