One collecting area that seemed most affected by my inability to focus with my recent COMC purchase was my pursuit of 1975 Topps buybacks. As anyone who has followed this blog the last two years knows, I am coming close to a milestone moment in my bid to rescue '75 buybacks from the garbage heap of unwanted cards. I am nearing half of the set in buyback form. Before my COMC order, I had accumulated 324 of the 660 cards in the set with buyback stamps on them. I thought it would be a good time to cross the 50-percent mark with this purchase. But I was only able to nab three cards. The prices are still stupid on them. Who in the world besides me is trying to buy these things? These were the three: A former Dodger on his final card. (The back features a pretty ridiculous cartoon ). A player whose card number, if you know the set, resides in the thick of rookie central (Hernandez is No. 224, Robin Yount is 223, George Brett is 228). And Dave May, the man tra...
Up all hours talking baseball, cardboard & collecting