Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Latest Additions to My Ron Santo Collection

Unlike my Sandberg collection, which is relatively complete, I have only recently started collecting Ron Santo cards. My goal is to have a complete "Topps Anthology" of all of his original Topps cards from 1961-1975. I put a good dent in my collection with a trip to my local card shop on Saturday, where I came away with four Topps cards, as well as a recent card.


The Topps additions include his final two cards (1974 Traded and 1975), both in a White Sox uniform (albeit one airbrushed). The two other cards are from 1970 and 1972, plus a nice looking Fleer Greats. By my calculations, I have twenty more cards to go. I do have Santo's rookie card (which was an awesome birthday gift from my wife last year), so the investment shouldn't be too significant.

Happy Collecting.

8 comments:

  1. Surprisingly his cards can be picked up for cheap. I got that Fleer Greats auto'd in blue and it looks great. I have an extra Sandberg jersey retirement card up for trade if you are interested. They handed them out to the first 20,000 fans the day of his jersey retirement. I'd imagine it would be a hard find if you weren't there. I got a scan of it on my blog on the Ryno page, man I really need to update that page.

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  2. Do you have a link to that Sandberg card? We might be able to come up something.

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  3. Here you go,

    http://project1962.wordpress.com/ryno/ryne-sandberg-jersey-retirement-day1/

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  4. Sorry for my delayed response, I was out of town for a few days. I'd definitely be interested in that card. From your 80s cards wish list, do you have any suggestions on a card that you would consider a fair trade? If you want, you can email me directly at jmroe23@gmail.com.

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  5. I'll think it over and shoot you an email.

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  6. I looked over your list again. I do have an extra McGwire rookie card from the 85 Topps set that I would consider trading.

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  7. You wouldn't have an extra 83 Donruss Sandberg for trade would you?

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  8. Unfortunately I do not...I do have an extra 83 Topps Sandberg.

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