[FrankWakefield]

Congratulations, Brendon. Persistence and focus... impressive.

In the late 1980s I bought my first few white border cards, among them was a $65 Johnson throwing, with a tiny pin hole in the top border. And I actually liked it that way.

Early eBay days had me unknowingly buying 3 or 4 trimmed T206s. Actually, that was a good thing, I studied the cards, trimmed and not trimmed, and developed an eye for spotting the damn things instead of buying them. Most everyone on the board can do that, but there was a time for each of us when we couldn't.

What about W514s next? You'd have a Ruth card in there, and not only Joe Jackson but 6 more of the 8 men out. It's not a tiny set (like E102's) and it's not Monsterously large... there's Cobb, Mathewson, Johnson, McGraw, Stengel, Hornsby, Alexander... and I like Southworth and Shotton being in there.

Again, congratulations, and thank you for sharing the experience.