2012 will always be my 'monster' year. 2013 will be spent upgrading.

Frank,

I'm at 278 now. Thanks for updating.

Scot (sreader3)

Looks like I'll end the year at 272, thanks to many who have helped me build from three cards at the start of 2012. Peace be with you all

keith

I'm at 365 (one for each day of the year :))

congrats on a GREAT year!!

T206
 

Just got two more.
thanks Doug (Phillies*Phan)
My new number is 573
Merrill

Added tonight : sharpe & milligan

Bring my monster number to 130

Another two swipes at the Monster. my new number is 238.9

I picked up....

Bill Lattimore SC350
Shad Barry (Milwaukee) Polar Bear


When I joined the Board back in late June 2012, my first Monster Number thread post was for 104. That makes for a gain of 136 cards to reach the 238.9, a good portion of which were scored from Board members here on the BST or through Board members over on the 'bay. I would like to thank all of you for making the last six months as fantastic as they were regarding my quest to beat the Monster. To any member that I haven't transacted with as of yet, "Fear not, It's only a matter of time".:D:)

518. Below is the last card I picked up for my set. (Technically, it was part of a group of four, but I wouldn't have bought this particular Merkle if I wasn't able to buy the other three cards in the lot to finish.)

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4c96a40d.jpg

Congrats!

Just started the monster right before Christmas with the strange task of going alphabetically only. I'm at Ames now as my next need, so I have the first 6 cards in the set plus a couple others....so the monster # is at a whopping 8. :)

"alphabetically"?? Good luck when you reach Co***...!

I hope to have the e98 set done by the time I reach Co***...! :) At that point, I'll just be working on the set fulltime and not worrying about alphabetical crap. :)

+ 5 tonight for me..Now at 135

I am now at 26

Picked up my first Polar Bear tonight, so up to 9. Loooooong way to go!

I'm up to 130 :) Mr. Hal Chase Blue Background took the honors

t206
 

Hi Frank,
My new number is 574.
I received a Schulte today from Erick.
Only 26 to go.
Merrill

Well I broke the Monster into 3 sub-sets: Southern Leaguers, Hall of Famers, Commons. With the addition of Paige last week, I have completed the Southern Leaguers (finally!). I'm at 442/524. 42 Commons and 40 Hall of Famers to go....

While the thread is warm, I'll update to 255.

503

Another steady week adds three more dings in the Monster's armor. My new Number is 241.9:)

I added
Danny Murphy (Batting) SC350
Doc White (Chicago Portrait) P150
Jim McGinley P350

Cracked the 200 barrier, now at 203.

Me too. Put me at 204.

jeff

Hi Frank-

Forgot to update. I'm up one more to make it 87 now.

Thanks for keeping this train rolling :)

Sincerely, Clayton

Another two down....New Number 243.9....Creepin':D

I picked up
Jim Delehanty (Washington) SC150
Billy Gilbert P150

Bump my monster number up from 9 to 17! It was a good week! :)

Jimi

136 just add Lipe SL old mill back.

Can I have my number added to the list? I am at 45(38 in hand and 7 in the mail). Thanks, Stew

A Piedmont week
 

A slow week on the bay, I went one for infinity. Thankful two board members (thanks Tom, Thanks Ralph) helped pick up the slack. I snagged 3, giving me a new number....246.9

I added

Jap Barbeau P350
Cy Barger P350
Harry Krause (Pitching) P350

:)

Wow!
 

Pretty amazed that in about 5 weeks my EPDG subset went from 25 to 50!

Starting to get a little slower moving up but at 461 now.

Moved over 300, now at 302

Hey, Erick, when you get a chance, would like to see a few!!

Hey Keith
 

They are all available here:
http://www.collectorfocus.com/collection/t206hound/epdg

BTW... all my collections are in my signature...

Great work Erick. I've upgraded a few and keep adding different backs.

Moved up to 222 and hoping to get to the half way point this year.

Bump me up to 72
 

I'm now at 72 I think with the recent acquisition of an Orval Overall portrait.

I've missed so many that present well and I always cuss myself afterwards for letting them slip by. So, I finally decided to stop screwing around and picked up a raw VG/EX one from eBay.

It also knocks 1 more off my Cubs subset.

Nice, very nice Gandil. Like the Powell, too

Keith

Added 25 since my last update in Oct.'12. Now at 428.

A decent week for pickups. I grabbed two from the Bay and two on the BST Thanks Erick). My new number is 250.9

I snagged

Harry Gasper SC350
Ed Konetchy (Glove Near Ground) SC350
John Butler P350
Tubby Spencer SC150

Halfway there
 

I usually don't toot my own horn but I'm proud to recently receive this card. It represents card #259 and puts me at the halfway point toward my goal of a complete 518-card T206 set. My first T206 purchase was in 1994, so it has been a slow climb. If I didn't have so many other vintage card distractions, I'd probably be further along. But I'm having fun with my collection.

Congrats on the half way mark. As a collector of solely SGC 40s, I appreciate the beauty of that Starr... I wish all my forties looked like that!

