Night Owl Cards

I have had a decent amount of success completing sets. By my count, I have completed 36 of them -- probably more if you include dinky 10-card insert sets. But only twice have I been able to complete a set without even trying. "Twice?" you're saying. " Twice? How did you do it even once?" I don't know. Strange and wonderful things happen when you start a card blog. The first time was when Max sent me the 1981 Topps Traded set . What a glorious day that was. I devoted four posts to it. Then last week, it was another traded set. From completely out of the ether, Too Many Verlanders sent me the entire 1990 Topps Traded set of 132 cards. I didn't ask for it. I asked for Dodgers and Bills, and WHAM! there was the 1990 Traded set. Pretty cool. The '90 Traded set doesn't get a lot of love. First, there are two different versions of it. The factory set and the pack set vary in texture on the back (light cardboard, dark cardboard). That...

About a week-and-a-half ago, I featured a card package received from Lake Effect Cards. It was filled with Dodger goodies. Before I even wrote the post, Greg emailed me and told me another package would be coming. This one would be even more tailored to my want lists. And it certainly was. Thanks to Greg, I can ignore a few sets forever. I like that. I'll grab the giant magic marker hanging over the fireplace that I have for such occasions and draw a huge line through four pesky sets. The first one is the Dodger team set from 1992 Stadium Club. Mike Scioscia , Dave Hansen and Lenny Harris were the last three I needed, and I don't need none of them no more. Here is another set that I don't have to waste brainpower on anymore: 1983 Topps . Now, you may have read how I completed this set already . But there were a few cards from the set in desperate need of upgrading. These three were the last of the woefully creased. And as much as Jack Clark cards deserve to ...