1965 High Number Special

Took a bit of a card-blogging break the last 9 days, as one does. I even took the collecting and the ordering down a notch for a bit as well, which means I can come roaring back this weekend.

I'm trying to figure out which of the three 1960s-70s Topps baseball sets I want to go the most all-in on. My four favorite sets of the era are 1965, 1971, 1972 and 1975. Of those, I'm furthest along with 1972, but still have miles to go there. 1975 is one I haven't even started, aside from collecting all the SF Giants cards. I'll take that set up somewhere down the road. But if I have to focus - and I probably should - where should I focus? Perhaps it's on 1965. Those cards are fantastic. 

I recently picked up a few to fill in the many gaps in my set so far, and I only picked up cards #500 and above. There were 598 cards in the set, and there are some really heavy hitters in there - guys it's going to be tough to afford: Koufax, Mays, Clemente, Mantle. (I do have Frank Robinson, though). I, of course, bought some of the folks you can get for $0.50-$2 per card instead. Here are a few of the recent arrivals - some scanned pretty crookedly by me! - that got me 8/598s closer to set completion.