T222 Set Completed

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Posted By: <b>Mike Peich</b><p>I was very fortunate to complete a trade this week-end that netted me John &quot;Bull&quot; Henry, the final card to complete my T222 set. The card is trimmed at the top, but as many of you know who collect the set Henry is ridiculously scarce--I didn't expect to own it for many years. <br><br>Having reached this milestone, I wonder if I'll merit recognition by Wonka!<br><br>Cheers to all, Mike<br>

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Posted By: <b>Jimi</b><p>Congrats, good buddy!!! You deserve it for sure! Now what? Upgrade? Move on? Sell the set to Jimi? <img src="/images/happy.gif" height="14" width="14" alt="happy.gif"><br><br>Jimi<br><br>Always looking for T222 Fatimas!

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Posted By: <b>Fred C</b><p>Wow!!!<br><br>That's a great set. To have it complete is AWESOME!!! It must have been a great feeling to have that last card in YOUR HANDS to finally realize what you did.<br><br>That's one of my favorite sets from that time period.

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Posted By: <b>Jason</b><p>Nice near set on ebay with HOFers and SPs including the tough Lee Magee. Looks more than reasonable BIN under seller shanehardy.<br><br>Jason

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Congrats Mike! Not an easy task you completed!<br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>

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Posted By: <b>Kenneth A. Cohen</b><p>Big deal. <img src="/images/wink.gif" height="14" width="14" alt="wink.gif">

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>congratulations!!!!<br>quite an accomplishment and hobby milestone.<br><br>all the best,<br><br>barry

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Posted By: <b>Tim Kindler</b><p>Mike, Congratulations on completing your set. Any time one of us accomplishes one of our collecting goals, it is a time to be recognized and celebrated! What are your 5 favorite cards from the set that you own? Could you post scans of them?<br><br>Tim Kindler

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Posted By: <b>Mike Peich</b><p>Hi Tim,<br><br>Thank you for the kind words. It's difficult for me to pick five, so I'd go with the following, although a case could be made for each of the 52 players in the set:<br><br>Alexander--Great pose, great pitcher<br>Henry--Obvious and hasn't been graded yet<br>Johnson--one of my favorite pitchers and another great pose with the classic Big Train finish<br>Lee Magee--His smile indicates he's enjoying the Show<br>Sherry Magee--Should be an HOFer and swung a big bat<br>Big Ed Reulbach--Should also be an HOFer and one of my favorite Cub pitchers<br>Slim Sallee--This is the same pose as his T3 and explains his nickname<br>J.C. Smith--a great swing and another big bat<br><br>Follow this link and you can see all eight of them:<br><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/mpeich/T222/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/mpeich/T222/</a><br><br>Cheers, Mike

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Congrats Mike. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy <img src="/images/happy.gif" height="14" width="14" alt="happy.gif"><br>What's up next?

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Congratulations, Mike. A significant accomplishment.<br><br>Henry, impressive. I too like that dark pose of Ed Reulbach. I've hoped to find one of the Lelivelt cads, but they elude me... If you're still posting them, show us Mr. Lelivelt! He was supposed to be one very knowledgeable baseball man.<br><br>FW

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Posted By: <b>Joe_G.</b><p>Congrats Mike, a great set. I've enjoyed helping and watching other put this set together, certainly a challenge. I like the sepia colored photographs. Do you also collect the non-baseball subjects?<br><br>Best Regards,<br>Joe Gonsowski

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Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>Mike:<br><br>Congratulations. The T222 is one set I've never owned an example of despite my prefrence for baseball cards with real pictures. There is just <u>something</u> about them.<br><br>You are obviously going to move on to something new. Stay away from Old Judges!<img src="/images/wink.gif" height="14" width="14" alt="wink.gif"><br><br>Kevin

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Posted By: <b>Mike</b><p>Wow! Very impressive. Congrats. I love the Alexander<br>Mike

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Posted By: <b>Steve F</b><p>Man, Wish I had the conviction. Nice work

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Posted By: <b>Rob</b><p>congrats Mike!

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Posted By: <b>Bruce Babcock</b><p>Very impressive. Not an easy thing to do.

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Posted By: <b>Dick towle</b><p>Nice going Mike-- Obaks in sight ??

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Posted By: <b>Richard</b><p>Great accomplishment, Mike. Congrats!

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Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p>Gnarly set. Scans? <br><br>Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc

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Posted By: <b>Richard Masson</b><p>That card has been on my wantlist for a decade.<br>Can we see a scan? I don't think I have ever even seen one.<br>Maybe we can see Bill's?

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Posted By: <b>Jason</b><p>Congrats. If you put scans up online I'd love to see them.

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Posted By: <b>Mike Peich</b><p>Hi Richard (and Adam),<br><br>My scanner at home is not the greatest so I'll try to send a scan of Henry from the office tomorrow. Like you, I had never seen the the card, and it turns out to be a nice pose. I have scanned a few cards (Henry excluded) including some of the scarce ones:<br><br><a href="http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/mpeich/T222/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/mpeich/T222/</a> <br><br>Thanks for the interest.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Mike

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Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>Mike,<br><br>Congratulations! It's always a reason to celebrate when someone completes a tough prewar set.<br><br>Andy

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Posted By: <b>bcornell</b><p>3 Henrys... there's another one I know of that came out of the Copeland collection and is now in a PSA holder. But that's it!<br><br><img src="http://www.t207.com/images/t222/henry.jpg" alt="[linked image]"> <img src="http://www.t207.com/images/other/t222_henry.jpg" alt="[linked image]"> <img src="http://www.t207.com/images/other/t222_henry_2.jpg" alt="[linked image]"><br><br><br>Bill

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Posted By: <b>Alan</b><p>Mazel Tov Mike !!!