Maybe the Greatest T206 Set Extant

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by stutor

Thank you everyone. Ryan is a great friend, and I appreciate his support on my project immensely. He even traded or sold me a few of the cards I needed. Talk about needing it’s own thread...his museum collection needs its own website. Click his Flickr link if you haven’t already.

I have collected vintage cards off and on ever since the internet (eBay) made it easy, but I have never built a set of cards in my life...commons have just have never appealed to me. But being from MS, I was always intrigued by the SL Hindu subset. The teams were mostly familiar to me, and I felt like they were special because of the back. That’s the beauty of t206....mix in a print flaw or an uncommon back and every card can be special (even the commons!!!).

So one day I decided to sell my collection of random cards ranging from N172 to 80’s stuff I collected as a kid. Brian Dwyer at REA helped me do that (he’s amazing as you all know). I kept the 40ish t206 that I already had and started building a 520 set...my goal was 520 where nothing was ‘common’. My first purchase was a PSA 3 Harry McIntyre Hindu off eBay April 22, 2019. The seller (Mike Holm) contacted me to give me a history of the card and we have been friends ever since...he has been my biggest supporter and best hobby friend. I have made SOOOO many amazing friends along the way, and that has been the best part of the 3.5 year journey. I’m so glad that I chose this path.

I’m missing a few cards and many of those shown are place holders until something ‘special’ comes along. I genuinely don’t think i will ever consider it complete.

I truly appreciate all of the kind comments.

Congrats Sonny and Thanks. You sound very humble but you should be proud of what you done in your 3.5 year journey. I amazed you did it in such little time. I would have thought it would have taken longer. Good support along the way is always key

Congrats again