I am very excited to have finally finish off this subset I have been working on for five + years with my win of the REA complete set last month. The offered set had some very highly graded cards which with the ones I already owned would make for a very nicely conditioned set. Prior to the auction I was stuck at 18 of 20 examples of these factory errors with Munsell and Thebo being the last two needed. After not much thought I decided I was all in on the REA lot after speaking with Brian D at the Chantilly show about the cards. A big thank you to the REA staff for a very professional transaction all around.
This all started with a fellow board member and a good hobby friend J aka DixieBaseball selling me the first one. A SGC 50 Johnston and then a few others. Around that time he finished off the set which is still a top Net54 thread favorite of mine. I decided I wanted to go after the Orange 20 myself at that time. After a few years it became a reality that I could finish the set when I purchased a lot of 16 I believe from Brian M off Net54. With the duplicates out of that lot I had moved to 17 of 20 and thought it would be a breeze to add the 3 remaining with the OB's I had for trade bait. That was two years ago.
Within that time I posted want threads, searched eBay daily and check every auction house, I even sent random pm's to fellow collectors looking for the cards. I managed to pick up a Alexander card via a Auction House and narrowly missed on a Munsell on eBay. The only Thebo I saw was the mellow yellow out of this world example but thats another story all together. REA came along and the rest is history.
A big thank you to all those who have helped me with this set which if I am understanding correctly is the only one currently still together in existence. My son suggested a nice display case for them so I will probably be going that route soon. Also a huge thank you to Chris aka Net54's own atx840 for helping me with the collage. Seeing them all together like this is amazing! I love this hobby.
