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Top 20 Monster Numbers so far
1 wonkaticket 680
2 Theoldprofessor 670 3 tedzan (1) 600 4 Phillies*phan (1) 587 5 ethicsprof 520 6 tonyo (1) 516 7 BleedinBlue 500 8 frankbmd 489 9 jp1216 480 10 t206blogcom 467 11 tedzan (2-sov) 444 12 richieb315 410 13 Phillies*phan (2) 370 14 shaunsteig 346 15 Texxxx (1) 343 16 Jantz 260 17 sreader3 257 18 StuckInOmaha 199 19 t206hound 189 20 mrvster 140 |
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Giving it a slow go again
I like seeing the variation of set numbers. I have started and stopped "The Monster" several times since the mid eighties and know how it feels to be getting close as well as just beginning. About a year ago I sold close to 300 and held on to only one........Lundgren PD350. Now, I'm approaching the set by teams and completing the Cubs for at least the 20th time. It's too much fun to ever be done.
Best Historical Attempt - 342 *according to the last spreadsheet I found tracking my efforts Present Attempt - 17 And, just in case you want to add another column for what you're measuring - my set attempts are always all raw. I free every card purchased from plastic imprisonment. Semper Fi
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513 different low grade SGC T206's
1 Cobb nothing else fancy |
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Bump....I'll PM you too love to know as I know you were looking for sometime. Cheers, John Last edited by wonkaticket; 12-29-2011 at 03:58 AM. |
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I finished my quest last year at 518 (minus big 4, O'hara and Demmitt). I guess I have about 300 graded from the original set and 238 ungraded. Total 538.
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my score
I am about 50% complete: my score is 262. All lower-grade, mostly commons, most ungraded, no doubles.
At my current pace, I'll be there in another 20 years or so. I have too many hobbies. |
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I'm at 518 all graded ranging from SGC 10/PSA 1 to SGC 80/PSA 5. Missing big 4 Demmitt and O'Hara.
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378 for me.
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just eclipsed the 340 mark this week
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Updated Monster Number
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680 for me as well, thanks for doing our math Johnny Wonka brain!
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You kidding me I had to send it out to be done no way I'm that smart.
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1. Powell 920
2. McKee 680 3. Wonkaticket 680 4. Theoldprofessor 670 5. tedzan (1) 600 6. Phillies*phan (1) 587 7. Tbob 520 8. ethicsprof 520 9. Martin Neal 518 10. tonyo (1) 516 11. Scott T 513 12. BleedinBlue 501 13. frankbmd 489 14. jp1216 480 15. t206blogcom 467 16. tedzan (2-sov) 444 17. richieb315 410 18. Kenny Cole 378 19. Phillies*phan (2) 370 20. shaunsteig 346 21. Texxxx (1) 343 22. Tao Moko 342 23. T206DK 340 24. Mullinsm 262 25. Jantz 260 26. sreader3 257 27. StuckInOmaha 199 28. t206hound 195 29. jefferypayne 165 30. mrvster 140 Thought I would help but if I messed up it's Dan's fault... Cheers, John P.S. Ted.......Magie? Last edited by wonkaticket; 01-18-2012 at 12:08 PM. Reason: Update #'s |
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165 and counting for me.
Best is my Cobb Red PSA 2 (thanks to a board member) There's no such thing as a bad t206 ... jeff |
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C'mon John... you are 2T. with McKee! PS, I'm at 195 and counting...
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Besides age before beauty, and boy is Dan old....BTW on all these lists I keep getting stuck next to McKee like a bad family dinner. Cheers, John |
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15. t206blogcom 467
My UPDATED number is 494.
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I'm at 199, so it looks like that may put me in the top 30. I'll be at 201 when I receive 2 more that I purchased last week from a board member (tolstoi).
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So I picked up a card and dropped 5 spots. Guess I need to stop buying cards. My wife will love to hear that.
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251 for me, with six of those being duplicates.
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No monsters in Thailand
The Monster Number lives on.
Glad to see the Monster number back on page 1. My number is now 489. I am currently in Thailand for three weeks, but will update my list upon my return in February. Have limited Internet access here. Thanks to John for updating the list in my absence. I haven't been able to find any T206s in Chiang Rai. Anyone know of any card shops in Bangkok, my next stop? I will not hold my breath. |
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You can get ANYTHING in Bangkok if you know where to look.
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I'm at 600, set plus Magie. Just make sure you put Ted ahead of me for the same reason Dan is ahead of wonka. My second set is at 133 because I'm too lazy to sell doubles I got in lots(and I haven't bought a t206 since 2004 so it's not a new lazy)
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I'm at 11 now, from the criteria. At one time, I had 17 cards, but had to sell all but four. I have since started to re-acquire some of those that I originally sold. All mine are raw, and being on a limited budget, I buy what I like (pose, etc.); thus, I have very few portraits. All are in the Fair-to-Good range. I recently picked up my first Polar Bear back!
Some I've sold that I'd like to re-acquire: Weimer, Birmingham, Murphy (horizontal), Wiltse (portrait with cap), McQuillan (I had both a Tolstoi and Piedmont at one time). Those I had, sold, and have no interest in re-acquiring: Mattern, Lindaman, Knabe One attainable goal I've set for myself is acquiring all the horizontal cards. Been collecting since 1977; started by buying cards in Fair condition for 50 cents from Richard Gelman's Card Collectors Company. How I miss it. |
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Been at it for about 3 years now. 409.
