Back Runs....

[B O'Brien]

I finally finished off the T206 backs line with a different HOFer in each slot. I needed two Southern League players to fill those two slots, so decided on Shag and Hooker, for obvious reasons! I needed one more player to be able to check off each slot and was lucky enough to be able to add Fred Merkle to fill the Lenox Brown slot. I was hoping it would either be him or Chase, so feel really good about hitting one of my two targets! Average grade is 3.25, with only the Willis Drum being a beater, but I’m looking to upgrade that if anyone will part with a 3-4!

Building the line and only including one each of the HOFers, made it extremely difficult, as I owned 3 different Tinker On and 4 different J Collins cards, along with a few other fronts, until the alignment finally came together. This is my second time doing this, so I knew was I was in for. I didn’t finish last time, so between the four years of working on it this time and nearly ten, the first time, there have been a ton of man hours on the excel sheet and on the BST to get this finished.

I think about half the board has helped in one of the two versions, so I won’t thank everyone here. I do wish Ted could have seen the finished lineup, as he helped me with some of the configurations, when I was working the first time, as I had to work with what I had, versus being able to just go out and buy whatever I needed, much like this time around. Looking forward to getting a good scanned layout of these, after I get fully moved and the scanner set up. I’m hoping to do the layout like Luke, Jamie and some of you other folks have.

For good measure I have the T215 Red Cross McGraw Glove, from Leon’s old collection. The T213-1 is included in this set with the Huggins Port, which I also hope to upgrade.

Picture has the player list with back and the back list, with player to make things a little easier to understand.

The joys of OCD collecting, right here!

Enjoy,
Bob

[DeanH3]

Congrats Bob! That's a fantastic accomplishment. I look forward to seeing them all together.

[Leon]

Congrats Bob. Job well done. Yes, Ted would have loved seeing you finish your run. He was really a great guy and sure loved the T206s.
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[B O'Brien]

I appreciate it, and very happy that there are so many cards from board members in this group and the full HOFer set!

Pics soon!
Bob

[Jobu]

Congrats Bob!!! I have considered trying to do that too but I have managed to keep myself from starting.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by B O'Brien

I finally finished off the T206 backs line with a different HOFer in each slot. I needed two Southern League players to fill those two slots, so decided on Shag and Hooker, for obvious reasons! I needed one more player to be able to check off each slot and was lucky enough to be able to add Fred Merkle to fill the Lenox Brown slot. I was hoping it would either be him or Chase, so feel really good about hitting one of my two targets! Average grade is 3.25, with only the Willis Drum being a beater, but I’m looking to upgrade that if anyone will part with a 3-4!

Building the line and only including one each of the HOFers, made it extremely difficult, as I owned 3 different Tinker On and 4 different J Collins cards, along with a few other fronts, until the alignment finally came together. This is my second time doing this, so I knew was I was in for. I didn’t finish last time, so between the four years of working on it this time and nearly ten, the first time, there have been a ton of man hours on the excel sheet and on the BST to get this finished.

I think about half the board has helped in one of the two versions, so I won’t thank everyone here. I do wish Ted could have seen the finished lineup, as he helped me with some of the configurations, when I was working the first time, as I had to work with what I had, versus being able to just go out and buy whatever I needed, much like this time around. Looking forward to getting a good scanned layout of these, after I get fully moved and the scanner set up. I’m hoping to do the layout like Luke, Jamie and some of you other folks have.

For good measure I have the T215 Red Cross McGraw Glove, from Leon’s old collection. The T213-1 is included in this set with the Huggins Port, which I also hope to upgrade.

Picture has the player list with back and the back list, with player to make things a little easier to understand.

The joys of OCD collecting, right here!

Enjoy,
Bob

Hi Bob, so you're the one who got that Merkle Brown Lenox. I wondered where it went. That's an incredible run. Are you going for the other cousins to the T206 set, or just the Coupon Type-1 and Red Cross Type-1 (because they could be T206)?

[B O'Brien]

Hey Sean,
Thanks for the kind words and, yes, I’m super happy to have landed that Merkle! I missed out on the Uzit Merkle from the original run, but super happy to have landed the Brown Lenox instead.

I’ve been trying for the rest of the cousins, but think I came in third on the Pirate Marquard and well short on the Victory Evers recently. I have landed a T213-3 Chase and T213-3 Factory 8 OP Collins, and continue to look for a nice T213-2 HOF portrait to check off that slot.

I burned up a LOT of trading stock to get the BL460 Brown, as the rest of the line was sort of built around get him in that slot, but would love to see if I could track down the Pirate and Victory at least!

Thank again,
Bob

[MVSNYC]

Thanks again to Sonny T. for helping out with my Hofman run! Just acquired this Blank Back...

[B O'Brien]

I sure love all these player back runs! So many different ways to collect, that I had never thought of years ago.

Bob

[stutor]

Great looking Hofman run, Mike 😀. They look amazing together 🔥

[Wanaselja]

Sonny T is a HOF member here. He has a world class collection and is always willing to help others out with their own collection needs if he can.