What's your Monster number?

[bigtrain]

Picked up a decent Cobb red portrait. When it arrives I will be at 517.

[Cozumeleno]

About nine months after picking up my first T206 back in February, I've reached the magical number (for me, anyway) of 520. I set out to do 518, but picked up this Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis' from two board members last week. Ironically, both are missing the upper left corner! Please also start a Set #2 for me as well (58) since I've upgraded 58 cards as well.

My set is mostly P-G, but pretty in my eyes and getting more aesthetically pleasing with numerous upgrades so far. I doubt I'll try to complete a set #2, but will be continuing to upgrade with some cleaner cards and more unique backs.

I also freed about 60 cards that were encapsulated, so there's that.

Big shoutout to many members that helped me. I purchased from about 25 or so. Big hat tip to Frank as well as the two guys I probably bought the most from - Scott (mybuddyinc) and Luke (lukelyon). Can't possibly thank everyone since I'm sure I'll forget several, but if you helped me with a card (or several) along the way, thank you!

PERSONAL NOTES:
First card - Harry Howell Sovereign
Last card (of the 518) - JF Kiernan
Favorite card - Matty Dark cap
Favorite card I own - Either Home Run Baker OM or Bender Portrait EPDG
Most annoying card to find - Chance red portrait
Best deal - Getting Titus in a lot of about 200 commons
Favorite achievement - Getting all four Cobbs (3 Graded 1s and 1 Auth/1 PB) for under $2,000
Most shameful achievement - Losing a Lundgren KC card somehow ... don't ask
Non-Common Piedmont/Sweet Cap - 15% (American Beauty, Cycle, EPDG, Tolstoi, Old Mill, Polar Bear, Sovereign, Sweet Cap Overstrike)

[yoyot1]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

PERSONAL NOTES:
First card - Harry Howell Sovereign
Last card (of the 518) - JF Kiernan
Favorite card - Matty Dark cap
Favorite card I own - Either Home Run Baker OM or Bender Portrait EPDG
Most annoying card to find - Chance red portrait
Best deal - Getting Titus in a lot of about 200 commons
Favorite achievement - Getting all four Cobbs (3 Graded 1s and 1 Auth/1 PB) for under $2,000
Most shameful achievement - Losing a Lundgren KC card somehow ... don't ask
Non-Common Piedmont/Sweet Cap - 15% (American Beauty, Cycle, EPDG, Tolstoi, Old Mill, Polar Bear, Sovereign, Sweet Cap Overstrike)

I like your stats; i've got a low grade collection as well, at 518 (missing Cobb bat off, but have Demmitt StL). I've lost track of my first card, and don't know if I have a favorite, but my personal notes would include:

- Reprints mistakenly bought: 1 - Ed Foster. It wasn't even a good reprint, I just didn't look at the scan closely.
- Card I bid the most times on before I won it: Ray Ryan - I was stubborn and wouldn't spend more than $30 on it and went a couple years of semi-active bidding before I got it.
- Number of times screwed in trades: twice, once on the old board (anyone remember Brandon Rusnak?), once here (I think the guy may have died, he just disappeared from the board, and had been active prior... was just a couple of beater dupes)
- Card that I thought I owned for years, but did not: Dahlen, Brooklyn. The Boston version must have tricked me one day...

[Cozumeleno]

Thank you - your notes are interestingly as well. I didn't buy any reprints but the biggest mistake sort of along those lines is buying a few that were trimmed that weren't advertised as such.

Card I bid on the most and lost out on was probably Mordecai Brown or Frank Chance red portraits. Those just took me a while to get within what I wanted to pay.

Didn't make any trades but bought probably 100+ cards through the B/S/T. Was fortunate to not have a single bad deal.

Originally Posted by yoyot1

I like your stats; i've got a low grade collection as well, at 518 (missing Cobb bat off, but have Demmitt StL). I've lost track of my first card, and don't know if I have a favorite, but my personal notes would include:

- Reprints mistakenly bought: 1 - Ed Foster. It wasn't even a good reprint, I just didn't look at the scan closely.
- Card I bid the most times on before I won it: Ray Ryan - I was stubborn and wouldn't spend more than $30 on it and went a couple years of semi-active bidding before I got it.
- Number of times screwed in trades: twice, once on the old board (anyone remember Brandon Rusnak?), once here (I think the guy may have died, he just disappeared from the board, and had been active prior... was just a couple of beater dupes)
- Card that I thought I owned for years, but did not: Dahlen, Brooklyn. The Boston version must have tricked me one day...

