N172 HOF Subset
 

Thought people would like to see this. Many thanks to Jay for helping me out with so many of these.

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Incredible! 👀

Wow, they look nice in a group. While I would never turn down an N172, I have also never pursued them. But seeing those grouped together in the SGC frames... it is a fine sight. Well done.

N172s
 

Bravo, what a great group- Trent King

Wow-zer that's a great group thanks for sharing

Damnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!

Jeez Louise. Perhaps my favorite post of the year coming in here at the last minute. Amazing collection.

Wow. What a run!

Stunning to see them all grouped together like that.

Very nice! Some real tough cards there.

+1 on what he said. I have a small lot of n172s and feel lucky and happy to have them. But, wow! That is the coolest collection of them I have ever seen.

Gulp !!
 

What a great great group.
Stunning to see these all displayed together.
Outstanding job !

Very nice, but where's Mike Kelly?

Steve

Of course you are correct. Dang, he didn’t make the pic. I’ll redo it… it’s sort of a lengthy process to scan and photoshop them together. Thanks for picking that up.

Great run !!

I immediately wanted to see how you handled Deacon White . . . Nicely done !!

Congratulations!

Great run, Keith! As Joe implied, Deacon White is the key to the run and your copy is beautiful.

That's an awesome accomplishment!

Nicely done!

Very impressive and thanks for sharing. Museum Quality right there!

I’m happy with my lone n172 Connor!

Absolutely beautiful. I'm curious how long it took you to find a Harry Wright with a nice image.

Jay went above and beyond helping me with that one.

Congrats. Nicely done. I am doing this subset also, but only 75 percent complete. What a fun project.

Congratulations! A truly beautiful sight. Agreed that it looks fit for a museum. I could volunteer my living room...

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quite a good looking run, congrats

To the OP - A few questions about the quest -

Which HOF was your first?
Which HOF was your last?
During the search, which were the five toughest players to locate?

That's a nice run of HOF N172s!

Mickey Welch was my first. Harry Wright was the last.

Top 5 difficult:

Deacon White
Harry Wright
Bid McPhee
Amos Rusie
Kid Nichols

Interesting - I would've thought Delahanty was harder than Nichols

What surprises me is that the McPhee is listed as one of the toughest HOFers to obtain yet I've seen many for auction in the past few years. Perhaps people were cashing in on the perceived "rarity" of the card. I've seen far fewer White, Rusie's, Hamilton's or even Hanlon's in the past few years than McPhee cards.

Perhaps all the McPhee's are now in permanent collections and they'll be more difficult to come by as I've seen less and less HOF OJs being put up for auction.

That is one heck of an accomplishment - congratulations!

I've noticed those McPhees as well. Deacon White seems like a true "white whale".

Impressive. I like the idea of a HOF run!

Very nice. Great accomplishment! 28 seems doable and manageable, but damn there are some toughies in there!!