How many have completed the T3's ?

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Posted By: ScottIngold

I have started putting together a lower grade collection of these. Or i should say ungraded. Mostly nice looking cards with tack holes.

I'm still amazed how a small hole in something as large as these can be absolutly killed by the graders. But i stray.....

Are there any real rarities ? Or other obstacles to completing this other than money for the big boy's ? Should i focus on certain backs ?

Any info would be helpful.

Regards,

Scott

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Posted By: Mark

Mark here, you bought the Admiral Schlie from me. It is a beautiful set and very expensive to grade them. I like them myself without the slab. I am not an expert but the Turkey Red Ad back is more rare than the checklist.

Goodluck in your quest.

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Posted By: jay wolt

Scott - I'm nearing completion on the T3's and have completed the T9
boxers. To me they are one set of 126 cards since the boxers are from #51
to #76, as opposed to a set of 100 baseball subjects & 26 boxers.

I always picked up the affordable ones that crossed my path and I
never cared too much about the backs. There are 5 different backs
and w/o too much trouble I have a variety of them all.
The ad backs are only issued in the high # series #77-126 and as a
rule they are pretty easy to obtain and roughly half of the high #'s
I have are indeed ad backs, so ndon't pay a premium for them.
PSA & SGC grade any card w/ a pin/nail/tack hole as a PSA-1/SGC-10
and in my opinion rightfully so, since the card has been mutilated.
With that said you can get some great looking low graded cards that
present well for minimal amounts.
There always seems to be some graded & ungraded cards on eBay so you
should have plenty to choose from and you'll probably run out of $$$
before your run out of cards to choose.

Have fun, and within time you're set will grow by leaps & bounds.
The Fred Clarke still awaits ....jay

Here's some that are sitting on my desk. I take a few out now & then
to enjoy them.

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Posted By: barrysloate

There are no rarities but some of course you will find tougher to acquire. The biggest obstacle is the cost of the HOFers. Among the things that make the set desirable is a high concentration of great players.

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Posted By: jay wolt

"Among the things that make the set desirable is a high concentration of great players"

Barry is correct, out of the 100 players, 25 are Hall Of Famers and others like Hal Chase & Sherry Magee are stars. Then add the tougher cards to obtain
like the action shots, horizontal poses and short printed ones like Bob Rhodes, the challenge is there. No one said it would be easy, so just have fun along the way.

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Posted By: anthony

i really like this set, some great action shots and beautiful color...the only thing that keeps me from collecting them is the size...you cant put them in your shirt pocket

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Posted By: George Dreher

I have 101 of them. This reminds me of the Tenney thread where Barry mentioned a relative of Tenney buying up all his cards. Many years ago, a man named Tenney purchased the two Tenneys from me. I never would have sold them but he offered an insane amount of money. He mentioned that he worked in a lumber yard. Not sure if it is the same person or not?