Mission #1 Accomplished! (Backs collection)

[Chicago206]

Thanks for all the compliments guys. Hopefully in another 12-18 months I will have another thread with the "master set" of backs (minus the Cobb) to show off!

[philliesphan]

curious as to which players are on the front side of these backs?

Nice collection -- and great job putting together such a run in a short period of time!

[iggyman]

Real Nice! Thanks for sharing.

Lovely Day...

[mrvster]

Great Job!!!

Enjoy the journey...

Peace

Johnny

[T206Collector]

...to get these 15 cards?

If I had $25 per card and condition was immaterial, I could pick up any of these 10, right?

Easy
Piedmont
Sweep Caporal
Polar Bear
Sovereign
Old Mill
American Beauty
Hindu
Tolstoi
El Principe De Gales
Cycle


How much would it cost me to get the remaining 5?

Harder
Lenox
Broadleaf ($700 for this one now: http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-11-T206-HER...item335bbd004c)
Uzit
Carolina Brights ($900 for this one now: http://cgi.ebay.com/PSA-3-1909-T206-...item519153b16c)
Drum

So with $2,000, I think I could accomplish 12 of 15 of these today on ebay.

What would the Lenox, Drum and Uzit cost me? And how long would it take to find them? There are 2 Lenox on ebay now -- is that common or uncommon to see? My sense is the Drum and Uzit are the hardest to find, right?

Just curious. I'm not a backs collector and never plan on collecting backs.

[Chicago206]

If you really mean that condition meant nothing to you, and could settle on all "A" or "1"s, then below are MY estimates on cost. These are the absolute lowest prices I think you could find on some serious beater (paper loss galore)cards....in other words, the cheapest you could probably find.

Drum- $800
Uzit $300
Lenox $200
Broadleaf $200
CB $150
Hindu $75
All the rest combined $100

Total $1700 or so.


Again, this set would be filled with horrendously ugly cards plagued with serious paper loss and probably wouldnt be much fun to look at. While I certainly looked for cards in the lower grades, I did consider eye appeal on all of them but the Uzit....that one I just bought as a filler for now. Even though the Broadleaf could be in better shape, the card really is pleasant to look at. The 15 cards you see in my scans cost roughly $5500 for all. You can spend as little as $1700 as shown above, or as much as probably $100,000 on the 15 cards. It really depends on just how picky you are in regards to eye appeal and quality. Thankfully, for my wallet's sake, I can be happy with lower grade material!!!

[T206Collector]

Nearly all of your 15 present well and so it really doesn't seem like you gave up on condition too much. Nicely done.