Remember you must raise or lower your Monster Number by at least 1 (one) to post on this thread ;););):D ..............................

or just have something interesting to say.

Hi Frank,

I just added two to raise my number to 58.

Thanks,

Mark

I cannot stop with all this peer pressure:
 

For the Unassisted Triple Plays section of my collection:

Neal Ball brings my Monster total to 16

Attachment 148909

Up to 17 with a good deal on this Willis
 

Sharp looking portrait

Attachment 149186

Finally cracked 400 and am now at 403. I may break the record for the longest to complete the set (assuming I get to my 518 goal). Got my first T206 in 1995. If I keep the same pace, my projected completion date will be December, 2019. Hopefully this thread will still be going then so I can announce the achievement. Frank, don't let it die :eek:

Hey Frank, please update me to 115. Here's my latest:

Bruce, Steve and Tom, outstanding work, gentlemen. You're each getting close. Very close, indeed! :D

Frank please bump me up to 99. Was hoping to cross the Century mark this week but, alas, USPS let me down :(

464

Hi Frank,

Can you please bump me up to the milestone 500 # when you have a chance! Thanks, Steve

Frank, please bump me to 108. Finally crossed a milestone. Thanks.

Hi Frank,

Can you please bump me up to 509? The finish line is finally in view!! :D

Added a couple of Southern Leaguers this week.
I am at 469.

Getting to the home stretch. Which cards did you save for last?


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Hi Frank,

Just hit the magic 400!

(Six months later than hoped. But the monster doesn't seem to care much about my time timetable!)

Thanks Frank.

Scot

Picked up a couple more tough southern leaguers
while on vacation near Cooperstown.
Carlos Smith and Violat. 472.

I'm almost ashamed to request my very low number be increased to 17.

However, they all are graded at least 4.5, so I realize my goals are different from most of 'the Net54 gang'.

CORRECTION:

OOPS! One recent purchase was an upgrade, so I was already at 17.

Okay, Now I have an update:
 

Mr. Burkett - please have Jack Hayden bring my number to 18.


Thanks a lot!

Inspired by another thread....update my monster number to 19.

Attachment 151348


Meanwhile, my Allegheny number is up to 3.

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Frank,

It's been a while since I reported in. I have added 18 more. That puts me at 448.

Thanks,
Marty

My first time listing, I'm at 395.

Good evening, Frank
 

Keith here in the sunny waterless eastern sierras. My second set has expanded to 84 cards, as I continue to slowly upgrade my primary collection. Sure seems easier the second time around....not!

Happy Fourth of July to all!

Hi Frank,

Sorry that it has been a while since I have provided an update. Please adjust my Monster number down to 45.

After selling a few off to fund a purchase, I have begun picking up a few, including these two.

Best regards,

Eric

Hey Frank,

Can you adjust my number to 62.

Thanks,

Mark

My number as of now is 10. Only going for Cardinals and Browns at this point though. One day I may tackle the whole thing.

Put me down for 1! :) poor raw LUMLEY See thread:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=190506

Please bump my MN to 490 - with a little luck, I will get to 500 this year.

The cards you are looking for on the BST aren't too tough so I am sure you will get there.


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I am over the 400 mark @ 402!

Well I have finally grabbed another. My new MN is 488.9. I was beginning to think I was done.:eek:

The new addition:

474. Joe Tinker (Bat Off Shoulder) P350

Frank- Please update my number to 23 - the last one is still in transit.

I still say it is not my intention to complete the set, just going after the ones that appeal to me, adhere to my standards, and can be purchased at what I feel is a reasonable price.

#23- is Mr. MLB Mud himself, Lena Blackburne

Hi Frank,

Can you please bump me up to 515 when you have a chance? It may be awhile before I post again! Still need Young Portrait, Cobb Red, Cobb Green, Demmitt St. Louis and O'Hara St. Louis.

Thanks, Steve

I know what you mean, Steve. I have been finished with the commons and the Southern Leaguers for a while. The HOF guys are getting tougher and tougher.

Frank, Go ahead and bump me up to 489.9. I picked up the Evers Blue Sky this week.

Congrats Mike! Evers Blue Sky is a toughie!! On with the chase :D

But I already have all the Chase(s):D

I knew that reply was coming.....but I had to take a Chance!! :D

My monster number now stands at 518!!!!

OK. I cheated. I won the Goldin Auctions lot last night. Am making each card available for sale so my number should not be official.

Still I always wanted to make a post like this in this thread. Now I can say that I have. Even if it is not quite legit.

Tom C

https://www.goldinauctions.com/mobil...entoryid=10848

Good buy - you're at 518 fair and square for now.

Haven't updated for a while. Please increase my total to 90. I'm still on track to break 100 for the year!

Mines 0 but Im getting my first one soon. So happy cant wait

Magie
 

I recently picked up my 521st, a Magie error card. So I went from 520 points to 600. My first time to own a Magie!

