A couple days ago, I received in the mail the Justin Duchscherer 2009 Allen & Ginter Mini Bazooka Back /25 that I won on eBay! You can see a scan of the back here. I can't believe how lucky it was that this card surfaced so shortly after my previous Duchscherer mailday. The Ginter Bazooka Back brings my total to 205/221 non-1/1 Justin Duchscherer cards (92.76%). I only have 16 cards remaining. My 2012 goal was to get to 90% by the summer of 2012. I have blown right through that benchmark, and I'll set my sights on getting to 95% (210/221) by the end of this summer. That would be about one new card a month. It seems like a tall task at this time, but my diligence has paid off so far with far more maildays than I originally anticipated.
Aside from my Justin Duchscherer collection, I have had a blast moving my 2011 sets into binders. It is sort of like seeing all those cards for the first time, again. I am trying to save some money for the TriStar show in April, so I busy myself with sorting cards to keep myself from buying more cards. I did make a small COMC purchase, though. I picked up ten more base cards for my 2011 Topps Tier One set, and I picked up five more cards for my 2011 Topps Heritage set. The plan is to keep chipping away at those sets at the rate of a few cards each month, and, by the end of 2012, I should have both sets completed. I will probably back burner a few of my player collections (Rickey Henderson and Pete Maravich, specifically) in order to save up for the TriStar show. Of course, if certain Justin Duchscherer cards pop up, I may have to dip into that budget a little early ;)
Aside from my Justin Duchscherer collection, I have had a blast moving my 2011 sets into binders. It is sort of like seeing all those cards for the first time, again. I am trying to save some money for the TriStar show in April, so I busy myself with sorting cards to keep myself from buying more cards. I did make a small COMC purchase, though. I picked up ten more base cards for my 2011 Topps Tier One set, and I picked up five more cards for my 2011 Topps Heritage set. The plan is to keep chipping away at those sets at the rate of a few cards each month, and, by the end of 2012, I should have both sets completed. I will probably back burner a few of my player collections (Rickey Henderson and Pete Maravich, specifically) in order to save up for the TriStar show. Of course, if certain Justin Duchscherer cards pop up, I may have to dip into that budget a little early ;)