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Posted By: <b>Dave F</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br /><br />My answers-<br /><br />1. 3 years<br />2. about 100 cards<br />3. about 30 cards<br />4. e95 cobb psa 4<br />5. e98 set of 30 (24/30)<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>peter ullman</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? Started casually as a kid...almost 30 years ago...back then more into 50's-70's hof'ers.<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time? a few hundred<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate) a few hundred<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?T100...was relatively unknown until I posted it on this board...t206 rare backs was my area of concentration years ago,t206 o'hara st louis...most gone. I have higher grade t206 lennox back, red hindu, d359, ruth's, gehrigs, e90-1 young...keeler.<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)No vintage sets completed...always been a type collector.<br /><br />pete in mn

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Posted By: <b>Rob</b><p>1. I've been collecting pre-war for about 2+ years<br />2. Ballpark of 150 pre-war cards (counting M101-2s)<br />3. Currently at my max of around 150<br />4. Most significant = E95 Matty low grade<br />5. Only prewar set I'm really working on is M101-2, of which I'm about 50% complete<br /><br />Rob<br /><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Mike</b><p>Hi, Dave<br /><br /> Good question.<br /><OL><br /><LI>How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? <br>Off and on (mostly off) since '90. Active for 18 months.<br /><LI>What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br>~ 350<br /><LI>How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br>Same<br /><LI>What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br>None in particular that I can think of, and yes.<br /><LI>What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better) <br>T207 - 78%<br /></OL><br />--<br />Mike

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>1. I got a 33 Goudey Grove in 1990 that I still own (now SGC 60), but my foray into T206 began in 1997 when I picked up my Matty White Cap (now SGC 60) and Bender Portrait (now SGC 50), both of which I still also have.<br /><br />2. 520 -- the Monster<br /><br />3. About 50.<br /><br />4. Lionel Carter's T206 Plank, which I still own.<br /><br />5. 99% of the Monster.<br><br>_ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ _ <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for my blog, interviews, articles, card galleries and more!<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Dan Kravitz</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? --- 8 years<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time? --- 100<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate) --- less than 40<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /><br />1912 Boston Garter Chance - SOLD<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />Finished a still have a d359/e104 "Worlds Champions" set of all images, and Sold 1916-20 W Big Head set minus 2.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? <br />A. 11 years in an addicted fashion <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />A. about 1000<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />A. about 1000<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it? hard to say....<br />A. T231, FBH Kelly, T207 Red Cross, 1886 Hancocks Clothing, E222 AWA Caramel,H812 Welch,1869 Peck and Snyder etc...<br /><br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better) <br />A. 1911 Western Playgrounds, E94 (known) Overprints...never been a set collector though..working on a few now...only "esoteric" for me...<br />

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Posted By: <b>Darren</b><p>I've been collecting prewar for 30+years.<br />I own close to 4000 prewar baseball cards.<br />I used to own a Sports Co of America Babe Ruth with 1927 Copyright.<br />I have a T206 set minus the big six, T205, E95(sold), E96, W551, R333(sold)and I need 14 more to complete T202.<br />

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards........31 years<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time.....5000+<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)........2400<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card(s) or item you've owned..........<br />Goodwin Champions (N162) Album, A36....T206 Magie....M116 McQuillan (Cinc)....NrMt 1933 Ruth (#181)....<br />1904 Buffalo Team Cabinet....Christy Mathewson Testimonial program.<br /><br />5. What complete sets do you own, or owned......<br /><br />N28 Allen & Ginter<br />N162 Goodwin Champions (2 sets)<br />N284 Buchner (67% complete)<br />1914 Cracker Jack<br />E90-1 American Caramel<br />E90-2 American Caramel<br />E90-3 American Caramel<br />T206 (4 sets....now have 2 sets....a 518-card all-PIEDMONT set, and a complete all-SOVEREIGN set) <br />T205<br />T207<br />T227 (only BB)<br />T3 (90% complete)<br />C46 Imperial Tob. (60% complete)<br />H801-7 (Old Mill Cabinets-4)<br />M116 (280 cards)<br />W560<br />1933 Goudey (2-239 card sets)<br />1934 Goudey<br />1934-36 Batter-Up (85% complete)<br />1934-36 Diamond Stars<br />1939 Play Ball<br />1940 Play Ball<br />1941 Play Ball (4 sets)<br />1943 M&P<br /><br />TED Z<br />

