T207

[LincolnVT]

This set is very appealing to me. I've run into a few of the Broadleaf and Cycle back cards and I am intrigued by the cards and their rarity. I understand that the set is shy of some of the "star players" in other T sets, but to me that makes the issue all that more interesting. Seems even tougher than the other T sets...has anyone ever put it together? Would love to hear others thoughts and see what folks have out there.

[riggs336]

I started working on T207 about a year and a half ago when I bought 110 raw Recruit backs for a decent price. Even though I've been collecting for more than 50 years, I was really ignorant about the T207s. I knew there were some tough cards but I had no idea there were so many and how tough some of them were.
Now, after 18 months of aggressive buying, I'm 7 cards from a master set. I have spent thousands of dollars to build what is in fact a low-grade near set. The vast majority of my cards are 1s or 2s.
Its by far the toughest set I've worked on (the 1955 Rodeo Meats set was as hard but much smaller). But I'm glad I finally decided to take it on because its a true challenge and much of the fun of set-building is in the hunt.
If you like a challenge, you'll love T207.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by LincolnVT

This set is very appealing to me. I've run into a few of the Broadleaf and Cycle back cards and I am intrigued by the cards and their rarity. I understand that the set is shy of some of the "star players" in other T sets, but to me that makes the issue all that more interesting. Seems even tougher than the other T sets...has anyone ever put it together? Would love to hear others thoughts and see what folks have out there.

T207s have some real toughies, no doubt. And some of them reside with the most common back, recruit. Here are a few from my last collection. I don't own them any longer...

[dabbuu]

MY favorite set by far, there are so many rarities. A serious challenge and every card towards the end becomes such an accomplishment.

[Yoda]

The rarest back by far is the Red Cross. Known is a Weaver and one other common whose name escapes me. The T207's are a challenge in trying to match players and reverses; frustrating and challenging at times but worth the effort.

[sb1]

The Lewis is the toughest by far and that is an exemplary card!

[t206fanatic]

It's a great set, I'm a Donlin and both Lewis variations short of a full run.

[BCauley]

I've always loved this set for whatever reason, I can't put my finger on it. Some of these cards, like the Lowdermilk, make me think of old haunted looking photos you'd see hanging on the wall in a horror movie or something.

[ValKehl]

SGC says this graded WaJo is brown, whereas my raw example is clearly black. The color difference appears more noticeable when holding them in hand.

[frohme]

Hey Val,

If SGC labeled it as such, it likely is - they've tended to be ~fairly good about such... Others on the board have pretty much said what I allude to it the previous post - when looking at them in hand - the differences is almost always blatantly obvious, and that the color differences are stark.

I've tried different scanners, photos, lighting, etc... but clearly I suck at that because when posted, its never as clear as in hand.

--
Mike

[garymc]

I found when searching for the cards to put together a NYA team set, they were easy to find except Chester Hoff. It took about ten years to find my different Huff backs ! When i finished finding the commons I had to try to replace them with the tough Napoleon backs, still working on the backs !!

[robinsonmantle]

Thanks for sharing all the great information and knowledge about the T207 cards and the variety of cards out there. I have posted a few pictures of the cards that I have. Fun to learn more about them.

[garymc]

This team set for me was a challenge and very rewarding. Chester Hoff is a killer and the Napoleon backs don't come around to often.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/151843924@N04/albums

[Yoda]

OMG, you have a 'Slow' Joe Doyle NY Natl. Oops, wrong set.