Two years ago I had a stack of about 30 of Derek Jeter's cheaper rookie cards. I put them in a bag to keep them together. I spent lots of time sorting the cards in my room and last year I decided to sell some of the newer cards that were popular. I spent my time selling basketball cards that really don't fit into my collection.
I decided that I would try to sell the Jeters too since I mostly collect cards from 1987 and earlier. 12 months later I found them within three feet of where I always thought they were.
I bring this up because I am now missing 48 (I think) cards from the 1970 Kellogg's set. Whey do I have that number in mind? I opened eight packs that had six cards each and I placed them in pages since they weren't 100% flat. I'd been keeping them separate from my set building efforts but I decided last week to use some of them in my sets. Great, except I've looked everywhere in my newly organized room and they are not to be found. I guess my organizational skills need lots of work.
I kept track of what was in each pack. Most packs that I opened had at least one HOF player. Nearly a third of the set consists of HOFers - I quickly counted 23 plus Pete Rose.
Maybe they will be a present at the end of the year when I find them. Living in the same place for 20 years can be good or bad. I want to see if they remain un-cracked since I opened the packs a few years ago. That will have to wait until I figure out where they ended up.
Misplaced for 20 years? I'm glad that I'm not in your shoes. I'm not good with misplacing things... because I get very anxious and need to convince myself that they're lost forever. Then when I do come across them, it's like an early Christmas present.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Congratulations on finding those Jeters!