+1
that is a beauty!

That Starr shines bright ;) congrats :) those corners are spectacular.

Now at 73
 

I'm now at 73 with the pickup of a Moran card from board member Josh Adams. Knocks my Cubs subset want list down by another card too!

513

Frank,

Please raise my MN to 11.

Thanks,

Eric

Monster Update
 

Hi Frank,

I'm up to 143. Thanks for keeping this thread running and enjoy the warm weather!!

Steve

Another two fished outta the bay since my last update. I am up to 252.9

I hooked...

Barney Pelty (Vertical Photo) SC350
George Gibson P150

Hi Frank

Slight adjustment to my Set #1 Monster number. Please put me at 290 total.

Also, after reading the bold print in your initial post, we should probably pull my set #2 off the main list. Its a back specific set and probably should be listed below as a subset.

Thanks

Jantz

I am up to 233.

+ 80
New number : 216
http://i10.servimg.com/u/f10/11/52/54/64/magie10.jpg

Congrats!!
 

Congratulations on the Magie, Nelson! Your goal for 2013 is accomplished and it's only February 7, what are you going to do for the rest of the year??!! :)

LOL

10 month of negociation on this Magie... i spoke with the owner since april 2012. I will receive it tomorow :)

Probably be quiet for the rest of the year and buy common player for my set and SL ...

My next Big purchase will probably be Demmitt and o'hara but probably in 2014

t206
 

Nelson,
Congrats on the Magie.
It may have taken you ten long months but it took me twenty long years to get one.
Good luck with the rest of the set.
Merrill

Thx merrill .
It is my second magie in my life but my previous example was a real beater..missing piece etc..graded auth by gai. I never see it again after i sell it on ebay couple years ago

+ 8 = 224

I added two more Frank, so I'm at 89 now. Thanks again-

Sincerely, Clayton

Well, between snagging a trio from eBay and buying eight on the BST, I have had a pretty good week. The three BST want lists are still hovering on the first two or three pages. I am still looking for a few more while the money holds out:D
My new Monster Number is 263.9
An active week brought me:

59. Al Burch (Batting) SC150….Thanks Joe
2. Ed Abbaticchio (Brown Sleeves) SC150….Thanks Mike
273. Tommy Leach (Portrait) SC150….Thanks Mike
383. Deacon Phillippe SC350….Thanks Mike
41. Joe Birmingham P150….From the 'Bay
130. Jiggs Donohue (Donahue) P150….Thanks Frank
72. Charley Carr P350….Thanks Keith
163. Bob Ewing SC150 F649….Thanks Keith
317. Matty McIntyre (Detroit) P350….Thanks Keith
448. Jake Stahl (No Glove Shows) SC350….From the 'Bay
7. Red Ames (Hands At Chest) P150….From the 'Bay

I had a good night last night on the Bay. My new number is now 82.

Ok. now its an official addiction. 237.

1

Joe Kelley - El Principe De Gales back

My first T206 is in hand. I am only collecting HOFers from the set though as part of my very general, overall HOF collection.

t206
 

I just got four more for my set.
Mordecai Brown
Frank Chance
Ray Ryan
Ed Walsh
My new number is 578

just now deciding to pick off the easy ones, huh? :)

+2 (Magee portrait and folley white SL)

226

A six pack
 

A great , solid week, I picked up six more. My new MN is 269.9:)

I added:

112. Lou Criger P150….From the 'Bay
351. Harry Niles SC150….From the 'Bay
350. Simon Nichols (Nicholls) (Batting) SC350….From the 'Bay
222. George Hunter P350…. Thanks Doug
318. Larry McLean P350….Thanks Doug
422. Jim Scott SC350….Thanks Doug

Three more guys added this week makes my MN 272.9. I keep chipping away at it.:)

The three that I scored are:

124. Art Devlin P150
370. Jim Pastorius P150
498. Kaiser Wilhelm (With Bat) SC350

227
Just won a psa1 st louis demmitt

http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/11/52/54/64/t2ec1610.jpg
http://i70.servimg.com/u/f70/11/52/54/64/kgrhqn10.jpg

I was getting a little bit concerned, there had not been a post to this thread for over a week............

Stuck
 

Stuck at 518. Need the big 4, green Cobb, and O'Hara St.L

Phil, I would consider a mild sedative for your anxiety. Don't worry, be happy.:D

Hit a milestone today. 250

Congrats Tom! I need to update my number to 92.

Hey Frank,

Can you bump me up to 153 please? Thanks, Steve

Now at 517. Need Foster, Johnson pitching and Keeler portrait if you can help. Looking for mid grade Sweet Caps on the last two if possible.

I'm now up to 257 cards. I will be adding quite a bit more over the next month.

Monster Number
 

Hi Frank-

+5 for me, so now I'm at 94-

Thanks,

Sincerely, Clayton

Frank,

I have added another one. Please bump me up to 12.

(Yes, yes, I know...the Monster is laughing out loud at me:))

Best Regards,

Eric

+ 2 = 71 cards and 229 PT