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07-01-2011, 12:07 PM
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Who's completed T206 and how close are you?
It seems like there's alot of people attempting a T206 set.
Who's completed it? (let's call it the 518 set) How'd you do it? (graded, raw, grading company, grade?) How long did it take? How did you feel when you were finished? How close did you come to giving up? Most satisfying moment? This set and stories around it are just fascinating to listen to. I thought a thread where people could talk about their set or attempted set in Retrospect would be fun. 
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07-01-2011, 12:30 PM
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My journey
Who's completed it?
I got to 520 in 2008. How'd you do it? (graded, raw, grading company, grade?) Anyway possible.. cards ranged from Authentic-VG.. most were FR-GD. The best way to get the cards is in lots of 150-200.. get the best ones/ones you need out... and sell all the dupes to try and minimize the cost of the ones your kept. How long did it take? 6 months of non stop looking  How did you feel when you were finished? About as good as you would think. Not easy to put together the 520 set. Even tougher if you try to stay within a $12,000 budget How close did you come to giving up? never was going to stop until after I got to 520... but I had to sell the set a few months after completeing it due to house repairs. That really sucked.. the best part however is that you can always try again. Most satisfying moment? Completeing the set and taking the time to make a online photo album of it.. you can post the Link to your set.. and see others feedback on your hardwork.. Here was the photo album I created.. so even though they are sold.. I can still check out what I once put together.. http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/g...cpZZ1QQtppZZ16 Last edited by Blunder19; 07-01-2011 at 01:01 PM.
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07-01-2011, 12:55 PM
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07-01-2011, 01:00 PM
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07-01-2011, 01:05 PM
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07-01-2011, 01:43 PM
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Really cool thread so far.
I love getting them in sgc slabs for no other reason than I think they look so much better in the black slab opposed To the Psa clear case. I fiddled around with collecting it for a year but decided to Make this my sole focus when I realized it was the only part of collecting I was still enjoying. Every new card that comes in is exciting. I'm figuring at 2 per week it'll take 5 years so if I go all out for awhile I may be able to knock it down a little. I love sgc 40s but don't mind 20s an 30s on commons As long as they Have nicer fronts. The board is also one of the best message boards of any type on the net
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#7
07-01-2011, 01:53 PM
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T206 quest
I'm past the midway point. Started with raw cards with no creases, until I sent in about 100 to be graded. There wasn't a 5 in the lot. Now I just buy graded cards. Most of my cards are SGC50-70s, some PSA 4s & 5s. Still have about 50 ungraded cards that I plan on selling as I replace them with graded. No hurry to complete the set. Different backs are cool, but right now very expensive. I just buy cards when the price is reasonable. When I get close to 400 this may change, and I will get more serious about completing the set.
Best regards, Joe
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07-01-2011, 12:32 PM
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T206
Dan,
I did late last year/early part of this .. finally. Set minus Big 4. Was set minus Big 6 but was able to get an O'Hara and Demmit STL this year. Mine are all graded between 40/3 to 80/6, mostly 4's through 6's now. I try to upgrade the 40/3's where it makes sense, but that's hit & miss. Mostly common backs, but I have some Cycles, OM's, SOV 460's, Tolstoi, EPDG and AB's mixed in. Mostly SGC and PSA, a few BVG's and a couple GAI's mixed in. Took me about 2 years - not really focused on it first year, then when I realized I had half already, then the "set focus" became more clear. I was bored when I completed to be honest. "Now what" set in. Started on a lower grade E93, but that gets little of my attention. 50's & 60's rookie HOF's have been another focus, but most of my time is still trading, upgrading, selling T206 dupes now. Never close to giving up. Most satisfying cards were the Cobb Green (been after that for a while in 3 or better), Elberfeld Portrait Washington w/Old Mill back - have that in a beautiful 50 (should be a 60 easy) and Dahlen Brooklyn in a 60. My first Net54 card was Johnson Portrait from the member who introduced me to this. Great experience so far, made many friends here .. look forward to saying hello to many of you at the National! Ed
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#9
07-01-2011, 01:03 PM
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T206 Set
I am somewhere around 76% complete with about 80 dupes. I bought non-graded and generally do not pay much of a premium for graded cards. I picked up 3 large batches of cards accounting for about 50% of the set and then purchased the remainder in singles (which were mainly HOF'ers) via eBay and other auctions.
Greatest joy was picking up my first T206 - a Johnson portrait. I started in approx. 2005 and i suspect it will take me 5+ more years until I finish. MWheat
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#10
07-01-2011, 03:23 PM
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Doyle Natl, Wagner, Plank, Magie
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07-01-2011, 06:12 PM
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57% and counting
ive been working on this for a couple years now. its been tough but i will win this battle. lots of rare backs and oddities.
http://sgccardregistry.com/set.aspx?...9&userset=1606
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