I got a lot done with my cards too. I started to compile a wish list of cards that I would like to add to my collection and was also able to extract a huge stack of nice duplicates and other items to use as trade bait. As quickly as the list was made a few cards were quickly eliminated. It's amazing what you will find when you do a little bit of cleaning. I think my mom told me that all the time back in the day. Probably should have listened a little better.....
Here's my first card checked off the list. It was sitting right here in a box......
If you have not kept track of all the off season happenings the Rays traded Snorting Bull favorite, and former Durham Bull, Jeremy Hellickson to the Diamondbacks for a pair of highly regarded minor league prospects. One of them is former second round draft pick Justin Williams. The outfielder has hit for a high average and shown great ability to get on-base. We just need a little power. Williams will likely be in Durham at some point, so I might as well get a start on finding his cards. Right?
I have no idea how I got this card. It's not a very old card and I never posted on this blog. I am going to guess it was a throw in at some point, but I am really glad it is here. I will have to publish my list somehow when I finish it off. Maybe over Thanksgiving Break. How many collectors have want lists? How many collectors publish their want lists?
I wish I was organized enough to have complete want lists. I have one for my Jack Wilson collection and my Pirates vintage needs, and have been slowly plugging away at creating a master checklist for more recent years of Pirates cards going off of Beckett's database. But that's a pretty tall task, since their checklists are riddled with errors.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the new collection! I know a few Dbacks fans who were pretty disappointed Williams was traded.
One of my biggest problems with creating a want list is I fear it will be ridiculously long. I run into all sorts of cards that I would love to add to my collection. Especially following a minor league team, there are tons of players coming and going. Add in the players I collect from the Cardinals and Rays and I worry the list will be fifteen pages. I saw Night Owl just posts 9 at a time. I might try something like that.
DeleteI try to have a want list, but I'm not very good at keeping up with it. I have a general idea of the top few cards I am chasing at any given time.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of cards at the top of my list, but I have been looking for a few of them for years.
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