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Well it was a fascinating journey, and there are many Board members that I need to say thanks to for all the help!!! I started with just 1 card which I had for many years, and in December thought it would be cool to try to get to 520 completing the set minus the big 4. So in Dec I purchased my 2nd t206 off ebay and discovered Net54. From there I got hooked checking the BST and Ebay regularly for lots and deals here and there, selling off the doubles when I got any.
I was at 514 after 3 months (in March) but it seems that as your looking for less and less cards they become harder to find in the affordable category. It is now the end of May and a full 5 months has passed. I just got number 520 and have put all 520 in an album for anyone who has interest to check out.
Notes about the Collection:
5 months from 1 to 520.
Total cost was $11,920.
Only 11 cards were over the $100 mark including: Green Cobb, Both Walter Johnsons, all 3 Cy Youngs, Demmit and O'Hara St. Louis, Elberfeld Wash, Tris Speaker and Mathewson Dark Cap.
Only 20 cards (including the 11 above) cost $50 and over.
Rare Backs: 3 Blank Back SLers, 1 Red Hindu and the upside down error back Cy Young.
Of the 520, there are 92 Graded cards in the set.
I have a spread sheet and can breakdown the $11,920 per card if anyone is interested in seeing that email me and I will send it over.
For the most part they are beaters, some of them are nicer, have a look for yourself. I will be keeping the set for a long time hopefully, but I guess the one thing I am wondering is how much is the 520 worth that i have put together.. have a look you might see some cards that used to be yours
And again Thanks to all the Board members who helped me get there
What a great set! You will thoroughly enjoy your set, but the fun is putting it together, so what are you going after now? I have enjoyed reading about your set and watching you final stretch on the BST. As far as value I would think you could get $18,000+ in one of the big auction houses, no less for sure. Thanks again for sharing your scans.
Congratulations Jamie! A great accomplishment that hopefully your grand kids will talk about one day. Although, I think you are "1/2" a card short; until you find the rest of that T206 Red Cobb. By the way, was that an upside down Cy Young I saw??? I'll give you $1000 for it (just kidding.....).
The value of the entire set(?), I would agree with the $18,000 figure. As an FYI, in the latest REA auction a complete set went for $35,250 plus the juice. I actually thought it was going to go for a little more (and if I would have won the lottery that night, the high bidder was going to get some competition). The set was missing the big Four and was a mixed of Poor thru Vg/Ex cards with the stars averaging VG (sixteen of the $$$ cards were graded). Of course, it didn't have an upside down Cy Young.
Thanx for the feedback everyone.. Im hoping to upgrade 1 at a time and turn this beater set into an all VG+ set... my first goal is to upgrade the red cobb and will look to do that in june or july....
next I was thinking about the cracker jack set.. but I will have to close a few more deals for the kind of commission it will take to put that together
And so cheap, too; well, you know what I mean. It is interesting how "litle" it costs and how readily a highly motivated collector can assemble a collector grade T206 short set. Upgrading as you've indicted will probably take you years more, but then that's the fun of this thing of ours.
It is the Addams Family motto from their crest. I thought it was a good double entendre because my name is Adam and I am a lawyer who does a lot of plaintiff's litigation (hence I "feast" on defendants and their insurers).
I know you put a lot of effort into completing The Monster. I'm just surprised to see you parting with it so quickly. Anyway, best wishes and hope you get the big $$$ for it! Craig
my house needs work that cant ignore. Cant have a 5 figure baseball collection with a leaky roof amoung other messed up things with this house. with a car if you buy a lemon you can return it..? with a house if you buy a lemon you have a money pit!
still looking at taking out other lines of credit but selling the set seemed to be the most reasonible (sigh)
eddited to say that I will still keep a few cards no matter what.. some blank back slers and the upside down young... in the words of bill murray from caddyshack.."so I got that going for me.. which is nice"
This message has been edited by blunder19 on Jul 11, 2008 12:41 AM
I know we’ve had our disagreements in the past etc. but from one t206 guy to another I feel for you and am sorry you’re stuck with this choice.
When I started my business a few years back I had a lot of sleepless nights wrestling with similar choices.
IMO you beat the “Monster” anyways even know I hate that term for this set...look at it like this…”you can’t fire me I quit!”
Good luck with the repairs.
Cheers,
John
This message has been edited by wonkaticket on Jul 11, 2008 1:51 AM
too much dam work went into completing this set. thinking it over I would be happier with a leaky roof and the set then a brand new roof and all my hard work in someone elses collection.
If I could inject some humor into what is a serious situation...
Jamie, how is this for a brainstorm....sell both the house and the T206 set together. As a package deal... That way, you get rid of two monsters in one scoop. If you want your "5 minutes" of fame, well here is your opportunity. You will get alot of publicity and offers, probably make the national news. Of course, you will have to install an alarm system in the house, perhaps hire 24-hour security, and live in a Motel for a while. But heck, it will be all worth it, when you end-up swapping stories on the David Lettermen show...
This reminds me of my card collecting. I spend multiples of what I should on my personal collection. Quite some time ago my wife just quit asking about it. It keeps us both happier. Every time I spend more than I should I start looking for a few things to cull from the collection to make up for the funds spent. I am in that mode again.....(please no emails about selling things in my personal collection...it's something I have to do on my own)....So Jamie, I think most of us can empathize with you very easily.....Good luck with the task at hand....
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