T3 Turkey Red Master Set - COMPLETE

[Gmrson]

Congrats on establishing and completing the Master T3 set! It will be interesting to see if the list grows. Thanks for sharing your website and research. A T3 Tigers card is on my National wishlist this year and I really enjoyed looking through the images on the site.

[CW]

Mike... so are you going with the Wild Bill Donovan or the Sam Crawford?

[Gmrson]

Originally Posted by CW

Mike... so are you going with the Wild Bill Donovan or the Sam Crawford?

Man, those two are both beauties! Depends on the budget...that Jennings is a classic and I really like the horizontal Schmidt too! No bad choice with this set.

[yanksfan09]

Nice job, probably the most gorgeous set ever made.

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

Are all the backs confirmed with the front? I know when I was buying them you rarely saw the checklist with nothing on the bottom, always wanted to win one but no luck (or not enough money), I guess the money went to T206 tough backs and that seemed to work out all right.

Great site, do you have a new challenge?

Lee

[T3s]

Hi Lee,

The "No-Ad" backs are the ones you are describing, and they are a real challenge. I can't confirm that they exist for all 50 of the first series cards, (NOTE: McIntyre-Brooklyn will only be found with 1-75 checklist, the McIntyre-Brooklyn/Chicago will be found with all three 1st series back variations) however I have 42 of the 50 of the "No-Ad"s and have no reason to believe the other 8 don't exist. My quest for these 8 continues.

In the second series, there is a chance of finding a Paskert-Cin with a Turkey Red back as well as a Rhoades with a Turkey Red back, but as the years go by, I find it doubtful.

All other front/back combinations have been confirmed.

In terms of my next collecting goal - not sure. I've been working on a few sets on and off (I've been a bit pre-occupied with this whole T3 thing), but nothing too exotic. I'll probably continue to buy T3s, build another set, upgrade my current set, etc. A nice mid-grade raw set appeals to me as they seem to lose just a tiny bit of something once entombed. It's cool to hold them and inspect them closely while raw - they smell cool too.

Hope that answers your questions and I would again refer you to my website where a bit more detail on the backs can be found.

Best,
Craig