now at 514

down to 16.

Now at 29..:)

I am at 306 (all SGC50 or better). I wanted to wait until after the Goodwin auction to update my number.

I'm at 103. That Flick has had a lot of love. The Cobb isn't centered too well, and has some rounded corners, but is at least free of creases.

Currently at 499, and having a hard time moving off of that number!

I'm at 518 and will probably never get above 520.

Currently at 79, but now only concentrating on HOF's (currently at 54) so the numbers will continue to climb slowly.

Sorry, Set 2 is 15 HOF's.

Monster Number
 

I am at 227, the second time around. Going for all Sweet Caps this time.

172 just bought another cobb

You can remove this entry: 77 1 tonyo (2)


WTB: Dahlen Brooklyn very low grade:)

Made a big leap
 

Now at 272!

Wow! Awesome collection so far. :)

173 pt now

Now at 579

518. 519 is in sight, but 520 may take a little time.

who is your 520 ?

New Feature Added
 

From the desk of the Monster Number Director:

1. Adding and updating the list at the beginning of the thread seems to be going well. I think it is easier to find in one location. Apparently monster collectors are not having problems with this change.

2. I have been dating changes to the master list from the beginning and have decided to add the day of each individual's last update to the list. You are free to update as frequently as you like. But if you look at the list and realize your number is out of date, it will serve as a prompt to post an update.

3. Although I'm sure some of you tire of seeing this thread bounce back repeatedly, feedback that I have received has been uniformly positive. The current system is easy for me to update. The results are in a consistent location, and I do not have to bump the thread to add updates.

4. Any suggestions about reformatting the results will be considered. I'm working from a Macbook Pro using Numbers. To copy and paste the four column updates requires that the collector column be in the fourth position. Otherwise things do not line up well. As it is now, things line up well enough, but if there is a better way to transfer spreadsheet data to a Net54 post, I'm willing to try it.

5. Thanks to all for their participation. Active collectors are movin' on up, but remember to notify me, if you sell as well. I think that I have 510 and 511 in my sights, but I'm not going to tell you where I am looking. You'll just have to keep looking at the list to see if I'm gaining on you.

Frank

O'hara St. L. There are a couple of us looking for one and I know if I just pull the trigger I can buy one (there are a couple albeit overpriced ones on ebay). It's all part of the ride...I expect i'll pick one up by the national.

My set is a general mess with lots of "cards with character." My first goal is to get the spaces filled and then start upgrading with an eventual goal of having a set in good-vg condition. I see it as a lifetime thing, an adventure to enjoy and I hope to enjoy the upgrading process as much as I have enjoyed the building process.

The things I have most enjoyed collecting are friends. I would have probably never met Ted Z, Mac Webber, Marc Delpercio and many others were it not for this process.

This weekend, I plan to spend a couple of hours with my son going through the set, making sure I didn't miss a common somewhere (in a set this size it happens) and making a list of my hideous two dozen, the most immediate and profound beaters.

The beaters just keep getting better
 

I too find it strange how attractive the beaters become as you near the end of your journey. Cards I wouldn't have looked at several years ago are now jewels that I covet. My next card that I covet looks like a real dog. See update.

Update: I picked up this one from the kitchen floor. Great Ebay photo. See below.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221009221169...84.m1423.l2649

Verry interesting !

How long it take to build your set ?

It is verry nice to meet other collector ! it will not happen to me i live in canada so no baseball card show here in canada.

I'll go into how I build my set in more depth in a couple years, but here are the keys:

1) I bought my first T206 in the early 70s from Card Collector's Company. It was a Snodgrass batting.

2) I bought a little over 100 t206s for $100 in the early 80s. it included minor hall of famers and a few southern leaguers. Average condition was fair.

3) I started working on a set of hall of famers which happened to land me with a lot of T206s...including Johnson, Brown, Matty x 2.

4) I owned a shop in the early 90s. Had no intention of building a set, but worked on it some. Picked up a nice red cobb then.

5) About three years ago, I started working on a mini-monster, with the intent of getting one pose of each player represented. I was probably around 250 at the time.

