McAdone

It's hard to believe that it's almost the middle of January, and I'm just now starting in on all of the cards that had been accumulating in my COMC account throughout last year.

With 200+ cards to choose from, I think I'll start off with the card that I consider to be the most important (to my collection) of the bunch:

You are looking at a 1973-74 Topps Bob McAdoo rookie, and now with this card in hand, my 1973-74 Topps basketball set is COMPLETE! It's kind of exciting for a few different reasons, the biggest of which, is that for the moment, it's the oldest set that I have actually completed.

As a quick aside, even though it's somewhat plain in design, I absolutely love the look of the old Buffalo's Braves home jersey's.

This has been the only card that I've needed to complete the set for over a year now. I have bid on, and subsequently lost out on this card so many times on eBay it's not even funny. While Bob is a former MVP, and an owner of multiple championship rings, as well as a HOF'er, his rookie still doesn't go for much -- one could even say that it's been undervalued -- knowing this, and knowing how frequently they come up on eBay, I never bid too much, figuring that if I didn't get it... there would always be more.

At least that's how it had been up until a couple of months ago. It seemed like almost overnight that they stopped coming as frequently, and when they did, the condition of them was going down, but the prices were starting to go up a little more. After losing out on a few more, I decided to start looking elsewhere, which is where COMC comes in.

Normally there aren't a lot of copies to choose from on the site, but in between the Autumn Sale and the Black Friday sale, a couple were added to the site. Since I really wanted this set to be done, I didn't waste any time and made an offer on the nicest looking example -- which was accepted -- so, for a little over $6, I was finally able to put this set to bed. One set down, and way too many to go!


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TTM Triumph #25: Tom Reid

Huzzah! My first hockey return:

Tom Reid was an eleven year pro, splitting time between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota North Stars. Best known for being the only player to ever score a penalty goal against Ken Dryden. Currently does color work for the Minnesota Wild radio broadcasts.

Since getting my 1973-74 Topps Yvan Cournoyer autograph at one of the card shows a couple of months ago, I have been toying with the idea of trying to get as many of the cards from the set signed as possible. I think it will be a nice companion to the 1978-79 Topps and 1989-90 Hoops basketball sets that I'm already doing the same thing with. I have also started this same endeavor with the 1969 and 1972 Topps baseball sets. So far, with this hockey set I've got five cards down, two returns via the mail and three purchased.

As always, I would like to send a big thank you out to Mr. Reid for taking the time to sign my card.


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