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This is the completion status of my Topps Football Collection. I am building a set of every Topps NFL/AFL base set from 1956 to 2015.

TOTAL COMPLETION STATS:
18,178 of 23,643 total cards
76.89% complete
Sets Complete: 13 of 62

These cards are displayed on the wall of my collecting room. The display consists of one card from each Topps Football set from 1956 to 2015.

On display is a card from my collection that I think best represents the set. For most years, that's the key rookie card. For the years I don't have the key rookie, it's probably a HOF Vikings player. However, there are a couple years where a card has some special interest to me, '77 Walter Payton for instance.

I'm sure I will end up changing some of these out as I continue to complete sets, at least I hope so.

This marks my fifth month of non-sport collecting. I've added '56 Sgt. Preston of the Yukon and all of the original Topps Star Wars sets to my collecting goals. I'm still trying to find my non-sport focus. There are a lot of cool non-sports sets out there.

This is will be my fourth month of actively buying vintage non-sport. My vintage non-sport collection is getting a little more focused. I'm still buying just about anything I find in antique stores but I'm actively seeking all the Church & Dwight, Clark's Thread, J&P Coats, and Arbuckle's Coffee sets.

3/31 update: I closed out March pretty strong. I am way over budget for the month but I allowed myself a little extra because my wife and I went on a road trip to Devils Tower in Wyoming and we stopped at every antique store along the way.

3/17 update: This has been a month of coffee cards. I think that's all that I've bought this month. My wife and I did some antique hunting near Rochester, MN today. She found a lot of vintage books. I only found four trade cards...all coffee cards.

This is will be my third month of actively buying vintage non-sport. I'm finding that I am drawn towards trade cards more than tobacco issues. They are generally a little cheaper and the subject matter is a little broader.

I'm already done spending money on cards this month. I'm already way over my monthly card budget. I couldn't pass up the complete "Bird Series" sets. The artwork and printing is so well done on these sets it almost looks like the birds could fly off the cards.

Edit 2/24/18: Went antiquing this weekend... I had to buy a few more before February closed. Who needs a budget anyway?

This is a list to record the pre-war cards I acquired during the month of January, 2018.