Where to find a good T205 (Basic) checklist?

[scoutsout47]

208, eh?

http://www.tradingcarddb.com/PrintCh...tPDF.cfm/sid/1

[familytoad]

This is easily my favorite set...I guess sometimes I want to collect the master set and sometimes I don't...I think the listed checklists can be confusing.
Here's why:
The variations in pose are usually listed out...those are totally different looking cards. Then there are some slightly different variations...an initial here and an intial there (see Leifield, Latham) , different stat lines (see Wallace, Hoblitzell)
Then you have crazy stuff like Wilhelm with and without R in "suffered" or Mathewson whose Cycle back shows a 37-1 Win/loss record, but those are only present with certain backs. That's just a few examples.

I notice that the checklists above have A+B versions listed on some of the cards I mention above, so if you collected all of those you'd have at least 8 more cards above the 208.

I have quite a few of the errors, but I don't know if I want to pay big money for a stray line of text or a misspelled name variation...maybe
I know this...I have a base set (or maybe I should say a partial master set which consists of all of the front variations...)

So after all these years of collecting this set, I still don't know when I am going to say I am done...

[scoutsout47]

I'm scratching my head over the same thing, Brian. I've located several different checklists and resources and I'm finding that the numbers vary. Some show a Basic set with 208, while PSA recognizes only 206. Who's right, I wonder?

As for your collection, you've got some impressive prewar goodies in there. My Cracker Jack set is coming along...

http://www.psacard.com/PSASETREGISTR...t.aspx?s=74819

[albrshbr]

I'd say a basic set is 208. PSA has only 206 because they don't differenciate between the Hal Chase 1 ear or 2 ear, or the Bobby Wallace with/without cap.

[dougscats]

Thanks for the thread and the link, scoutsout;
I've been looking for exactly that format, and have just printed the 208 name checklist on one page.

Doug

[Runscott]

Why is the Matty 37-1 card not included? Doesn't seem any different than the Wilhelm variations.

Originally Posted by Runscott

Why is the Matty 37-1 card not included? Doesn't seem any different than the Wilhelm variations.

To be honest I think that only one of every front is an actuall basic checklist. 1 hobby, 3 chase, both crandalls, both Dougherty, one of the wallace no caps, and so on.

[scoutsout47]

Thanks for that little tidbit, Bruce. I had another question, though: why do you suppose PSA doesn't have a spec number assigned to Hal Chase, Otis Crandall, Patsy Dougherty, Dolly Gray, R. Hoblitzell, A. Latham, A. Leifield, et cetera?