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />A. 25+<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />A. 2,500<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />A. 500<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />A. Tie... Ullman Matty (still); Zeenut Weaver (still); O'Hara,Demmitt, all four Cobbs (all gone)<br /> <br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br />A. 1911 Zeenut 94% (still); C46 100% (gone <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14>); T206 99.4% (broken up)

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>1- Collecting for 10+ years.<br />2- About 200, but just a guess.<br />3- About the same, but thinking about selling most of my non postcards.<br />4- 3 come to mind: Matty Jones/Keyser/Arras (hi Ricahard), Ruth PSA7 Maple Crispette, Cobb SGC60 Novelty Cutlery (still have the Cobb)<br />5- W554 100%<br /> 1907 Dietsche Tigers 94% (need Cobb fielding)<br /> Honerable mention- Novelty Cutlery 42%<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>MVSNYC</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? 20 years<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time? 250<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate) i now have "the 25 card collection"...i prefer quality over quantity.<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it? <br /><br />many T206 PSA 9's (have the Keeler now) & E90-1 Jackson. <br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better) none.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />20+ years with a gap in the middle. The last five years have been my second run at it.<br /><br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />I would say around 300.<br /><br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />(baseball) - less than 10 that I care about.<br />(golf) - about 15 that I care about<br /><br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />1903 Astoria Giants card.<br />I will own it until someone tempts me with a t206 Wagner <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />T200 - 100% (don't have it)<br /><br />T206 - I had 200 or so all with Polar Bear backs. I think that is higher than 75% of that back subset.

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>1. 21 years<br /><br />2. about 1100 (pre WW I)<br /><br />3. about 900 (pre WW I)<br /><br />4. T210 Stengel yes, T200 Premium Cleveland yes, <br /> N172 Delehanty no, N173 Van Haltran no [both went to good homes]<br /><br />5. Pre WW I <br /> 98% white border tobacco (T206)<br /> 64 of 66 Old Mill Red Border series 6 (T210)<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Marty Ogelvie</b><p><P>1. Just over 1 year.<BR>2. about 1 dozen.<BR>3. about 1 dozen<BR>4. T206&nbsp;Hall Chase Pink portrait, still own it.<BR>5. none.. about a dozen cards from T206 is all.</P>

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Posted By: <b>Alan U</b><p><br />1. 35 yrs total, 20 yrs vintage<br />2. maybe 200<br />3. 75 or so<br />4. 1934 Goudey Gerhig<br />5. E101 80% (still), 1934 WWG 75% (gone), Diamond Stars 75% (gone)

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Posted By: <b>George</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br /><br />My answers-<br /><br />1. Since 1961<br />2. Around 1000<br />3. Around 1000 (I have traded cards, but never sold one.)<br />4. Most of the Planks, including T206, T204 and Orange Border<br />5. T205 (all except a few variations) and T206 (all except Wagner, Magie and Doyle)

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Posted By: <b>John S</b><p>1) Since the mid-80's<br />2) about 400<br />3) about 350<br />4) N302 Poe (football), N28 Kelly<br />5) none

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Posted By: <b>Bobby Binder</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? 20 years<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time? 1200<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? 0<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? T206 Plank<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? <br /><br />T206<br />33 Goudey<br />50 Bowman<br />51 Bowman<br />52 Bowman<br />53 Topps<br />54 Topps<br />55 Topps<br />56 Topps<br />57 Topps<br />58 Topps<br />59 Topps<br />60 Topps

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Posted By: <b>Leslie Westbrook</b><p>...I'm going to respond to this despite being pretty low on the totem pole of pre-war collectors.<br /><br />1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />About 3 years.<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />About 40-45.<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />About 40-45.<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />A decent T210 Mills, '41 Play ball Joe Cronin Wrong-and-upside-down back...I still own them both.<br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br />None<br />

