Just another guy putting together a T205 set one card at a time...
 

So I've got a few sets going at the same time - Diamond Stars, 51' Bowman, 54' Topps and 56' Topps - but going to focus my efforts on T205 for the time being...so far, here's my progress to date:



- 41/215
- 7 HofF (Brown, Jennings, Marquard, Mathewson, Speaker, Wallace w/ Cap & Wheat)

- all PSA 3 or SGC 40 except Chase - Both Ears (PSA 4) & Wheat (SGC 50)



My latest pick ups below...





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Very nice. You are some of my competition :)...

..and let's all please be careful when uploading pics to our forum from any outside hosting service. If they are 3x the size of your screen, they need to be made smaller before posting. These were resized from the tapatalk download... thanks to all....

Thanks Leon! I'm hoping to spend about $30-35 per common, but that is proving to be somewhat difficult...am I being realistic?


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Seems about right.

Ok, I'll bite. The basic set is 208 and the master is generally considered around 222 (although more variations certainly exist). How did you decide on a goal of 215?

Great cards btw! I'm at about 80/2?? myself.

I'm not going after the following:
- Dolly Gray Stats on Back
- Dick Hoblitzell No Stats
- Christy Mathewson Cycle Back, Incorrect Stats
- Pat Moran Stray Line of Type
- Bobby Wallace No Cap - 1 line of 1910 Stats
- Kaiser Wilhelm Suffered in 18th line of bio


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For those that are interested...my Hall of Famers and Hal Chase cards...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...215e2c2711.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...31d617a4d0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9bf6431b56.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5f1f08942e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e834f633c9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...08f80245b4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c5bd79f2a8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...479b4ce85a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...87d05f486f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0eb1bfbdb9.jpg


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Love it.
 

I'm going for the Piedmont Factory 42 set. It's been more difficult than I expected. I just picked up these 2.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/477/32...2f5207a4_z.jpgT205 Cy Barger Partial B Piedmont 42 by Paul Herbener, on Flickr

Yeap, as Conor mentioned. That ($30-$35) sounds about right. I will pay a little more for nicer cards regardless of grade. Here are my last buys including quite a few in the last 5-6 weeks. I expect it to eventually slow down a little... :eek:

T205 raw PB Barger 1/10/2017 .. $33
T205 raw Pied25 Clarke 11/22/2016 .. $63
T205 raw Criger 2/14/2017 .. $33
T205 psa 4 Delehanty 1/10/2017 .. $80
T205 sgc 20 pb Doyle 1/19/2017 .. $34
T205 raw PB Evans 1/10/2017 .. $53
T205 raw HLC Gardner 1/8/2017 .. $26
T205 raw Pied25 Gibson 2/21/2017 .. $34
T205 raw Sov Graham 2/21/2017 .. $30
T205 raw PB Hauser 1/4/2017 .. $56
T205 raw sc Hummell 2/21/2017 .. $24
T205 raw sc Jacklitsch 2/21/2017 .. $29
T205 raw Krause 2/14/2017 .. $33
T205 psa 4 Mattern 1/10/2017 .. $80
T205 raw PB JD Miller 2/13/2017 .. $36
T205 raw PB Moriarity 2/6/2017 .. $45
T205 raw pb Olmstead 1/11/2017 .. $90
T205 raw pb Payne 1/11/2017 .. $28
T205 raw HAS Schulte 2/22/2017 .. $28
T205 raw PB Shean 2/22/2017 .. $32
T205 RAW PD Smith $2/22/2017.. 28

Guess I'm being greedy...I meant $30-35 stabbed...thanks guys!


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from what I have seen it all depends on condition. You can get some that don't look quite as nice for a fair amount less. I am trying to keep mine somewhat uniform...I have quite a few to add...

I've been working on the same set in about the same 3-4 range for a few years now. I've got most of the HOFs and SPs and a good amount of the verations but still need around half the commons.

Good hunting guys it's a fun and beautiful set.

Nice cards matt! That wallace no cap with the paper loss on face I was bidding on too! :mad: lol

Just another guy putting together a T205 set one card at a time...
 

A new add...stats updated in Post #1...

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As stated, you are some of my competition :) ...and I added a few more too....

Nice...really nice...


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Not me, I am after 5-7's.

Mr. Beck is #41....

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Beck
 

That is one hell of a 3 !!!

Went to Westchester show over the weekend...came away with #42 and #43...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a6fe78afac.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0404636a3f.jpg


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#44...
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31 and counting...picked up a few others but on arrival I didn't care for them so they go in the for sale bin..

Those are looking mighty nice there Leon! There'll be a nice looking Cobb in the next LOTG auction that would be a great #32!! :D

[QUOTE=Leon;1645895]31 and counting...picked up a few others but on arrival I didn't care for them so they go in the for sale bin..



Love the Blue Boarders on the Moriarity

I sacrifice on condition if there is something else about the card I like.....blue borders were on the list.

Thomas pick up....
 

Been a little slow lately. Hard to find nice, cheap T205s I need, which fit the characteristics I want...Plus, set collecting is sort of new for me :)....

:)

Yay
 

My one and only T205. Stained Honest long cut back.

I really don't understand the backs on t205's. I have found dozens of the Otis Crandall crossed T's sold but can only find a few with Honest.

Anyone have a good primer I can look at to understand cards/backs?

