Who's completed T206 and how close are you?

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Blunder19

In alphabetical order...You will dread those P's as a PSA 4 Plank is gonna be 6 figures

By the time I get to it, inflation will probably send it to 7 figures!

[BigDan502]

Really cool thread so far.
I love getting them in sgc slabs for no other reason than
I think they look so much better in the black slab opposed
To the Psa clear case.

I fiddled around with collecting it for a year but decided to
Make this my sole focus when I realized it was the only part of collecting
I was still enjoying. Every new card that comes in is exciting.

I'm figuring at 2 per week it'll take 5 years so if I go all out for awhile
I may be able to knock it down a little.

I love sgc 40s but don't mind 20s an 30s on commons
As long as they Have nicer fronts.

The board is also one of the best message boards of any type on the net

[tbob]

Completed the set of 520 about 10 years ago. The cards are all vgex to exmt, all raw, all in pocket pages and binder. Glad I completed it then with the prices today

[majordanby]

im not even close and ive been going at it for 4-5 years now. at one point, i had a significant chunk of the HOFers, but i had to sell a lot of them for financial reasons and an adjustment of how im going to collect the set. ive got one of the big 4 (the easiest of the 4 to get) and a demmitt, but might decide to sell them so i can afford to get the rest of the set. unless youve got the money or you're not super specific in how you're collecting the set, the monster can be had...and rather quickly, as evidenced so far in this thread. Look through ebay, private auctions, the BST...T206s are always for sale.

ive wavered a few times and thought i would drop the set, but every time i keep getting sucked right back in.

[BigDan502]

It seems like the set can be had but the question is how do you want it?
Would you like the set just to be complete with any old example if any card?
Do you want it completely graded etc?

Another interesting question is: do you think the cards and set will maintain their current value?
Not something everyone cares about however with the amount of time, effort and money put into it it's nice to know you have something extremely desirable.

[bunst]

I'm 34% there and have been picking away at it since 1996. Most are raw and average VG/EX. I don't have any particular pattern; I just buy when I find a good deal and can afford. Many HOFer's and tougher cards in my collection so I'm confident that I'll eventually get the set done. My problem is that I'm working on too many other sets also, so I'm not focused enough to finish any of them. But I'm having fun trying!

[toppcat]

I have about 160 and was very close to giving up as recently as last month. I looked at the prices I paid vs what I might get and decided to hold off but now I'm glad I did and plan to just put the T206 set on hold for a little while longer to see if I want to complete it minus the big 6. The Monster definitely wants me to quit, just not sure if I'll listen to it or not.

[7nohitter]

Ok...I just started the T206 collecting....tell me: Who are the big 4?

Demmit and Magie? Wagner?

Who else?

Yes, this board is the absolute best of its kind. I downloaded Scot Reader's publication, found on this site, and have been reading it...great stuff!

Thanks!

[jp1216]

Just hit 80% a day or two ago!! Very low grade overall. Mostly ungraded - or low graded that I extracted from the slabs. 2+ years now. My cards are listed below. My goal is 514 - no variations. Wagner & Plank are reprints. My goal is a few a month from here on out. Better to enjoy a few at a time anyway.
I keep mine in a beautiful T206 wooden box: http://www.dakotawoodcrafts.com/base...ard-boxes.html

Enjoy the ride (the monster wants you to quit)

[teetwoohsix]

I'm going for it but am no where close to completion ........I'm not even half way to the half way point yet

I think I have around 80 or 81. Have to go back and count again. I'm trying to have a nice blend of backs and stay within a VG 3 to VG/EX 4 range, only have a couple raw and the rest are slabbed- mostly SGC, but also BVG and PSA.

I am in no rush to complete it, I'm enjoying the slow ride. I only pick up one or two here and there.

So far back representation consists of each Piedmont except Fact. 42, Sweet Cap (all), Polar Bear, Old Mill, EPDG, Tolstoi, Sov. 350 & 460, Cycle 350,and I think that's it.

Sincerely, Clayton

[Northviewcats]

I'm past the midway point. Started with raw cards with no creases, until I sent in about 100 to be graded. There wasn't a 5 in the lot. Now I just buy graded cards. Most of my cards are SGC50-70s, some PSA 4s & 5s. Still have about 50 ungraded cards that I plan on selling as I replace them with graded. No hurry to complete the set. Different backs are cool, but right now very expensive. I just buy cards when the price is reasonable. When I get close to 400 this may change, and I will get more serious about completing the set.