It's in the envelope... It's a Owen Wilson ;)

I'm up to 32. Mostly PSA-3 and a few raw. Here is a couple shots.

Cool thanks again

Just a friendly reminder, if your claim of a Monster Number of 0 is correct, you are in a last place tie with over 6 billion people. Leon assures me that the forum software will not accommodate a list of over 6 billion names. Most importantly I would also refer you to Posts #37-39 in this thread in response to Post #28 for the definitive scholarly treatment of this issue, after which a Monster Number of 0 was no longer allowed and in fact became oxymoronic.

When your first card arrives, you will leave 6 billion people in the dust and are welcome to re-post a valid Monster Number.;)

Pessimist always thinking negatively
 

Frank, herein lies the conundrum...what if, hypothetically speaking (being an owner of an unspecified amount of T206 cards) someone were to have a negative amount of T206 cards? Would this negative quantity indicate T206 cards they no longer own, and thusly should they be duly assigned an inverse Monster number?

Brian (Questionably speaking)

Brian,

Short answer - NO
Immediate response - WTF
Long answer - So a pessimist with 520 cards sells half of them and then has a Monster Number of zero???? Methinks the conundrum is between your ears.:D

By the way when referring to a Monster Number, always capitalize both the M in monster and the N in number.;)

I am...uh, I forgot what I was going to say.(oh yeah)... um, some on the board may know I am selling mine. Counting down I may stop at one, although I may actually have zero. That way I can still contribute to the thread.

What's your Monster number?
 

Frank, with the recent uptick in new threads, prices realized, and overall popularity of the sets, I think that it's time that you started a Cracker Jack Number thread.

But im special so Im first on the 0 list :D

If I remember what I learned in my high school Biology course correctly, the conundrum is actually part of the inner ear, thus not technically between the ears.

And doesn't WTF stand for What The Frank? -- Just pulling your proverbial Monster tail.

Brian (Monster Number = ?)

Brian,

But if you only have one, it must bounce back and forth. This phenomena is commonly known as "cerebral ping-pong" usually played without a net.;)

Frank, virtually awash in conundra.:eek:

Done for July
 

So, I am now at 62. Not too bad, averaging about 10 a month (but that will go down with August and September :(). I'll have to make them up on the back end of the year!

Happy to say mine has bumped up to 33 since I posted last. Feed the addiction!

Looking at the list, I thought I had given my number but I hadn't. I have a Monster Number of 1 (Ed Killian - Portrait).

I intend to at least double this at the National.

Frank, conundrum is not of latin origin, or is it? :cool:

Ed

http://www.theguardian.com/notesandq...,-5253,00.html

The reference above would suggest that the answer is a conundrum. Just don't ask the question twice, Ed.;);)

Mike, nice going. The Evers Blue Sky was the last HOFer that I picked up when I put together my set.

Not counting Plank.

Hi Frank,

Please bump my Monster Number up to 46 when you get a chance. I just picked up this Charley Carr and have gotten the T206 bug again. :)

up to 479. def getting harder as reaching the most expensive (eg Cobbs) and least common.

--S

24, think I am resigned to boston and providence team sets, and horizontals. Maybe a few select others;)

That's a good plan Den. This set will take me years. I've thought about breaking it into smaller sets first, maybe the Pirates and build from there. Breaking off small chunks here and there over time makes it more manageable.

I hear you Donnie. Btw I am an absolutely huge Cobra fan. I talk about the Pittsburgh drug trials in my us history course. When Jim rice got into the hall I was hoping there would be a reappraisal of Parker's career. Guy belongs in. Al Oliver too for that matter. Not rod scurry tho.

1 point woot woot
http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/z...psb2e21e5f.jpg

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps4563905e.jpg

Matt - Congrats. You may want to research Owen Wilson...he still holds a single season MLB record if I am not mistaken. Great T206 card...one of the first ones I picked up. :)

Frank - please bump my MN up to 51 when you get a chance. I picked up these five over the past week.

Monster number is Seven! I joined this site a month or so ago and purchased 7 Detroit Tigers T206s from fellow collectors!

bump me
 

I'm now at 55 with this card:

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1406774051http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1406774056

Please update me to 25

thanks

Need Cobb Green, O'Hara and Demmitt St. Louis
 

Hi Frank,

Can you please bump me up to 517 when you have a chance.

Thanks!

Steve

Big month for me and Im up to 84 ,Thanks

Hey Frank,

I picked up 9 cards at the National to put me at 71.

Thanks,

Mark

down
 

123

Frank - new MN up to 503. I made my goal for 2014. Commons complete and I just need one SLer (Foster).

Hi Frank,

After picking up these three over the weekend, my Monster Number is now up to 54. :)

If you could please update this, I would greatly appreciate it.

Best regards,

Eric

now 474

108 :d

That's awesome. You are in the back stretch.

176

Frank,

I'm now at 316.

Thanks Tom! (btcarfagno)

Jeff