Well, my man Richard came through on the trade! Four Duchscherer cards arrived in the mail. 2008 Topps Update Black, 2009 Topps Black, and my first two printing plates - 2009 Bowman Magenta 1/1 and 2009 Topps Yellow 1/1! All four cards (I guess printing plates aren't really "cards", but we'll go with it) were scanned in and uploaded to the website. It's nice to finally have a couple printing plates in the personal collection. They're definitely not as cool as a 1/1 card, but they are unique and an awesome addition.
Unfortunately, the maildays could be few and far between at this point. But, that is the point of having long-term collection goals. I am up to 186/221 (84.16%) of non-1/1 cards. Only 35 more Duchscherer cards to go! I can't believe how far my collection has progressed since April. I have probably acquired upwards of 150 different Duchscherer cards in that timeframe. Perhaps I'm naive (or overly optimistic), but I believe that I will complete this collection one day. I still have a decent number of cards left that are numbered to 25 or greater (22 out of 35, by my quick count), so I expect those to pop up here and there. I think the hardest cards to come across will be the 2002 Chicago National cards. Duchscherer had several of those cards numbered to 5 or less, but it's been close to 10 years since they were released and the odds of them popping up are rather slim.
I still haven't received any responses to my latest round of inquiries. Of course, most of these inquiries are just sent blindly to individuals who bought some Duchscherer cards a few years ago, so the odds of success are low. However, I have been able to snatch up a dozen or so cards by finding old buyers and shooting them a quick note asking if they still have the card they purchased a few years back. Of course, I end up paying a premium for these offline transactions, but it is worth it. My Duchscherer collection will never be traded away or sold, so the price is not the end all be all.
I am on a bit of budget these days, but my collection is branching out a bit now that the Duchscherer cards are drying up. I am working on a Pete Maravich collection, and I was able to sell off some cards to purchase his 1970 Topps #123 RC graded PSA 8! It's one of my favorite cards and I am very excited to add it to my collection. You can take a peek at it here. Well, time to find some more long lost Duchscherer cards!
Unfortunately, the maildays could be few and far between at this point. But, that is the point of having long-term collection goals. I am up to 186/221 (84.16%) of non-1/1 cards. Only 35 more Duchscherer cards to go! I can't believe how far my collection has progressed since April. I have probably acquired upwards of 150 different Duchscherer cards in that timeframe. Perhaps I'm naive (or overly optimistic), but I believe that I will complete this collection one day. I still have a decent number of cards left that are numbered to 25 or greater (22 out of 35, by my quick count), so I expect those to pop up here and there. I think the hardest cards to come across will be the 2002 Chicago National cards. Duchscherer had several of those cards numbered to 5 or less, but it's been close to 10 years since they were released and the odds of them popping up are rather slim.
I still haven't received any responses to my latest round of inquiries. Of course, most of these inquiries are just sent blindly to individuals who bought some Duchscherer cards a few years ago, so the odds of success are low. However, I have been able to snatch up a dozen or so cards by finding old buyers and shooting them a quick note asking if they still have the card they purchased a few years back. Of course, I end up paying a premium for these offline transactions, but it is worth it. My Duchscherer collection will never be traded away or sold, so the price is not the end all be all.
I am on a bit of budget these days, but my collection is branching out a bit now that the Duchscherer cards are drying up. I am working on a Pete Maravich collection, and I was able to sell off some cards to purchase his 1970 Topps #123 RC graded PSA 8! It's one of my favorite cards and I am very excited to add it to my collection. You can take a peek at it here. Well, time to find some more long lost Duchscherer cards!