Best regards,

Joe

[yoyot1]

I'm at 513; started collecting in 2000 and collected off and on since then. Most of my set is low grade (you can see it in my sig); never considered stopping collecting, but I did stop looking for cards a couple times for more than a year over the past decade. I've collected mainly by price - I know how much I'm willing to pay for each particular card, and won't go $1 over; although it seems I'll eventually need to bump up how much I'll pay for the last 2 Cobbs I need.

T206 is a nice gateway set - I like it a lot and still hope to get to 518 (or 520 eventually), but I'm more excited about some other sets these days (Obaks, C46, T222 especially).

[Robextend]

I am going for the Tolstoi back set. I am over 30% of the way there based on the confirmed list.

http://imageevent.com/vanslykefan/prewar1/tolstoibacks

http://www.sgccardregistry.com/set.a...5&userset=5117

[T3s]

I finished a set of 518 around 2000 in about vg condition. I guess it took about 7 years or so and at one time I had about 1000 different front and back combinations.

I remember buying 100 cards lots in g-vg for $8-10/card in SCD, helped fill a lot of holes in the set quickly. I bought a Demmitt in about f-g on Ebay for about $350. I remember winning a group of 40 Cycle backs in an auction (Festberg I think) including a Cy Young for about $400. When I got down to the last 60-70 cards, I picked 'em off one by one from Ebay, all raw.

When Topps began the first year of T206 inserts (2001?), they were buying cards from many dealers around the country. I was looking to sell my set and caught wind of it. I ended up calling Topps directly and negotiating a deal to sell them 500 cards, including several HOFers, SLers, etc. I was heading to NY and brought them with me for delivery. Topps cut me a nice check (based on prices at that time) and then sent me a 1099 the next spring.

It was lots of fun building the set, kinda fun selling it and in selling it, I'd like to think I helped quite a few younger or newer collectors get excited about the T206 set. Long live the Monster!

Craig

[wheels56]

My set is experiencing infinite growth right now*. Been back in the hobby for about a year now. Set my sights on a 56 topps set (6 to go). However, reading theses great forums and having picked up an eCopy of "The Card" to get reacquainted with the hobby I loved as a kid, the monster has certainly intrigued me. Mostly just educating myself now, but recently picked up a really cool Unglaub. 1 down, 500 and something to go...

*. Well, technically, impossible growth.

[t206hound]

I started buying and selling T206s in 2005 with the sole intention of getting the four Cobbs (for free by flipping) and stopping there. I accomplished this by buying a monster lot with a Cobb, McGraw red Hindu, a BL350 a Uzit and over 100 other cards. In hindsight, I should have sold the Cobb and kept the other three.

Flash forward to 2010 and I got the itch on T206s again when I noticed the prices drop a bit. I wanted to go for 518 and didn't care about the grade ( although I want them slabbed). I got to about 30% and then I bought a beantown lot. At that point, I decided to go to SGC 30-40. An then about a month ago I dumped everything that wasn't a 40 (except my Cobbs and Lundy Chi). Right now I'm sitting at 20% graded (my net cost on these is $0) with roughly 50 additional raws ready to go to SGC.

[bbcard1]

260 out of 518, mostly in fair, some not quite that nice. Unslabbed. Have a nice little twist on the that makes them pretty presentable. I had a about 150 when I started focusing about six months ago. The biggest part was 100 bought for $100 in the 1980s. I am just doing it for fun, don't know what i will eventually do with it, doing it as a hobby not an investment (much like collecting pennies). The thing that got me started is I completed a low grade T205 set (fronts only) in just a few months (thanks to Marc Delpino). Just gotted started thinking it was entirely possible and am working on it now. 518 will be fine, 514 won't bother me any, but if the right Plank comes available (poor, but with some charm) I will probably make a play for it. Have written off Wagner, don't think the Magie is very interesting.

[Scott T]

I have 513 ultra low grade SGC T206's. (It's complete if you factor out the "Big 11"!)

I bought most of mine from Ebay raw and submitted them myself.

The B/S/T board has also helped quite a bit. Although I am (somewhat) jealous when someone upgrades their collection, their "downgrades" can always find a place in my collection.

Next up: Elberfeld Portrait (Washington)