6) Got into it and decided what the heck. Marc Delpercio was a very good traded. I got a couple of the variations and just decided to go for the 518.

7) a large deal...the only card I really, really regret parting with in this process (T206 AB Gandil that was a beauty) with Ted Z got a large number of the remainder knocked off...it was one of those trades that was good for both parties...

8) A trade with Chris Buckler for a trimmed Demmitt made me decide to go for the 520.

9) Stayed focused. Other than my Marshall University stuff, I have not bought much besides T206s on my want list for the past two years.I have two sets "on deck" but I think I will be working on my T206s for life.

Pretty much gets me to where I am...

verry interesting , so you work on this set since the 70's .... before my birth :) lol

It is a long way travel to build a t206 set, in the last time i bought many cards but i will probably take a little brake in the nexts months.. pderhaps buy a couple t206 a month but no major purchase until the end of the year....

I will probably collect T206 for the rest of my life too...

Nice double-entendre :)

I always find it interesting to hear how a collector has gone about building his T206 set. The T206 nay-sayers have valid points, but there are so many interesting ways to go about building this set, and other than those who are building 'by flip number', I haven't seen two people yet who have gone about it the same way. And once you have attained your magic number, you can then replace cards to add additional nuances (upgrade, tough backs, etc.)

For this year, my magic number is 25%. I would like to have 25% (131 cards) of the 522 cards set by the end of 2012.

After receiving my PSA 5 young and SGC 50/4 Joss yesterday, that brings my monster up to 2!!! :D

a verrrry nice beginning !!

For my part my first t206 was Jack Barry

Thanks, I really just made the decision to go for it, while I wait for more signed HoF '39s to pop up.

I've been more of a hodge Podge kind of collector. Some autos, some rookies, some HOF, football and baseball vintage and modern. Really never tied myself down to a "type" but since joining the board, I see how many people have really enjoyed the monster, so why not go for it. I can't imagine ever buying a Wagner, and probably not a Plank, but everything else is attainable I figure, if I give it a decade or two.

Yes almost everything is attainnable !

Some card is harder than other , like the wagner, but if we keep fixed on a goal, everything can be happen

anyway a nice decision you took to build a T206 set with all his way to collect.

Frank, my second set...thus by the laws of the Monster Number thread it shall be recorded in the books...for future generations to wonder what the hell is a monster number LOL.

http://sports.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...lotIdNo=295002

Cheers,

John

519 arrived today. Upgrading and waiting for the right Ohara to come along.

Holy cow, what a great set!

Wonka cracks top 20 ..... Again
 

John,

wonkaticket (2) is being inserted at a level of 518. If a big four card is included, please advise. All below this set will regret dropping a notch, myself included.

I have reached 511 with the addition of two more cards in the mail.

Future generations should be referred to my tombstone or urn to learn of Monster number lore, where a video device will be imbedded to allow mourners to read the thread in its entirety.;)

Frank

my new number : 180 !

now i own 101 t206 cards youppi :) my magic number of 100 is broken !

Next step is 25% (131 cards).

Now at 580 for me.

Dropping again
 

Picked up some cards. Now at 505.

Add my daughter melody woodfin to the list at 148. She just turned 7 in march:). She can get her own Wagner but I might help with the rest in low grade condition. She is always excited to add to the set.

Our first distaff Monster Number has been added. Congratulations Melody;) and Andrew;).

Add +12. Thanks Pete for the cards.

Just starting and my number is......... 2 LOL

57 :d

Make that 581 :)

+3 for me, and now at 5

cobb, donovan and mcintyre in mail

My new number 194 ! just buy 14 new raw cards ! And just hit the 22% of the set

Picked up a Johnson portrait - now at 582.

Plus 15 for melody. Last addition for a while:)

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this brings my number up to 3! at this pace Ill be done in roughly 70 years.

Interesting concept. Don't really agree with the weighting commons and HOFers the same, though. I don't collect anything except HOFers and popular players. I will likely never exceed 100 T206 cards. As of now my # is 69 but 51 of them are HOFer cards.

Now at six, so +1

Hughie Jennings