Two In The Hand - A Set Completed!

 

1990 Topps.

 

It may seem incredible to think, especially among you set collectors out there, but this is the most recent Topps base set I have ever completed. Heck, even if I expand it to any of the big base sets of the time, that would only take me to 1991 (Donruss - although I do have an unopened set of 1991 Upper Deck as well). It's easier to believe that this 35 year gap has occurred when you factor in that I stepped away from the hobby for roughly 25 of those years. Still, for as long as I've been back collecting, 1990 is still quite a ways back. 

That is no longer the case.

 

I'm happy to say that for the first time since I was in high school, I have completed a Topps base set! The last time I checked in, I was 2 cards shy of completing the 2024 Topps set. Thanks to a TCDB member from Round Rock, TX named Shane, those last two cards are now in my possession!  

 

 

There's some nice symmetry going on there with two identically uniformed Reds hitting from opposite sides. As is often the case, one of the last cards was also one of the hot rookie cards of the set, Elly De La Cruz. I was expecting it to take awhile to get that card, but it only took three trade proposals to get someone to accept. 

Thanks for the trade, Shane! On to the next set! (whichever one that ends up being...)