Personal Pre-War Set and Collector Survey

[BobC]

Originally Posted by sreader3

1. First prewar cards were four T206 commons (Alperman, Gilbert, Rhodes, Schreck). Bought them for $3 each from The Baseball Card Shoppe in Claremont, California around 1982.
2. Maxed out at over 500 prewar about seven years ago: Almost 450 different T206s, about 50 different HOFers from a variety of other sets and 20 or so different OJ Denver poses (I live about 30 miles from Denver so it’s a local history thing).
3. Have about 150 prewar right now. Kept all of the T206 HOFers (have added a few since) and about 50 of the tougher commons; also kept the OJ Denvers and a handful of the HOFers from other sets that I liked the best.
4. Have the T206 Cobby quartet, 2 Cys, 2 Mattys, 3 Naps, the WaJo portrait, a Goudey Ruth and Gehrig, and an E93 Wagner. Also have a really nice E120 Traynor that it took a while to find. Almost everything is EX or slightly better which is my collecting wheelhouse.
5. No near complete sets, unless you count the T206 HOF subset where I am about 90% complete. Also have at least one pose of every OJ Denver player.

Great collection Scot. You appear to be my opposite and go more for quality over quantity. There is no wrong way to collect!

[sreader3]

Hi Bob, Thanks for the kind words. It seems to me like you have quantity AND quality! Scot

[BobC]

Originally Posted by sreader3

Hi Bob, Thanks for the kind words. It seems to me like you have quantity AND quality! Scot

LOL Depends on how you define "quality" I guess Scot. To one person, having say an F-50 Yuenling's, an E103 Williams Caramel, and an E253 Oxford Confectionery card of Ty Cobb would maybe be considered as having quality cards. But to another person, having them all in a PSA or SGC 1 condition may not. I guess I've always equated "quality" more with the condition and shape the cards are in rather than who it is that is actually on the cards. Appreciate your kind words as well, and thanks to you, I may have to start rethinking about how I define "quality" from now on.

[Yoda]

1. Since before the Flood.

2. Over 1,000 - Full Count days.

3. Now about 300.

4. Multi current examples from pre-war set: OJ to '41 Playball.

5. Best current cards are T3 Cobb, Turkey Red Cobb, '33 Goudy Ruth #53 &149, '33 and '34 Gehrig !60 and 37, respectively, and a '36 WWG Gehrig.

6. No complete sets at present.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Yoda

1. Since before the Flood.

2. Over 1,000 - Full Count days.

3. Now about 300.

4. Multi current examples from pre-war set: OJ to '41 Playball.

5. Best current cards are T3 Cobb, Turkey Red Cobb, '33 Goudy Ruth #53 &149, '33 and '34 Gehrig !60 and 37, respectively, and a '36 WWG Gehrig.

6. No complete sets at present.

Hey John, looks like you've got a really great collection of significant cards there. Awesome!!!

[tedzan]

#1......My 1st pre-war card, which was acquired at the famous Willow Grove Show (Pennsylvania) in March 1981.




#2...... ?


#3......Approx. 3000 cards. Complete sets of N28, N29, N162, T209-1, 1933 and 1934 GOUDEY, 1935 DIA. STARS, 1939 - 1941 PLAY BALL.
And "complete" T206 sets...... PIEDMONT*, SOVEREIGN, SWEET CAPORAL Factory #30**. American Beauty 460 (73 of 74 cards) sub-set.





#4.....Too many to list here.


#5..... ?


Foot notes....
* ...... 520 card set. All - PIEDMONT set (missing Plank and Wagner)
** ....468 card set. All - SWEET CAPORAL set (missing only Wagner)


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[BobC]

Originally Posted by tedzan

#1......My 1st pre-war card, which was acquired at the famous Willow Grove Show (Pennsylvania) in March 1981.




#2...... ?


#3......Approx. 3000 cards. Complete sets of N28, N29, N162, T209-1, 1933 and 1934 GOUDEY, 1939 - 1941 PLAY BALL. PLUS......
complete T206 sets = PIEDMONT*, SOVEREIGN; SWEET CAPORAL Factory #30**, American Beauty 460 (73 of 74 cards) sub-set.




#4.....Too many to list here.


#5..... ?


Foot notes....
* ...... 520 card set. All - PIEDMONT set (missing Plank and Wagner)
** ....468 card set. All - SWEET CAPORAL set (missing only Wagner)


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted,

Goes without saying you have an awesome collection. Everyone on here has heard your card knowledge and seen your posts of amazing cards you have, along with the stories of how you had started collecting as a kid from packs you bought yourself. What surprises me is hearing you didn't start collecting any pre-war cards till 1981. Always think of you as a pre-war T206 collector, now know better.