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Posted By: <b>Jantz</b><p>1. A little over 2 years collecting pre-war.<br /><br />2. About 30 T206s (soon to be growing)<br /><br />3. Same as question #2<br /><br />4. Won a T206 that was the highest graded(so far). Nothing spectacular, but I like it.<br /><br />5. None (was working on a basic T206 Cleveland team set),now have moved on to try and collect some of the different backs of Cleveland players also.<br /><br />Great topic by the way<br /><br />Collect what you like,<br />Jantz

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Posted By: <b>Joe Drouillard</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br /><br />Prewar, just a year<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /><br />110 (Mostly T206)<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /><br />110<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /><br />Just picked up a SGC 50 Matty dark cap (photo on Jan pick-ups)<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />None prewar. (I do have a complete set of 1961 Topps that I am fond of and most of the Topp sets from the seventies.)<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Joe<br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Doug</b><p>1. Off and on for 10 years<br /><br />2. Over 350<br /><br />3. 1 (at the moment)<br /><br />4. If it has to be prewar, a PSA 4 T206 Demmitt (st. louis). Otherwise a <br /> PSA 4 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. <br /><br />5. I owned a good 2/3 of the T206 set. I also had about 50 cards short of <br /> a 1952 Topps set.

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Posted By: <b>Eric</b><p>I like questions like these. <br /><br /><br />1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? <br /> 1 year. Started in January 2007.<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /> 78 cards. All T-206's.<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /> Down to 20 cards.<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /> E107 O'Connor SGC 20, which is on it's way to me as we speak. I can't wait to get this beauty. It will stay with me a long time.<br /><br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /> None. Don't have the patience.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Jason Carota</b><p><b>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?</b><br /><br />I have been collecting pre-war cards for about a year-and-a-half.<br /><br /><b>2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?</b><br /><br />About 70.<br /><br /><b>3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)</b><br /><br />As of now, 32. Hoping to add a couple more in a few days <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>.<br /><br /><b>4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?</b><br /><br />A PSA 1 (beautiful front, minor back damage) T206 Walter Johnson portrait. I do not own it anymore.<br /><br /><b>5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)</b><br /><br />I only collect Red Sox (in uniform,) so my T206 Red Sox team set is the only complete set I have.

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Posted By: <b>Richard Cline - RC</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br /> Just over one year.<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /> About 275.<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /> Same - About 275.<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /> '33 Goudey - Ruth - #53 (Still Own It)<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /> Sitting at about 75% of the '33 Goudeys.<br /><br />RC

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Posted By: <b>J Levine</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />Bought my first in 1990. So nearly 20 years.<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />Right now I have nearly 1200 different Phillies pre-war cards, A complete t205 set. A complete '41 PB set. I nearly halfway on my diamond stars set. And a small amount of stuff I liked.<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />All the above.<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />I own a t206 Magie, a victory Magee in nice condition, a schedule card for the Penn Freshman baseball team sponsored by Spalding and featuring a pic. of Dooin (never seen another), OJ Delahanty, a few other really oddball or rare Phillies (i.e. Father and Son Shoes, etc.) <br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br />T205, '41 Playball, T80 Military series.<br /><br />Joshua

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Posted By: <b>Bill Todd</b><p><b>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?*</b><br />Started about 25 years ago; steadily for the last 10<br /><br /><b>2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?</b><br />210 (including non-card items such as pins and blankets)<br /><br /><b>3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)</b><br />210<br /><br /><b>4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?</b><br />1926 Holland's Mogridge; W601 full size Washington; National Copper Plate John Doyle (ex-Buck Barker)--yes for all 3<br /><br /><b>5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)</b><br />Sets? We don't need no stinkin' sets. (oh, wait, "Collect what you want.") None; I'm a Washington type set collector, though I do try for full Washington sets in the more reasonable issues, like Goudeys and Play Balls<br /><br />Bill

