Complete/Near Set Builders- Toughest Card?

[ChiefBenderForever]

1934 Goudey

1. Kiki Cuyler was the toughest and also the last card I needed to complete set. Although one was always available it was way overpriced so I waited until the right one came along.

2. Any common low number very inexpensive, some HOF'ers as well.

[Griffins]

T200
By far the toughest card is Boston NL.
Most expensive was based on condition, and timing of the auction. All things being equal I'd say Detroit or Cleveland, based on the inclusion of Cobb and Jackson.

'15 Cracker Jack
Alexander the toughest overall, Barry the toughest to find centered.
Jax the most expensive.

[uffda51]

T207-most expensive, Irving Lewis (no distinction made for arm patch), last to acquire, Donnelly.

T200-most expensive, Detroit, last to acquire, Boston NL. I agree with Anthony on this one.

D304-most expensive, Cobb, last to acquire, Tenney.

George C. Miller-most expensive, Gehrig, last to acquire, Melillo.

N566 Newsboys-most expensive and last to acquire, Ward, arms folded.

D322 most expensive, Wagner, last to acquire, Dreyfuss, before he was a HOFer.

T209 color, for me Lane was the easiest. I had two for a while. Pope was the toughest for me.

E103 -most expensive, Cobb, last to acquire, Crawford.

N300-most expensive, Anson, last to acquire, Kinslow (no team).

N43 -most expensive, Ewing, last to acquire, Miller took years although I have no reason to believe he is more rare than the others.

No wonder I feel old!

Edited to add that I went with a cancelled Andrews for my R300 set, otherwise that would have been the toughest (near impossible) card in that set. Like the 33 Goudey set with Lajoie, there is no question which are the toughest cards in these sets, and what the reason is. Others are much nore nebulous.

[Tim Kindler]

Bruce,
With a collection like that and the cards that you must have seen completing those sets; you may feel old, but you are like a Collecting God to me!

We're Not Worthy!
We're Not Worthy!

[frohme]

Same experience as Bruce above, only *significantly* more limited

T207 - most expensive - I. Lewis. Last to acquire - Donnelly.

--
Mike

[ullmandds]

bruce...is there a george miller Gehrig?

[Matt]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

bruce...is there a george miller Gehrig?

Was going to ask the same; pretty sure Bruce got mixed up on that one.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by Matt

Was going to ask the same; pretty sure Bruce got mixed up on that one.

I'm guessing that he meant Foxx instead of Gehrig.

[caramelcard]

Hard to name just one for each but I'll try.

Experience for sets I've completed or almost completed:

E90-1 - $ and Hardest were Wagner throwing, Speaker, Mitchell Cin.

E90-2 - $ Wagner and Hardest Wagner

E90-3 - $ Gandil and Hardest Hahn and Payne and Tinker Blue

E93 - $ Wagner and Hardest for me was Brown

E94 - $ Wagner and Hardest was Cy Young and Lobert

E95 - $ Wagner and no hard cards

E96 - $ Mack and my last card was McQuillan

E97 - $ Keeler, Youngs, and never had the Youngs and Sullivan variations

E98 - $ Wagner and Walsh, Dahlen were toughest

E104 - $ Plank and Plank

T206 $ Cobb Green (fronts) and last card was Booker

T207 $ The five I have left and hardest were the five I have left

T209-1 $ and Hardest for me Fullenwider, Cooper, Armstrong, Booles, Cowell, Gilmore, Martin. They're all hard except Hofman and Walsh and Crockett.

D322 - $ will be Dreyfuss and hardest is Dreyfuss

D304 - $ Wags, Matty, Young, Cobb and hardest is Herzog blocked out

M116 - $ and hardest for me Joe Wood