Progress with Kellogg's + starting yet another vintage setbuild

Three quick trades to show off today.

Fuji is a friendly guy and he doesn't like using the word "trade" very often.. He just sometimes sends out cards and/or gets cards sent to him. I was on the receiving end of some of his Kellogg's dupes that he found from my wantlists. Much appreciated, Fuji! Highlights here include Rollie and Munson.

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Geez, all these Kellogg's are making me hungry for Frosted Flakes. lol

Reader John Patrick got in touch about some available Kellogg's cards he had, and I was able to round up some 1980 Topps needs of his to achieve a deal. Lots of big names here, and in nice uncracked condition for the most part. I'm just 4 cards away from the '80K set now, with only Nolan, Yaz, Garvey, and Jack Clark standing in the way of my first completed Kellogg's set.

Thanks, John!

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Next is a second trade with reader Michael Y. following up our initial swap back in June. He sent me a solid selection of upgrades and needs for various old sets I'm working on (I absentmindedly put them away before taking photos, sorry.) But the real gem of the package was a starter lot of 1959 Topps. It's a set that's long been in the back of my mind as a set I'd like to probably build someday, but was waiting till I finished off some of the other many sets I'm currently working on, or at least stumble into a starter lot to help get me off the ground.

And here we go! I think '59s look best with a bunch of them together, which is why I plan to build this set in a binder (I'm typically a box guy).

The biggest name in the lot is Hall of Fame hurler Robin Roberts, with both a base card plus a subset pairing with Billy Pierce.

This lot from Michael more or less doubles the amount of 1959 Topps cards I have, so I figure it's finally time to put together a spreadsheet, thereby officially kicking off the setbuild:

1959 Topps Needs <--- Link

Here's where I'm starting at:

60/572
10.49% complete
512 cards left to go

Woo! I was hoping I would be in double-digits complete for this first weigh-in. Just made it at 10½% of the way to the finish line.

This is going to be a low-priority, back-burning setbuild which I won't be finishing any time soon, if ever, but at least I've got my needs up now. I pride myself on having a huge wantlist, after all. Perhaps someday once I finish the likes of '57, '64, '70, and '72, I'll then focus more on '59. I have none of the big cards.. not even a Mantle I can loan out from the PC like I do with my other vintage sets. I plan to give myself a break by not going after any of the variations.. just 1 of each card number will do. If I end up with any variations, I plan to stash them at the end of the binder.

So yeah, if you happen to have any '59s available, I'd love to try working out a trade.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.

Card Show Quarterboxing from the 50s

Vintage-heavy card show haul for me today. The biggest purchase was $37 worth of cards from Bill's quarterboxes, most of which was vintage. Turns out it was Bill's first Portland show of the year thanks to a car accident knocking him out of commision for a while.

The oldest cards I picked up were 1952 Bowman. For 25¢, I'll happily snag any early Bowman regardless of condition, assuming a kid didn't draw a mustache on it (drawn-on mustaches are where I draw the line). Beautiful cards.

 Roy Hartsfield was a crackerjack fielder, so I hear.

Joe Hatten was a rubber-armed pitcher.

Frank Hiller is probably the roughest condition card I picked up today.

Allie Clark was mostly a backup player. Won back-to-back championships with the Yankees (1947) and Indians (1948).

Mel Queen led the NL in Strikeouts per 9 IP in 1951.

Also picked up a page's worth of 1959 Topps. Some solid names here. Not great condition (Minnie has a bad back), but for the price, works for me. I'm still trying to talk myself out of trying to complete this set someday.

That's all for today. I'll probably do separate posts recapping the 60s, 70s, and "other" cards from my April card show haul. Thanks for poppin' by.