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Posted By: <b>Martin Neal</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />1. I bought my first T206 in 1988, but I really didn't start collecting in earnest until 2001<br /><br />2. About 1500 (just recently)<br /><br />3. About 1300 (includes about 40 different type cards)<br /><br />4. Psa 4 Hoblitzell no stats (still have it)<br /><br />5. 98% complete t206 mostly graded by Sgc. <br /> 70% complete t205 mostly graded by Psa

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Posted By: <b>Ken W.</b><p>Collecting prewar for 5 years.<br /><br />Own about 250 prewar cards, give or take. Never have sold a card!<br /><br />Own a unique Taber Studio Cabinet of Alexander Cartwright.<br /><br />HOF type collector ~ 95% complete.

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Posted By: <b>Scot Reader</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />A. Acquired my first few in the early 80s. Reentered the hobby in 2003.<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />A. About 250.<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />A. About 250. About 90% PSA or SGC graded 4 - 7.<br /><br />4a. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned?<br />A. N28 Kelly, N29 Ewing, T206 Cobb (Green), E93 Wagner, '33 Goudey Gehrig. All PSA 4 - PSA 6.<br /><br />4b. Do you still own them?<br />A. Yes.<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br />A. None. I have about 160 different T206 subjects all PSA 4 - PSA 7.

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Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards? Started collecting in 1986/87. Strictly Pre-War since around 1995<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time? Around 2000 Cards<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate) Around 2000 Cards (only 2 of which are t206, which could be a record for fewest t206's in a relatively large collection)<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it? Tough to answer, currently it is probably a Cameo Pepsin Cy Young, as that is my favorite item.<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br />Currently working on E254 Colgans (and many others, but I am further along with the E254's)<br /><br /><br />Where is that George guy that owns 50-70,000 pre-war baseball cards. He put us all to shame.<br />-Rhett

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Posted By: <b>Daryle</b><p>1.First Pre-war card was in 1984....so......24 years<br /><br />2. Most pre-war cards at one time....between 700-800<br /><br />3. Now own appr. 400-450 pre-war cards<br /><br />4. E90-1 Joe Jackson (still have), 1915 CJ Jackson (still have), N172 Mack (still have)--- have sold these---&gt;&gt;1917 Standard Biscuit Joe Jackson, M110 Cobb and Chase, T206 O'Hara StL, 1915 CJ Joe Wood PSA8, E125 Wagner, E90-1 Mitchell(cincy), N162 Anson, N172 Phenomenal Smith portrait, Allegheny Smoot, 1916 ZN Risberg, T3 Johnson, N172 Ward portrait and on and on........<br /><br />5. Complete sets of.....1888 N28 (all 50 cards), 1941 PlayBall, 73% of 1933 Goudey, need 1 card for 1923 W515-2 Little Wonder Picture Series and HAD, BUT sold a near complete run of the 1907-1909 A.C. Dietsche Tigers Postcards (needed 5 for complete run) ****kept the 1907 Cobb batting****

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Posted By: <b>Dan McHugh IV</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br /> about 2 1/2 years<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /> 81<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /> 81<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /> 1901 Police Gazette Christy Mathewson, 1907 A.C Dietsche Cobb (Batting), 1923-24 Exhibit Al Simmons "Auto" (Still own all 3)<br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /> none at the moment but I am into the Monster with about 15 cards (just decided to start)<br /><br />- Dan

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Posted By: <b>Steve Murray</b><p>He's hiding over on the Non-Sport Board. Maybe not for long <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/526604/message/1200586487/last-1200659042/cash+me+out" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/526604/message/1200586487/last-1200659042/cash+me+out</a>

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Posted By: <b>Patrick McMenemy</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br /><br />I started building my current pre-war collection about 15 years ago.<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /><br />The largest amount of pre-war items that I have owned is between 175-200 items. My collection is very diversified. I have cards, photos, pins, silks, postcards, and various types of memorabilia. <br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /><br />Same as above.<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /><br />It's a toss-up bewteen: George Gibson D322, E125, E90-2, and W600 or Ira Thomas T5 cabinet. I still own them. I also have owned and then sold a Bresnahan Novelty Cutlery postcard, Ira Thomas E104 and Thomas and Kling W600s.<br /><br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />I'm not a set collector.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Craig H</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br /><br />Since 1993<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /><br />Just over 100<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /><br />Just over 100<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /><br />A trimmed T206 Drum Back (I just got it)<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />1938 Goudey<br /><br />Craig

