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Posted By: davidcycleback

With card collecting you often hear the terms complete set and masters set. The master set includes all the variations and errors as is applied when collecting modern sets, like 1981 Fleer. So, with T206s, the complete set would be all the different card fronts, and the masters set would have all the variations and combinations. No one has completed a masters T206 set, or probably come close. For many modern sets, the masters set can be a challenge but doable.

When you see near T206 near sets and complete sets in the big auctions, like Mastro and REA, there will be a variety of ad backs per set. The completeness of the complete set is judged by the card fronts.

So Felicia's initial definition of a complete is the same as with the hobby's. And for those perfectionists amongst us who think, no, a set must have all variations and combinations, there is hobby word for what you want: a masters set.