Hardest prewar sets that have been completed

[the-illini]

M101-6 Felix Mendelsohn although one collector is very close.

[Joe_G.]

I'd like to nominate Jay's N370 (Lone Jack) set that he recently posted in the 19th century thread.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Joe_G.

I'd like to nominate Jay's N370 (Lone Jack) set that he recently posted in the 19th century thread.

There are lots of collectors who are close to completing some of these ultra-tough sets, but very few are 100% complete. As we collectors know, those last few cards to find in sets like these are brutally difficult.

I agree with Joe - Jay's N370 Lone Jack set and Jim's (RIP) N167 Old Judge set are incredible.

Sticking with 19th century, there is also a board member who has a complete N321 Hess California League Set of 40.

With caramel cards, there are also a couple of collectors who have complete base sets of E107s. Not sure if they all of the team variations, but I am pretty sure that they at least have one of each player.

In tobacco cards there are also complete sets of T208 Firesides, T211 Red Suns and T227 Series of Champions (HLC/Miners Extra) in advanced collections.

[darwinbulldog]

E107 has been completed I believe. That's gotta be up there.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

We auctioned 19/23 T227 Miner's extras and while two of them are brutally tough it's gotta be doable.

I personally have the 23/25 T220 (Boxing) Silver Borders and I actually know someone who has the James Corbett (one of three) and the Mike Donovan (one of one) and he's willing to sell them fairly reasonably, I'm just not in that rent district.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

We auctioned 19/23 T227 Miner's extras and while two of them are brutally tough it's gotta be doable.

Aren't all 24 cards available with the Miners Extra backs?

[Rhotchkiss]

T208 Firesides are tuff.

Has anyone ever completed an entire 1908 Rose Co. PC set?

[oldjudge]

Thanks guys! BTW, I would not have been able to finish the Lone Jack set without Joe's help.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Has anyone ever completed an entire 1908 Rose Co. PC set?

No, no one has every completed the set or even come that close. There are 192 cards in the "basic" Major League set - 12 players for each of the 16 teams. There are six cards that we have never even seen images of, but have been checklisted.

The last that I checked, there are 8 cards that have a pop of 0 in the combined SGC and PSA pop reports, another 57 that have a combined pop of 1 and 60 with a pop of 2. I am sure that there are still a lot of raw Rose Co. postcards out there, but that will still give you a perspective on how tough some of the "commons" are to find. It only makes sense that consumers gravitated towards the big stars of the day such as Wagner and Cobb when they picked out their souvenirs as compared to the lesser known players.

There is a 14 card subset of player from the Scranton Miner of the New York State League, including Moonlight Graham. There is one complete set of these known. Several of the cards from this set have only a single known example in the combined SGC and PSA pop reports.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

Aren't all 24 cards available with the Miners Extra backs?

Actually only 23 in ME back. Niether Brown nor Rogers (the two short prints) have been found in ME.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Actually only 23 in ME back. Niether Brown nor Rogers (the two short prints) have been found in ME.

OK, then wouldn't that mean that only 22 are available with the Miners Extra back? There are only 24 in the set, right?

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

We auctioned 19/23 T227 Miner's extras and while two of them are brutally tough it's gotta be doable.

I personally have the 23/25 T220 (Boxing) Silver Borders and I actually know someone who has the James Corbett (one of three) and the Mike Donovan (one of one) and he's willing to sell them fairly reasonably, I'm just not in that rent district.

Just noting that there are at least 4 Donovan's out there, I have scans of at least 3 of them and own 1 (the first that surfaced). Still hunting for Corbett to complete this one

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by G1911

Just noting that there are at least 4 Donovan's out there, I have scans of at least 3 of them and own 1 (the first that surfaced). Still hunting for Corbett to complete this one

The numbers have steadily, if slowly, increased. there are multiple of both now.

[puckpaul]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

We auctioned 19/23 T227 Miner's extras and while two of them are brutally tough it's gotta be doable.

I personally have the 23/25 T220 (Boxing) Silver Borders and I actually know someone who has the James Corbett (one of three) and the Mike Donovan (one of one) and he's willing to sell them fairly reasonably, I'm just not in that rent district.

T227 should be doable... must be a few complete out there. I have been searching for a Brown and Rodgers for years since buying a great lot from the Sotheby’s Halper auction. Anyone wants to help out, I am a buyer!!

[sb1]

Originally Posted by puckpaul

T227 should be doable... must be a few complete out there. I have been searching for a Brown and Rodgers for years since buying a great lot from the Sotheby’s Halper auction. Anyone wants to help out, I am a buyer!!

A good friend of mine has the complete T227 set, higher grade at that. Also at least one other person has completed it, probably more.

[Yoda]

How about the E107s? And I really don't know much about variations, errors or team changes. Kevin S. can you help? John