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Posted By: <b>Seth B.</b><p>Great post, great reading this thread!<br /><br />1. Slowly collecting for 8 years, but I bought my first T206 16 years ago.<br /><br />2. Probably about 150<br /><br />3. Exactly 40<br /><br />4. Nothing really significant, I guess. Value wise, I now own a T209-I Walsh SGC 50 which is a great looking card and has been owned by a bunch of people on this board. I don't really collect HOFers, so I don't have anything really significant. <br /><br />5. I got very close to an E92 Dockman set, which is now almost all gone except for Chase, Jennings, and a great looking Schaeffer. (I didn't have the Matty or the Wagners: see #4). I'm at %75 of the T209 1 set (12/16), but I'm still collecting it <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>S Gross</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />4-5 years (vintage boxing, 3-4 years)<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />~250 (vintage boxing, ~400)<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />~50 (vintage boxing, ~250)<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned?<br />E90-1 Mitchell (sold)<br />T207 Lowderback (sold)<br />(vintage boxing, E78, Annonymous, Battling Nelson, 2 N266, N269 Geoghegan, own all)<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br />E90-1 118/120 (sold)<br />(vintage boxing, 1921 exchibits 58/58, T9 Turkey Red 21/26, E77 Amer. Caramel 22/24, T225-2 15/25 [only 60%, but very, very tough], too many strips to mention)

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Posted By: <b>Anthony S.</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br /><br />---30 years. I bought my first T206 and E90-1 cards at a convention when I was 8. One of the first T206's I bought was a UZIT back. No premium, same price as the others. I'm decidedly an on and off again collector. Of those 30 years, probably 10 have been spent actively collecting.<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /><br />--- Roughly 800<br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /><br />---Roughly 800<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it? <br /><br />---T206 Magie. I still own it.<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />---T206 (I'm 6 or 7 cards from completing it, but don't feel any great hurry to finish as I've been sidetracked by Obaks and type card collecting)<br /><br />---I'm about halfway through the 1910 Obak set, and picking up the occasional 1909 and 1911 Obak as it comes down the pike.

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Posted By: <b>Bruce MacPherson</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br /><br />About 8-9 years <br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /><br />Around 500 <br /><br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /><br />250-300<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br /><br />Not sure - maybe Ware's Joe Jax?<br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />E's 90-2, 90-3, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 102, 1933 Goudey

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Posted By: <b>Alan B</b><p>1) I've been collecting T206s for a little under a year now.<br /><br />2) drumroll...... 15 cards<br /><br />3) those same 15<br /><br />4) T206 Russ Ford . . .(which would be impressive if Russ's first name was Ty and his last name was spelled C-o-b-b.)<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Shawn</b><p>1. Say a year and a half<br />2. 15<br />3. 5<br />4. Ty Cobb portrait<br />5. I collect anything associated with baseball... <br /><br /><br />Nice thread Dave!

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>1. Was given my first 206s,205s,210s,and 203s in 1983.<br />Bought by first 206 in '84---Matty dark cap. Still have it.<br />Have been collecting 206s singlemindedly for around 5 years.<br />2. Now have 520 different 206s except for dupes from Lionel Carter Collection.<br />3. Same<br />4. I love the key portraits:Cobb Green,Matty,angelic Johnson.<br /> Secondarily,I also love these backs:Murray Lenox,Lundgren Carolina Brights. still have<br />5. Monster--lack 2, minus my big 4. still have<br /><br />best,<br />barry

