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Originally Posted by Bigdaddy
Wow, that is amazing. Would you have pursued the set if there were no known Brauns?
And if you had a choice between a vintage ball point sig or a newer sharpie sig, which way would you go?
Again, congratulations.
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I have pursued the set for 10 years. I've gone through stages of selling excess and losing the #1 set spot on the Registry. I knew the collector who got the Braun (I sadly missed out on it because I did not know it was being sold).
I then negotiated with that individual for the Braun and others that I recently needed.
I prefer clean looking cards and clean autos either vintage or recent. Many of the players are deceased so most were signed years ago but I'm ok with a nice clean sig either way.
I've interacted with some in the set either in person, through the mail, or talking on the phone with a couple of players. It's been a fun pursuit!
As you can imagine I certainly lost my confidence along the way in ever being able to put the set together as for awhile there were ZERO Brauns slabbed so yes it tested my patience but it eventually paid off!
Thanks!