What are the rare, nearly impossible or impossible sets to complete

[Runscott]

For the average collector, it's probably any set other than E95, E96 (or similar), or N162, unless you're talking about a fair- T206 set that doesn't include Wagner or Doyle. Finishing off a rare collection doesn't impress me nearly so much as when a passionate collector on a $20-30K/year income completes a T202 or T206 set after toiling for 10+ years. It's doable, but it's gotta be tough to drop a month's pay on a Demmitt or O'Hara St.L.

[oldjudge]

Barry-Lew sold a complete, albeit trimmed, Large Gypsy Queen set about ten years ago. There is a Kalamazoo Bats set that is two cards short of being complete as we currently know it. N167 is also a small set which could be completed if you are strictly talking about the baseball cards. Like many sets from that era, N167s are really mixed subject sets with actors, boxers, etc., and as such completion is probably very unlikely.

[barrysloate]

Jay- I remember the trimmed set of N175, but was it sold intact or individually? And I knew one collector was very close to completing the K-Bats, but I assumed he was missing a few cards. To be within two of completion is quite an accomplishment.

[sycks22]

Maple crispette set with the tough Stengel to find.

[rainier2004]

T200 of premiums? Not sure how many of these are out there........

[AndrewJerome]

There certainly are several Zeenut sets that are nearly impossible to complete.

1911, 1915, 1918, 1926, 33-36, and 37-38 are all nearly impossible to finish.

However, there is at least one complete 1918 set known.

Andrew

[skelly]

The Boston Garter sets are very tough.