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Posted By: <b>Craig W</b><p>Hello, my first post here and i'm new to vintage cards (but do have complete '72-'92 topps baseball), but got my first T206 back in November and now love "The Monster"!<br /><br />1. Since 04-Nov-07 (Jim Scott, SC350, PSA 4)<br />2. 29 T206's (All PSA 3-5 (yes, I know a lot of you favor SGC!)) <br />3. See #2 above, but about to add 3 more thanks to David Bowden <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br />4. My first, Jim Scott, and my favorite, Roger Bresnahan - Portrait.<br />5. Hmmm 75% of 525 versus my 29 (soon to be 32)? Well, don't think i'll answer this question - lol!<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Cat (ret.)</b><p>1. 7 years, but collected the shiny stuff for years before that, which helped fund my first pre-war purchases.<br />2. 95 pre-war<br />3. 90 pre-war (total collection: 140)<br />4. I don't know MOST significant, but probably one of these: e107 Plank, Tip Top Wagner, T206 Speaker Drum Back, M101-5 Ruth, Collins McCarthy Hornsby, DiMaggio Zeenut, or Aguilitas Charleston (I still own them all)<br />5. No sets (although I did buy a WWG near set which I intend to only keep one card)

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Posted By: <b>scott brockelman</b><p>Thought I would give it a try<br /><br />1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />15 years.<br /><br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br /><br />5,000++<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br /><br />2,000+<br /><br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? E107 Wagner, E107 Young, Square Frame Ramly subset, T206 Plank(2), and several others. Have sold a few very tough ones as well, a couple to Leon <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br /><br />N300,N302,N310,N28,N29,N43<br />T201,204,205,206,207,209-1,2,210,212-1,2,3<br />E90-1,90-2,90-3,93,95,96,97,103,107.<br />W600<br />C46<br />M116<br /> <br /><br />33-35 Goudey, 33&34 WWgum, Diamond Stars, 39-41 Playball and probably some more I have forgotten, the 30's cards have since been sold, as have some of the t cards.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>DMcD</b><p>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?<br />Bought a '33 Goudey Dean in mid-eighties but didn't buy another pre-war card until around 2000.<br />2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?<br />Approx 850 when you throw in all the Zeenuts and miscellaneous T cards, CJs and M116s.<br />3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)<br />More or less same amount.<br />4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?<br />Depends on what you mean by significant. Rare? Iconic? Difficult to choose. I'll go with the pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands 1914 Cracker Jack Mathewson. A damn nice "two", ya?<br />5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)<br />T3 Turkey Red 100/100 (player set)<br />D304 Brunners Bread 27/30 (SGC set registry: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/28pquo" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/28pquo</a> )<br />R319 '33 Goudey 240/240 (incl a somewhat ugly #106)<br />R320 '34 Goudey 96/96<br />R327 '34-'36 Diamond Stars 96/108<br />R336 '41 Play Ball 72/72<br />Also have an R338 Sport Kings set in low grade<br />6. Cards for which I would commit violent felonies to obtain:<br />Alpha Engraving John McGraw<br />Horner Joe Wood cabinet<br />1903 Astoria Giants pc (just kidding, Joe)<br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/July07/14CJ_Matty1.jpg"><br />

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Posted By: <b>Jerry Rucker</b><p><ul><li><b>1. How long have you been collecting pre-war cards?</b><br />20 Yrs with a 10yr Hiatis, started back couple yrs ago<br /><li><b>2. What is the largest amount of pre-war cards you've had at one time?</b><br />Approx. 40<br /><li><b>3. How many cards do you currently still own? (approximate)</b><br />40<br /><li><b>4. What is the most significant individual card or item you've owned? Do you still own it?</b><br />n173 Dogshead Stovey (Sold),T3 Johnson Sold, Still have N173 Kelly, Keefe & Ward <br /><li><b>5. What complete sets or near complete sets have you owned? (say 75% or better)</b><br />None<br />Always been a Hof collector</ul><br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>your number 4)<br />Based on the pickups you have posted that had to be a tough decision!<br />Its a pretty sweet choice though!<br /><br />your number 6)<br />If I ever find myself in paradise, I will sleep with one eye open <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><br /><br />edit:<br />Scott B -<br />ridiculous list of complete or near complete sets. wow.<br /><br />edit again:<br />Scott B -<br />your whole post is ridiculous. amazing stuff for number (4)