Closing In...but can't always win...

First, where I can win...one card pick up from Listia - a not so well known Jay from the 80s, and for about two cents, can't say no to that...

Anywho...

It's always the last 10-20% of a task that is typically the most difficult. Same holds true for set collection. By the time you whittle down to the last 10-20% - you no longer buy boxes, probably don't even buy packs - it just isn't worth it because you will likely get a bunch of dupes.

Not quite the same going through an already purchased lot of random cards - I'm going to go through the cards anyway, but the more I see from a set once I have gotten the needs down to that last bit, the more cards I get from the set, the more they end up in the doubles pile.

Highlights:

Luckily, this doesn't fit the discussion above - I have some of the McD cards, but around half - so, as evidenced here, one new above, and one dupe below.

The rest
Keepers:

For 2005 Upper Deck Classics - this absolutely holds true. I get the one new card for the set here, and a bunch of "got it" already below.

Traders:



Again, won't complain about the extras from this set generally - they are a good quality set and great cards to trade away - I have done so with a number already, but in principal - would have been happier to have 5 cards knocked off the list today instead of just the one.

Through 6120 cards:

Specific Accomplishments:

- Complete 2003-04 SP Authentic Basketball (90 card pure base)

- 3 Complete 2007-08 UD McDonald's Hockey Checklist Subsets (6 cards)

- 1973-74 O-Pee-Chee Hockey #30 Bobby Orr (All-Star)

- 2004-05 Upper Deck Legends Classics Platinum Hockey #64 Marcel Dionne 06/10

- 2007-08 Topps 1957-58 Variations Basketball  #112 Kevin Durant (Rookie)

	Hockey	Baseball	Basketball	Football	Austin Powers	Other
Toronto	99	9
Inserts / Var Kept	185	26
Error	13	2
Keep	1353	184
Doubles/Sell	770	58	1113	1812	249	26
Doubles Inserts / Var	65	1	68	87