The curse of multiple collecting themes in your collection is often they overlap and then what do you do?
I don't even have as many collecting themes as some bloggers and I run into this all the time.
For example, I received a few cards from The Angels, In Order recently as Tom was offering up some extras in his collection again.
These aren't the cards I chose. Tom sent them along because they were listed on my wants for the 1991 Line Drive Albuquerque Dukes set.
They were two of the final four cards I needed to finish off that set.
I am now down to John Wetteland and Jose Offerman to complete it.
But you saw the Offerman card already. It's in my collection. It's in my Dodger autograph collection.
That's a separate binder from where the '91 Line Drive Dukes go.
Now, normally I don't mind grabbing an extra of a single card to go into multiple collections. But something about this particular time annoys me just a little. Why do I need to bother getting a second Line Drive Offerman, some 20-cent card, just because there is another one with a scribble on it in my collection? Why can't I add the scribbled-on card to my Line Drive set and spend that 20 cents on a Wetteland and be done?
Of course I can do anything I want. And not a single person will call me out on it either, especially if I never mention it on here. But these are the conversations I have with myself as a collector.
Tom added another want from 1993 Classic. Karros was the final Dodger card I needed to finish this tiny three-card set. This is also the 450th Eric Karros card in my collection!
As for the cards I actually selected, no Dodgers there, but one would later become well-known as a Dodger. It's Happy Hooton!
I instinctively grab Pacific Legends cards as needed. Oh and cards issued by a sealable plastic bag company, too. That's a no-brainer.
I still need to send some cards back to Tom. I've been holding off on sending cards the last few weeks due to time and money, but the moratorium should ease up in the next week or two. I know I'm pretty sick of looking at the stacks-to-send on my card desk.
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I keep my Angels autographs with the team set, because that's a goal, to get the team sets autographed.
I lean towards one copy for each pc. Obviously, it’s easier when the cards are less than a buck.
I’m sure I’d cringe when it comes to a big ticket item.
There will be exceptions, especially if I eventually decide to start 1966 Topps. One Grant Jackson RC was hard enough to get at a reasonable price.