Finally finished my T205 HOFer set

[dog*dirt]

Nice work on a great set. The Joss and Cobb look nice for the grade. Looking forward to see what you have in mind for your next project.

[E93]

Congrats on a great group of cards!

Originally Posted by Runscott

Very nice. That Joss grade is ridiculous, unless there's something not showing in the scans.

Technically it is an accurate grade according to PSA's standards. The back is miscut. Perhaps it could have been a PSA 2 MC.
JimB

[zljones]

Thanks for all the kind word, my next endeavor will probably be to finish my N162 HOF set I have Dan Brouthers but need the others, but the cost is the biggest issue with those. I may also get more HOF 1930s cards from various Goudeys and Diamond Stars.

I think that now is best to get T205s because the popularity could very much rise while I started the other thread yesterday to see what everyone's favorite is I saw a good amount of T205 fans, that forcasts to me a possible rise in value in the near future, and that Joss card is going way up, I found old google achives that showed that Joss sold on 2/28/11 for 565.00 and was listed as undergraded. I had the pleasure of meeting the man who won that auction then sold it to me.

[DixieBaseball]

Well done Zach ! I agree with another post, crack those rascals out and line em up side by side in a pocket sheet/notebook style... Great for looking through. How many HOfers are there in theat T205 subset ?

Great job !

[zljones]

Originally Posted by NashvilleBaseball

Well done Zach ! I agree with another post, crack those rascals out and line em up side by side in a pocket sheet/notebook style... Great for looking through. How many HOfers are there in theat T205 subset ?

Great job !

I have 23 total cards. If I was to pursue everything HOF including those rediculous slight variation cards then there would be 29 total. But I have no use for the Mathewson Cycle back variation card or the Wallace No cap 1 line. And I only chose active players at the time (excludes Duffy) and ones that made the HOF for playing ability. I excluded the Duffy because I always hated manager cards as a kid, I used to throw darts at my manager cards from the 80s and 90s lol.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by NashvilleBaseball

Well done Zach ! I agree with another post, crack those rascals out and line em up side by side in a pocket sheet/notebook style... Great for looking through. How many HOfers are there in theat T205 subset ?

Great job !

I cracked 6 the other day. It's so cool to actually look directly at the card - it's the only way to really get a full appreciation for the quality of the lithography (especially for T205s), and the gold borders look SO much better completely naked. To add to the fun, I took about 100 T206s out of their sleeves last night and piled them up - it really felt decadent, given today's plastic encapsulation attitude!

[Runscott]

I asked about the Joss and Wallace/1 line, because I only have six T205's in my 'keeper collection' - the Wallace, a MC Joss, Cobb, Kirby and two ML'ers with stamps on the back. Based on my Joss, which got a 4, I think yours is under graded. Regarding the Wallace, I got mine by accident - part of a large auction house lot that wasn't identified. Nice surprise.

As an aside, to me, it looks like a lot more work went into producing a T205 than a T206 - it looks like the designers really tried to 1-up themselves with this set. Do any of the printer experts have thoughts on this?

[zljones]

Originally Posted by Runscott

I asked about the Joss and Wallace/1 line, because I only have six T205's in my 'keeper collection' - the Wallace, a MC Joss, Cobb, Kirby and two ML'ers with stamps on the back. Based on my Joss, which got a 4, I think yours is under graded. Regarding the Wallace, I got mine by accident - part of a large auction house lot that wasn't identified. Nice surprise.

As an aside, to me, it looks like a lot more work went into producing a T205 than a T206 - it looks like the designers really tried to 1-up themselves with this set. Do any of the printer experts have thoughts on this?

I do concur the owner that sold it to me also believed it is undergraded and I think so too. There is a very light crease on the front like a spider crease and just little tiny spots on the back like one or two. There is also a strange variation of color tints on his forehead, there is a spot of lighter pink instead or darker pink but that should still not cause such a grade I think a 2 with MC is in order. I very well may crack this case to get it regraded, the thing is I just love the appearance of cards inside a PSA holder, but I do not have alot of faith in their abilities to accurately grade pre WW1 cards since I have seen errors. This card after being cracked would probably be breath taking because the color is so vivid, sometimes I just stare at it for minutes at a time.