Jim Lansford - You Complete My Team Set

The satisfaction of a completed team set. It's hard to describe to non-collectors.

Thanks to an eBay purchase of Jim Lansford's 1952 Bowman Small, I'm sitting in the after-glow of a completed 1952 Dallas Texans team set.

This history of the 1952 Dallas Texans is pretty interesting. They only played one year in Texans before the remains of the team were sold to a Baltimore group who turned them into the Colts.

I met Art Donovan at a autograph show a few years ago - he gave some great tales about the Texans only win that season. It was a game against the George Halas Chicago Bears. It was a "home game" for the Texans in Akron, OH.

My completed 1952 Bowman Small Dallas Texans team set includes:
- Jim Lansford, 144
- Gino Marchetti, 23
- George Taliaferro, 89
- John Wozniak, 97
- Zollie Toth, 58
- Dan Edwards, 77
- Brad "Whitie" Ecklund, 35
- Art Donovan, 46
- Barney Poole, 11
- Art Weiner, 114
- James Hammond, 69
- James Phelan, 122

Jim Lansford's 1952 Bowman Small Eludes Me

Jim Lansford: Why does your '52 Bowman Small cost so much?

I've been working on a Dallas Texans, 1952 Bowman Small team set for year or so now. I'm almost complete, except for Jim Lansford!

His '52 Bowman small is constantly listed at $65 on eBay, but it never sells. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks $65 is too much. The most I've spent for any card in this current set is about $20 - it isn't graded quality, but that's a not a big deal to me for this team set.

Perhaps I should contact the seller if it doesn't sell? Is that unethical?