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Current Monster List - Any updates??
1 Powell 920
2 wonkaticket 680 3 danmckee 680 4 Theoldprofessor 670 5 tedzan (1) 600 6 z28jd 600 7 Phillies*phan (1) 587 8 ethicsprof 520 9 tbob 520 10 martin neal 518 11 Scott L. 518 12 tonyo (1) 516 13 Scott T 513 14 t206blogcom 507 15 BleedinBlue 501 16 frankbmd 500 17 jp1216 480 18 tedzan (2-sov) 444 19 richieb315 410 20 Bpm0014 407 21 Kenny Cole 378 22 Phillies*phan (2) 370 23 Texxxx (1) 351 24 shaunsteig 346 25 T206DK 340 26 mullinsm 262 27 Jantz 260 28 sreader3 257 29 Clark7781 245 30 bunst 201 31 StuckInOmaha 199 32 t206hound 195 33 jefferyepayne 165 34 mrvster 140 35 Texxxx (2) 110 36 atx840 (1) 100 37 T206Collector 92 38 Gradedcardman 60 39 frankbmd (2) 48 40 thescooper 46 Current Leaderboard Feb 20, 2012 Are there any more updates? I recently hit 500, which was my goal for 2012. Frank |
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Frank
Here is my update. Set #1 - 262 Set# 2 - 70 Recounting my T206s made me realize I need to focus more on my set than the miscuts/freak T206s. I've picked up close to a dozen T206s since my last post, yet I only added 2 to my number. Jantz |
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Buying and dropping
502.
Bought another card, dropped 3 more spots. |
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Now at 210
I'm up quite a few... now at 210.
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Per the rules my Monster number is 14.
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Monster Number, and intriguing idea. Thanks for posting it.
1000 is a intrinsically pleasing maximum number; it's like batting a thousand. I agree with that back there about not counting zero, 1 to 1000 is 1000 possibilities, 0 to 1000 is 1001 possibilities. If zero were to count, then everyone on the planet would have a set, most of them zero sets... Methinks we begin the count at one, like Brother Maynard read from The Book of Armaments, Chapter 2... Would a fellow with 80 common cards swap them for a Plank? Yes. Then the Plank should count more than 80, the commons less than 1, or both. Similarly, would someone swap 240 commons far a Wagner? Oh, Yes. Then that should be adjusted, too. And aside from dollar value, the Demmitt and O'Hara cards would limit the number of 1000 sets, they should have a bit of weight, too. I figure this process is way too far along for folks to readily accept a recalibration of the process. But it is justified, don't you think? |
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I like the number 1,000, but you can come up with that number easily by giving some of the variations weight, without straining anyone's brains. Here's some PSA pop numbers: Doyle - 10 Wagner - 32 Plank - 64 Magie - 92 O'Hara St. Louis - 113 Demmitt St. Louis - 125 Lundgren KC - 162 Dahlen Brooklyn - 177 Brown Washington - 184 Lundgren Chicago - 187 Smith Chicago and Boston - 188 Elberfeld Washington - 193 Dahlen Boston - 198 Kleinow Boston - 237 Cobb Green - 550 Scott <=== guest Frank
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KISS - My Monster Number
Keep It Simple Stupid
What good is a Monster Number, if you can't Uzit? Scott, If you please, divide each of your cards by the inverse of the Pop and multiply by the square root of 2. Subtract .003483 for paper loss and multiply by 3 if your first name begins with S. Touche. Frank |
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520--since 1976. Sad thing is---then I only needed the big three. Doyle's been added since. Can you factor that into my monster number please .
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Brother Maynard
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Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch Five!
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Right you are, Craig. Brother Maynard announced the chapter and verse, but he was not the lector. As best as I can tell, it was "Brother Maynard's Brother" that did the reading, Michael Palin, as you said. Thanks!!!
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Just picked up this beauty http://www.ebay.com/itm/120727887564...84.m1439.l2649
My monster number went to 3! Hahaa. My signed monster number went from 50% to 33% |
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Brother Maynard's Brother
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I believe we can further revise the verses from the Book of Armaments, Chapter 2 for the purpose of this thread: "1000 shalt be the Monster Number, and the Monster Number shalt be 1000, no more, no less. 1001 shalt not be the Monster Number, neither shalt the Monster Number be 999. 1002 is right out." btw, my Monster Numbers are: First Set - 600 (Magie) Second Set - 518 (all are different backs than the First Set) Third, Fourth, Fifth, etc sets - In progress with different backs than the First and Second Sets, but I haven't tallied them up (Brown Hindu Southern Leaguers are the toughies I'm trying to find to fill out the third set, so it's going to take a while!) For back specific Monster Numbers I can break up the above into a Polar Bear set of 250 (Complete), a Piedmont 150 set of 233 (counting Magie, but lacking Wagner & Plank), a partial P350 set of 321, a partial SC350F30 set of 172, etc. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm feeling a bit peckish so I'm off to feast upon lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and ... perhaps I might just have some spam spam spam cheese and spam.
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Back specific monster numbers............
are an arse of a different color. Your first two monster numbers have been duly recorded, Brother Craig.
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I'm pretty low....My Monster Number is 33
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Holy Hand Grenade, Batman, what's that?
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Friendly bump for Frank. With my basic (514) set complete - my number now stands at 512 (plus 2 important reprints). Very low grade, but a number anyway. Happy collecting all.
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New number
New number is now 574.
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