[jlehma13]

Way to go, Anson! I need you to start upgrading asap.

[Mighty Casey]

30 for Mighty Casey

[Luke]

Originally Posted by Cozumeleno

About nine months after picking up my first T206 back in February, I've reached the magical number (for me, anyway) of 520. I set out to do 518, but picked up this Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis' from two board members last week. Ironically, both are missing the upper left corner! Please also start a Set #2 for me as well (58) since I've upgraded 58 cards as well.

My set is mostly P-G, but pretty in my eyes and getting more aesthetically pleasing with numerous upgrades so far. I doubt I'll try to complete a set #2, but will be continuing to upgrade with some cleaner cards and more unique backs.

I also freed about 60 cards that were encapsulated, so there's that.

Big shoutout to many members that helped me. I purchased from about 25 or so. Big hat tip to Frank as well as the two guys I probably bought the most from - Scott (mybuddyinc) and Luke (lukelyon). Can't possibly thank everyone since I'm sure I'll forget several, but if you helped me with a card (or several) along the way, thank you!

PERSONAL NOTES:
First card - Harry Howell Sovereign
Last card (of the 518) - JF Kiernan
Favorite card - Matty Dark cap
Favorite card I own - Either Home Run Baker OM or Bender Portrait EPDG
Most annoying card to find - Chance red portrait
Best deal - Getting Titus in a lot of about 200 commons
Favorite achievement - Getting all four Cobbs (3 Graded 1s and 1 Auth/1 PB) for under $2,000
Most shameful achievement - Losing a Lundgren KC card somehow ... don't ask
Non-Common Piedmont/Sweet Cap - 15% (American Beauty, Cycle, EPDG, Tolstoi, Old Mill, Polar Bear, Sovereign, Sweet Cap Overstrike)

Congrats!

[trdcrdkid]

Frank, since I just did a back census of my T206s and posted about it, you might as well update my Monster number. I'm at 353 for my first set and 28 for my second set. No need to go beyond that, though there are two cards I'm doing back runs on for which I have seven each (Camnitz arms up and Wiltse portrait with cap).

[frankbmd]

With only 33 days remaining until the fourth birthday of this silly thread I cannot help but hear both the chants of "Four More Years" and the groans of those who tire of this exercise and seeing the thread nearly perpetually on the first page. Once again the annual statistics will be posted on December 23rd that will reflect a significantly increase in the number of viewers, despite a drop in the number of cards added, new sets added and posts.

Cozumeleno has set a new standard for those building the set in a piecemeal manner with a gestation period of roughly nine months. I'm sure he is more thrilled with his new "baby" than Mrs. Cozumeleno, but that is only speculation.

This year we also added the first Doyle variation and first perfect score.

What will year five bring? More of the same and a few groans I trust.

[Cozumeleno]

Thanks, all - appreciate it.

Mrs. Cozumeleno, as Frank theorized, is indeed, not very thrilled. However, she has taken it a little easier since as instead of a gaggle of 3,200 count boxes of newer cards filling a spare bedroom, my collection now, for all intents and purposes, has been limited to two tidy binders. I still flip/break newer collections and cards, but they don't stay around long. The extra space in the house is a nice tradeoff. Yeah, no, she's still not happy.

Jon - I will be in touch, friend. Hoping to upgrade many more cards by the end of the year. I will check out your current need list if it is in the B/S/T T206 Trading Post where I believe I saw it before.

[mybuddyinc]

Anson,

CONGRATULATIONS ------------ GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad I could help out a bit. You're Demmitt and O'Hara are the way Demmitt's and O'Hara's should look like

I'm sure people will ask -- what's next. I feel upgrading is a never ending process, that is almost as fun as completing set -- have fun

You're "data" has inspired me:

First card - Howard, Sav. (had Pied. OMSL and Hindu, before starting Monster)
Last card (of the 520) - Shag
Favorite card - to many to pick one
Favorite card, gun to head - Niles (gray sky)

Niles.jpg

Most annoying card to find - Ellam *
Best deal - trading with many net54 friends (especially Luke and Doug).
Favorite achievement - getting a grand number of cards through my many friends at net54
Most shameful achievement - * thinking I had an Ellam, but didn't.
Non-Common Piedmont/Sweet Cap/OMSL - 0%

[gemmint77]

Mine is 72 and growing!!

[bigtrain]

I pulled the trigger on a green portrait Cobb. It is on the way. So, I have reached my goal at 518. Now for the temptation of the Demmitt and O'Hara variations.