Another TTM Success From Frank Tepedino

Here are some cards that I pulled from Conrad's boxes and sent off TTM.  I had gotten Frank Tepedino before, on a 1971 Topps, but I liked the 1975 Topps Mini, 1975 Topps and 1974 Topps that I had found.

The cards turned out nicely.   I still have a few guys to send to out of what I pulled from Conrad's stuff, but that stack is just about taken care of.

I mailed to Tepedino on December 6, and got the cards back on December 16, for a 10-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Frank Tepedino

Well, this 1971 Topps Frank Tepedino was in good condition, before my cat, Grover, knocked my stack over and I missed this one on the floor.  It got ran over by my computer chair, which resulted in the huge crease seen on the card, now.  I was a little upset, but it wasn't something earth shattering, so I sent the card off to Tepedino anyway.  It came back signed, and will still have a home in my autograph album.

Tepedino (b. 1947) played in the majors in 1967 and from 1969 to 1975 for the Yankees, Brewers and Braves.  He had 122 hits, 6 home runs and a .241 batting average.

I mailed to Tepedino on September 8 and got the card back on February 1, for a 146-day TAT.

Picking Up A Couple More 1970 Topps

I'm ready to wrap up a couple of the sets I have been working on.  I have been working on 1970 Topps for at least 3 years because I remember when I came out and visited the Greenville area in December 2008, I picked up a couple for the set.  Way back then, I picked up the 1970 Topps Reggie Jackson and if you want to feel nostalgic, you can read the post right here.

Anyway, when Chris and I went to the Kinston card shop on Saturday, I found two cards I needed from the 1970 set.  That knocks my want list for 1970 down to 23 cards.  I have 697 cards out of 720 (96.8%).  All of the cards I need are high numbers, which have caused my set pursuit come to a screeching halt.

My goal is to knock 1970 out pretty soon, then turn my attention to slimming down my 1971 needs before I start on 1959 and 1969 Topps.  I have parts and pieces of pretty much every year of Topps cards that I have not yet completed (except for 1952-1954 Topps, which I have very little of), so eventually, I will sort all of those remaining years, purge the duplicates and log all of the needs.  My main focus after 1970 and 1971 will be 1959 and 1969 like I stated above, but while working on those, I also intend to complete the remaining mid-1990s sets that I need.  Those won't take too much work, as I will be able to find commons and boxes of those years pretty cheaply.  I have already started sorting and logging 1997 Topps and found that I pretty much need a full box of Series 2 1997 to bust so I can start picking up the random commons I need to finish that one.