Ending Tonight!!v 2/14/16 - Net54baseball Member Auctioning T206 Collection

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

thanks for the background...I had no idea what a "t206" was?

We do but others they put this release out to might not.

[sbfinley]

Nice looking cards. Good luck to all parties.

[53Browns]

I'll take em! No, seriously Steve, best of luck with the sale!

[Jobu]

Steve is a great guy, bid early and bid often!!!

Good luck with the sale - to both Steve and Sean.

I wanted to post the link one more time:

http://stores.ebay.com/Invest-In-Bas...c=1&rmvSB=true

[Edwolf1963]

But Steve, you have the "el" on the end of your name wrong, it's supposed to be "le"

[wolf441]

You are probably right Ed, I was told by an old German woman that my name could be spelled with the LE and meant "little wolf". I had always heard through the family that the name basically meant a shepherd (a "wolf-feller" would be someone who took down wolves and kept the livestock safe). Who knows?!

Thanks to everyone for their kind words!! I'm hoping that many of these cards go to my fellow board members. Lord knows a large amount of them came from the good folks on Net54!!

Despite the recent negative news in the hobby, I can say with 100% certainty that I've never had anything but great experiences with everyone that I've bought from and sold to on Net54. I'd also like to think that I've made some good friends along the way.

My decision to sell the set is not due to any financial hardship. The quest to slay the Monster was something that I spent a good deal of time doing with my son James. Since he passed last June, I just haven't had the same enjoyment in looking for T206's, or indeed in looking at them. Just a bit too painful. While I'm sure I'll continue to collect other stuff going forward, this project just lost it's meaning when I lost my "T206 Buddy" Jim. Despite all of his many challenges, Jim was a tremendous artist (he drew my avatar of an aging Honus selecting his lumber) and touched many lives in his brief 18 years.

So here's to the memory of James! Allons-y!!

Thanks to all and best of luck to those who bid. There are some really neat cards scattered throughout the collection. Some cool back stamps, WSTs, a few (same) double names, some color variations (Lindaman missing the red pass), a double factory strike (Owen), a slight name jump (Sheckard), etc...as well as all of the T206 legends, HOFers, Southern Leaguers, and most of the rare backs.

Best,

Steve

[slidekellyslide]

Best of luck on the sale, Steve.