520!!!! The Monster has been Tamed :)

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Posted By: Jamie

Well it was a fascinating journey, and there are many Board members that I need to say thanks to for all the help!!! I started with just 1 card which I had for many years, and in December thought it would be cool to try to get to 520 completing the set minus the big 4. So in Dec I purchased my 2nd t206 off ebay and discovered Net54. From there I got hooked checking the BST and Ebay regularly for lots and deals here and there, selling off the doubles when I got any.

I was at 514 after 3 months (in March) but it seems that as your looking for less and less cards they become harder to find in the affordable category. It is now the end of May and a full 5 months has passed. I just got number 520 and have put all 520 in an album for anyone who has interest to check out.

Notes about the Collection:
5 months from 1 to 520.
Total cost was $11,920.
Only 11 cards were over the $100 mark including: Green Cobb, Both Walter Johnsons, all 3 Cy Youngs, Demmit and O'Hara St. Louis, Elberfeld Wash, Tris Speaker and Mathewson Dark Cap.
Only 20 cards (including the 11 above) cost $50 and over.
Rare Backs: 3 Blank Back SLers, 1 Red Hindu and the upside down error back Cy Young.
Of the 520, there are 92 Graded cards in the set.

I have a spread sheet and can breakdown the $11,920 per card if anyone is interested in seeing that email me and I will send it over.

For the most part they are beaters, some of them are nicer, have a look for yourself. I will be keeping the set for a long time hopefully, but I guess the one thing I am wondering is how much is the 520 worth that i have put together.. have a look you might see some cards that used to be yours

And again Thanks to all the Board members who helped me get there

http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/T206%20520%20Set/?start=all

Jamie
(Blunder19)