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Been busy hunting T205s in my off time....O'Leary is the 4 card back, as his front doesn't fit well with the rest, but it's my collection and it doesn't matter to me..:)

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Holy cow, Leon! Where do you find all of the relatively uniform, raw T205s? I never see them!

well he's gotten several from me :)

There's just something about seeing the T205s all together like that. It seems most of the ones I see for sale are slabbed. I only own two or three 205s, and they are slabbed. Makes me want to buy some ungraded ones and free my slabbed ones, if I had the courage... :)

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And I have been eyeing a few more!!

I am being a very picky lower grade T205 collector on these. They have to be well centered and not have a lot of chipping on the borders. The only outliers are cards with special attributes I pick up along the way ie...green borders, blue borders, 4 partial backs etc......It's been fun so far and gives me something I can almost always work on. And my latest pick up...

Hey! I'm working on one of these as well...albeit strictly a National League set.

So quick question. I'm looking for a sanity check and double-checking my math...I've got the National League section at a total of 105 players. I'm not including any variations or multiple player poses but strictly just 105 individual players.

Is this the number everyone else has?

Thanks in advance.

Nothing better than a mislabeled slab and a poorly titled eBay auction to boot. Thanks for saving me a bundle of cash, PSA!

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Wow what a screw-up but nice pickup

edit --- no way that's a 3 it should be regarded but by a different compay maybe?

If I didn't know you I would swear to god you made this shit up!! Another snag for the record books there

a few more added to the set ...

Just picked up this group of 83 T205's ranging from PR to EX condition. Always fun to upgrade. Many will be available.

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Nice haul. I've been working on a set for a couple years. It's been a little slower lately but I did recently pick up a nice Collins Mouth Open. I've already forgotten what the opinion on the slab said...

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Great cards guys. Just scanned a few new additions today too....(a few were slight upgrades). Still trying to stay lower technical grade but a few 5s have popped in. None of these are high grade.....2s-4s...It's been fun so far.....

I just recently got my 111th T205, putting me at 50% for the master set. I'm working on a mostly PSA 4 set, but will take PSA 3s with high-end eye appeal.

Steve

T205 Cubs Front with different reverses is now 91% finished. 13 cards to go!

Finally picked up my first one.

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Been a bit slow lately but always liked this card...my 46th T205. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ef53bae9aa.jpg


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These make around 84 in total...a lot of fun looking for just the right ones...and always upgrading too!!

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What backs are your Cubs cards Leon?

Late to respond but will have to check. Unlike almost all of my previous collecting I am not concerned with which backs these have any longer. At first I wanted to do PB and HLC backs because of the way the gold borders look. But now I am more focused on centering and chipping...a few added...

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a few more added....Ty never minded well and is at the tail end. btw, these have gotten to be a bit nicer than originally intended.... It happens.

Everyone terrific cards ...

I put together an unimaginably horrible set. Here's a little website I did about the adventure. Most of the set are skins, but most of the key cards are at least fronts and backs.

http://www.bbcard1.com/205/

A few pickups in the last month or so. The Barger partial B, Kirb White, and Wiltse are Piedmont 42's.

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Was this the T205 Adkins that just ended on Ebay tonight?

Nope, that example was graded by PSA. He seems to be getting tougher and tougher to find in "4" grade and above.

Nice cards folks.

Looking at these cards and this thread actually motivated me to impulse purchase a 15 card lot of T205's at the Toronto Sports Card Expo on the weekend, and buy 2 more last night on ebay!!

Just a little side project in addition to my T206's!!:)

Glad to have this beast out of the way...

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Also grabbed this nice Griffith...

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My 50th T205...McGraw

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Working on a low grade set and just picked up a lot of 4 SP's on eBay for ~$160. Pretty excited even though the cards are banged up. Such a fun set to collect!

A couple more towards the set...

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Great progress on an aesthetically beautiful set! Love the T205s

Yes they are aesthetically pleasing. This is my latter part of the collection page. Up to around 105 or so...

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thats purty!

Thanks. The Gold Border cards are beautiful when they have little chipping and are centered nicely. These 2 just in from our BST section. Lot's of good pick ups there lately. The Ford is graded a 2 because of some insignificant back staining. I want all of my 2s to look that way.

Agree 10000% Nice cards Leon. I always knew someday you would go after the set. Can't wait to see it complete

Great start to 2018
 

I've been patiently waiting for the right Cobb to come along for my raw set. Imagine my surprise when I saw this in a dealer's showcase this morning at a small 50 table card show in Columbus, OH.

Popped from an SGC 40 holder for those interested.

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This has been such a fun set to put together in raw form. Closing in on the final dozen cards in VG/EX condition. Here's to 2018!

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Great looking cards, guys. (I'm partial to the NL cards, I think they look cooler than the AL cards).

BTW, I've always loved Sam Leever's signature.

T-205
 

Love that set - about 20% done, someday I will get there!

-Ed

Was watching Baseball by Ken Burns (again) and this Merkle became available on the BST...so now it has a new home...can’t wait for Spring.

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very very nice 3! When the borders are (nearly) intact, T205s are a thing of beauty

Great looking card, Matt. ;)

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Thanks.. the seller was a heck of a good dude, too! ;)


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Enjoy, my friend!

Harmon both ears from the BST.....

Great looking cards everyone.


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T205 one card at a time
 

144/151 Cubs front reverse combos in the case and 23/24 minor leagers spread out with Hanford Polar Bear on the way. Many of you know I have been working on T205 Cubs for a couple of years. Have 7 different Cubs/ reverses to find.

Just crossed the 25% threshold with these two cards...

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2 needed and 1 upgrade I said I was going to quit doing :D

That Williams is a handsome card.


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Thanks to Turner, I made some material progress on my T205 set...and I’ll end up with a Duffy and a Griffith to sell/trade soon.

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